Intelligence Community News – Through Aerospace’s SPARTA framework, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has published key resources to enable onboard threat detection and provide actionable information for implementing space cybersecurity.

SpaceNews – The supplier selections shed new light on the industrial teams behind the first operational phase of PTS-G, a U.S. Space Force effort to build a more resilient military communications network using commercially derived satellites in geostationary orbit.

Clemson News – The mission will focus on the premidnight aurora sector, where previous studies have shown especially strong energy dissipation and some of the fastest upper-atmospheric winds. It is a collaboration between Clemson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the Aerospace Corporation and the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.

Wired – NASA presented the details of its phased plan to create the first lunar base at the moon’s south pole. The Moon Base project replaces the Gateway program, an orbital station that would have served as a node between the Earth and the moon

Ars Technica – SpaceX won a contract to provide the U.S. military with a means of distributing space-based sensing and targeting data, forming the “backbone” of a rearchitected network. Space Systems Command (SSC), the Space Force’s primary procurement and acquisition center, announced the $2.29 billion firm-fixed-price agreement.

Orange Slices – This 5-year contract will provide mission operations support for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS) Landsat program. It delivers critical land remote sensing data used across science, government, and resource management applications

Aerospace America – A lively panel of leaders in the space industry took on the question of how the United States can keep its edge in space with competitors nipping at our heels. The panel was moderated by Jamie Morin, The Aerospace Corporation VP of Defense Strategic Space.

Aerospace’s principal engineer for space cybersecurity Brandon Bailey said that 10 commercial partners are tinkering with SpaceCOP, a software package Aerospace built that can detect and possibly repel hostile cyber activity onboard.

Aerospace America – AIAA hosted its inaugural ASCEND Classified Day at The Aerospace Corporation’s corporate headquarters in Chantilly, Va.

Aerospace America – At ASCEND 2026, Brig. Gen. Nick Hague, assistant deputy chief of staff for space operations, said there’s a need for more partnerships with the commercial space industry and academia. “We need your ideas. We need your technology. We need your speed.”