Science & Tech
Air Force Breakthrough Brings Space-Based Solar Power One Step Closer
Tomorrow’s remote military bases could be powered by a light-to-microwave tile that just passed a key test.
Business
Small Firm Tapped to Make Threat Detectors for Satellites
The Space Force’s $32M contract seems to be the kind of award the Pentagon has recently extolled.
Ideas
Don't Buy China's Hypersonic Head-Fake. Its Spaceplanes Are Racing Ahead.
In the past five years, China’s spaceplane development has accelerated, adding breakthroughs, tests, and new industry players.
Ideas
Nuclear Command-and-Control Satellites Should Be Off Limits
Blowing up some satellites causes problems. Blowing up these could cause nuclear war.
Policy
Should Killing a Satellite Provoke War on Earth?
A Space Force official says the service is considering how to respond to attacks in orbit.
Defense Systems
Stopgap funding delays military SATCOM transfer to Space Force
The U.S. Space Force’s plans to absorb all of the military’s satellite communications, including nearly 700 uniformed personnel from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, is delayed along with the rest of the military’s appropriation as Congress preps for a second continuing resolution in fiscal year 2022.
Science & Tech
Space Force Has a Plan for Training Its Troops. Now It Must Figure Out What They Need to Learn
The newest service can’t train the same way its sisters do. It needs a new simulated environment.
Threats
Pentagon Scrambles to Defend ‘Juicy Targets’ After Rivals’ Space Tests
U.S. Space Force is taking Russia’s destruction of its own satellite as a warning.
Threats
Russian Anti-Satellite Missile Launch Into Space ‘Dangerous And Irresponsible,’ State Says
Russia gave the U.S. no warning of launch, Pentagon says. Now ISS is at risk of getting riddled with debris.
Threats
‘It Did Circle the Globe’: US Confirms China’s Orbital Hypersonic Test
“Maybe the nuclear game has just changed,” one analyst said.
Science & Tech
The Military is Preparing for a ‘Space Superhighway,’ Complete with Pit Stops
Those hubs would do more than refuel spaceships; they are seen as key to staying ahead of China.
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Science & Tech
Pentagon’s Top Science Official Adds to Tech-Breakthrough Wishlist
Heidi Shyu, R&D undersecretary, said she went looking for tech areas to trim—and found that some vital ones had been overlooked.
Ideas
