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CyberSpace Development Agency Director Tasks Industry for Cyber Solutions
LOS ANGELES — Frank Turner, technical director of the Space Development Agency (SDA), is a man with a lot of problems, and he doesn’t mind talking about them. “I’m not standing here […]
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SpaceCACI Demonstrates Optical Intersatellite Links for DARPA, SDA
CACI International Inc demonstrated space-to-space optical communications links in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) as part of the Mandrake II mission. CACI announced the tests Tuesday, in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Evaluating Options for Incorporating Guard Units
The U.S. Space Force is assessing whether to recommend the creation of a Space National Guard or the formation of a combined active duty and Reserve component that has members […]
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SpaceSpace Force Offers Free Cyber Scanning to Commercial Satellite Vendors
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Space Force is offering free, non-attributable cybersecurity supply chain and vulnerability scanning services to both its commercial vendors and to other government agencies, Col. Jennifer Krolikowski, the chief […]
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Pentagon IG Upholds Decision on Advised USSPACECOM Move, Yet Former SECAF Mum on Trump Meeting
A new Pentagon Inspector General (IG) report concluded that a Department of the Air Force decision in January 2021 to move U.S. Space Command headquarters from its temporary headquarters at […]
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SDA Official: ‘We’re Not Going to Pick the Winners. The Winners Are Going To Deliver’
The Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to use spiral development to field small satellites for military use every two years–a fraction of the time required for large DoD acquisition programs, […]
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SpacePhantom Space Orders Hundreds Of Rocket Engines From Ursa Major
Phantom Space Corp. on Wednesday said it has ordered more than 200 rocket engines from Ursa Major for its two low-cost launch vehicles with plans to launch the Daytona rocket […]
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Intelligence CommunityNRO Soon Plans Solicitation For Commercial Radio Frequency Sensing
AURORA, Colo.—The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) this summer expects to seek proposals from commercial providers of satellite-based radio frequency (RF) sensing capabilities to help it better understand how to make […]
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Intelligence CommunityIntelligence Community Rapidly Delivering Commercial Satellite Imagery To Ukraine, NGA Official Says
AURORA, Colo.—Advances in commercial satellite imagery collection and dissemination are such that the U.S. intelligence community has been able to provide commercial satellite imagery to Ukraine in its war against […]
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SpaceU.S. Formalizes Policy Against ASAT Tests, Calls for International Norms in Space
The United States is committing to refrain from direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing in an effort to set an international norm for responsible behavior in space. Vice President Kamala Harris […]