The Observer — The first panel, “Civilian Leadership in National Security,” featured Kristin St. Peter, a deputy general counsel and secretary at The Aerospace Corporation.

GovConWire — As part of the contract, participating contractors must collaborate with an FFRDC like The Aerospace Corporation.

Kratos Space — This article features insights from Sam Wilson and Andrew Berglund from The Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy.

SpaceNews — Pentagon’s Test Resource Management Center issued the award, as part of its program to use commercial launch providers to supplement government test infrastructure.

SpaceNews — “I want landers on the moon, at the south pole, on a monthly cadence starting at the beginning of 2027,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.

The New York Times — For the past 15 years, a small team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California has been keeping track of the 11 spacecraft orbiting the moon and raising alerts when it seems that 2 of them might cross paths.

NBCNews — Artemis II will be the first mission where NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule carry people. On the 10-day mission, the crew is expected to circle the moon, traveling farther from Earth than any humans have before.

DefenseNews — Space Systems Command announced that System Delta 84 completed the preliminary design review for its Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking program, a 10-satellite Epoch 2 medium Earth orbit constellation.

CNN — “There’s been a lot more awareness of the importance of spaceborne debris,” said Marlon Sorge, a space debris expert at The Aerospace Corporation.

Commercial Observer In 2026, the South Bay is in a different league compared to where it was just 15 years ago. Dozens of startups have cropped up in coastal Silicon Beach cities. The aerospace and defense industries added 11,000 jobs to L.A. County between 2022 and 2024 alone