Military & Defense

In a move that signals a shift in the Pentagon's long-term orbital logistics strategy, Space Launch Delta 30 (SLD 30) released a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting industry interest in Space Launch Complex 14 (SLC-14) at Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

A significant expansion of the U.S. government's reliance on commercial megaconstellation technology for national security ...

The Department of Defense (DoD) released its mandated "2025 Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China" report on Tuesday, confirming that Beijing’s operational satellite fleet has expanded to more than 1,189 spacecraft, with a specific emphasis on ...

WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) selected 1,086 additional companies, including Sidus Space and Ursa Space Systems, to compete for task orders under the $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract on Thursday, Dec. 18. The massive indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) vehicle ...

The space industry is splitting into two distinct cultural identities: commercial players utilizing meme-friendly branding versus a defense sector aggressively adopting lethal nomenclature ...

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink announced a structural overhaul of the service’s acquisition authorities on Dec. 11, revealing a transition from the traditional Program Executive Officer (PEO) model to "Portfolio Acquisition Executives" (PAEs) designed to decentralize decision-making ...

By Sean Payne, SatNews Events ORLANDO, Fla. — Moving to solidify the cultural shift from a support service to a warfighting branch, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman unveiled the first official names for U.S. Space Force (USSF) weapon ...

NASHUA, N.H. — The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems’ FAST Labs organization a $16 million Phase 2 contract for the Oversight program, a strategic initiative designed to maintain constant tracking "custody" of terrestrial targets ...

By Sean Payne, SatNews Events ORLANDO, Fla. — Targeting a critical disconnect between technical space operators and the government officials who fund them, the Space Force Association (SFA) has established the National Spacepower Center (NSpC). Unveiled during the Spacepower Conference, ...

WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators have authorized a significant funding increase for the U.S. Space Force’s proliferation strategy, rejecting a service-proposed pause on the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) next generation of data transport satellites. In the compromise version of the Fiscal ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Muon Space has secured a $1.9 million Direct-to-Phase II (D2P2) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from SpaceWERX to adapt its commercial remote sensing technology for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) missile defense architecture. Announced Dec ...

OSLO, Norway — Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and German AI defense firm Helsing signed a teaming agreement on Tuesday, December 9, to develop and deploy a sovereign, space-based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Targeting (IST) constellation by 2029. The initiative, characterized by ...

The Space Force Association (SFA) has unveiled the National Spacepower Center (NSpC), a new virtual hub designed to bridge the knowledge gap for U.S. leaders regarding space as a military domain. The Big Picture As space systems become increasingly central ...

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force have successfully completed a separation test of the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) from an F-16 at Eglin Air Force Base. While the F-16 served as the testbed to validate aerodynamic performance and safety, ...

Gen. Michael Guetlein, the recently appointed Director of the Golden Dome missile defense program, accepted a leadership award at the Space Power Conference tonight, appearing remotely on the main stage screen to outline the urgent operational tempo of the Pentagon's ...

PARIS — The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has awarded Airbus Defence and Space a framework contract valued at €50 million to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into the French Armed Forces' critical weapon and information systems. The agreement, which also ...

Tom Carrubba (right), vice president of production operations at Lockheed Martin, and Chris Power (left), chief executive officer of Hadrian GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — To accelerate the delivery of critical munitions and resolve supply chain bottlenecks, Lockheed Martin has entered ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. — In a precedent-setting move for space domain awareness (SDA) procurement, LeoLabs announced today it has secured a joint contract from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. Space Force (USSF). The deal, awarded on ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Space Force’s Combat Forces Command (CFC) formally took operational acceptance of the solid-state Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) system on December 4, 2025. This acceptance marks a pivotal advancement for the Space Force’s Missile ...

NASHUA, N.H. — BAE Systems has secured a $36 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce and deliver Multifunction Modular Masts (MMM) for the fleet’s Virginia-class attack submarines. The award underscores the Navy's continued transition away from traditional, hull-penetrating ...