Space
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Air ForceAir Force Center Sees New Teams As Key To Faster Space Acquisition
The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) is forming several teams to increase communication and coordination across the 6,300-person organization and ultimately reduce the time it takes […]
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Air ForceAir Force Studying Alternatives To Troubled ORS-6 Satellite
The U.S. Air Force has scrubbed the launch of a weather demonstration satellite, citing unspecified “technical issues” with the spacecraft’s bus. The Air Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO), […]
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SpaceUK Nears Completion Of First Defense Space Strategy
The United Kingdom is drafting its first defense space strategy and intends to unveil it this summer, citing growing threats to its space operations. The strategy, which Gavin Williamson, the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Hikes Funding For New Space Consortium
The U.S. Air Force’s new Space Enterprise Consortium, which promotes the development of industry prototypes, is getting a five-fold increase in funding because the service is pleased with its results, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Launch Challenge Program Nears Releasing RFI For Potential Payloads
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) will soon issue a request for information on commercial and government payloads it could use in an upcoming launch competition, an agency official […]
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SpaceNASA Set To Launch Water-Watching Satellites
NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) say they are on track to launch a pair of Earth-observing satellites May 22 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from […]
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Air Force
Air Force Pursuing Makeover For Operationally Responsive Space Office
The U.S. Air Force is beefing up the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) office to help the 11-year-old organization improve its ability to quickly develop urgently needed space capabilities, service Secretary Heather […]
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SpaceMore Delays In NASA Space Missions Won’t Be Tolerated, House Panel Says
The House Appropriations Committee is warning NASA that lawmakers will not put up with further delays in the agency’s space-exploration missions. In a new report explaining the fiscal year 2019 Commerce-Justice-Science appropriations […]
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SpaceMoon Efforts Won’t Hurt Mars Goal, NASA Head Says
The Trump administration’s new push to return humans to the Moon will not come at the expense of efforts to send American astronauts to Mars, according to NASA’s new leader. […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
DARPA Sees Strong Interest In Competition To Spur Rapid Space Launches
More than 20 teams have indicated they might participate in the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s (DARPA’s) Launch Challenge, a competition designed to promote rapid access to space for the […]
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