Federal News Network — Brian Weeden, Systems Director at Aerospace’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy, discusses how GPS went from a military-exclusive system to one with civilian uses that it wasn’t originally designed for.

DefenseScoop — Meadowlands, which L3Harris developed, is a significant upgrade to the Space Force’s current platform — the Counter Communications System (CCS) — with drastically reduced weapon size and integrated automation.

Aviation Week — The U.S. Government Accountability Office says the Space Force will launch its first new missile warning satellite no earlier than March 2026, months later than previously scheduled, “due to a crowded 2025 launch manifest.”

Aviation Week — In 2026, the Aerospace Corporation plans to launch four examples of the 1 meter in diameter DiskSat into low Earth orbit. Flat satellites can have many potential advantages, such as filling out the entire diameter of a launch vehicle fairing.

The Space Review — Karen Jones, a SBSP expert from The Aerospace Corporation, emphasized that the technology’s costs could become competitive with other energy sources as launch costs continue to decrease.

Payload — The Commercial Space Federation’s Space Supply Chain Council (S2C2) is a new organization with the goal of educating legislators on critical space topics such as export controls, anti-competitive behaviors, FCC and remote sensing licensing, and mission authorization.

Aviation Week — The course adjustments at many companies reflect changing geopolitical dynamics and spending realities in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Space.com — Iain Boyd, director of the Center for National Security Initiatives at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses how Golden Dome represents a commitment to actually deploy hypersonic vehicle-tracking systems for which considerable progress has already been made.

Aviation Week — Within the past six months, the U.S. Space Force coordinated the launches of two next-generation GPS III satellites at a rapid pace. The time frame from call-up to launch for such missions is typically 24 months.

DefenseNews — Under a new $4 billion Space Force Range Contract, commercial launch firms will pay directly for services required to support their launches. Historically, the government fronted these costs.