Communications Daily — Speakers at a seminar organized by Aerospace Corporation and George Washington University said RF diversity could help tackle GPS interference problems, but would see a major regulatory fight.
Space Force Launches Second ‘Rapid-Response’ GPS Mission
DefenseScoop — U.S. Space Force completed the mission just three months after it notified Lockheed Martin and SpaceX to prepare for liftoff — a much faster pace than traditional national security launches that can take two years.
SpaceX Pushes to Get Starship Rocket Ready for Mars by Next Year
Elon Musk’s space company plans to test the huge experimental vehicle on Tuesday, in its first flight after two explosions earlier this year
Space Force, NGA reach agreement on purchasing power for commercial ISR
The new agreement puts an end to a two-year turf war over the roles and responsibilities for buying ISR products from commercial space providers.
Radical Collaboration: An Imperative in the Age of Technology Disruption and Discontinuity
A central theme that emerged from the three 2024 editions of the “Competitiveness Conversations Across America” series is the concept of radical collaboration. This panel builds on insights from these Conversations, as leaders discuss strategies for effectively transforming disruption into creative destruction and rapid growth.
Saltzman: Space Force underfunded for space control, other new missions
“We are not adequately funded for new missions that I’ve been given in space superiority,” Gen. Chance Saltzman told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Quantum Cyberattacks: A Future or Current Concern for Satellites?
Last September, Chinese researchers made headlines when they announced a major breakthrough in quantum cyberattacks, claiming to have successfully broken commonly employed encryption algorithms using a D-wave quantum computer.
Space Force FORGEing ahead with missile warning ground system
Space Systems Command (SSC) in recent weeks has issued a flurry of contracts for the key hardware and software “thrusts” that make up the FORGE program, following a restructuring in 2023 that broke the effort into more manageable pieces.
Gen. Saltzman Says US Space Force Growth Needed to Achieve ‘Space Superiority’
Politico — “[Gaining and maintaing space superiority] requires new personnel, new training concepts, new ranges, a whole host of capabilities. […] I get very little pushback when I acknowledge that we need to grow in a managed way to make sure we can accomplish these new missions.”
Space Force Officials Say It’s Too Early to Pin Down Golden Dome Costs
Space News — While a recent Congressional Budget Office report suggesting Golden Dome could exceed $500 billion, Gen. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, expressed skepticism about any current estimates. “There’s always sticker shock, because space in these kinds of capabilities are[…] unique, in the sense that there’s not a lot of market that would drive at a cost down.”