Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews – DoD’s 2024 Arctic strategy recommends investments in space-based capabilities to enhance communications, intelligence gathering and monitoring activities.
SDA acquisition program faces long-term challenges: Aerospace Corp.
Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense – While citing the Space Development Agency’s progress so far in creating a novel acquisition model, a new study by Aerospace’s Andrew Berglund cautions that other defense agencies may not be able to follow in its footsteps.
The National GEM Consortium Announces the Appointment of Steve Isakowitz as Chairman of the Board
The National GEM Consortium – GEM, one of the premier organizations for the best and brightest underrepresented minority STEM talent in the country, announced the appointment of Steve Isakowitz as Chairman of its Board of Directors.
Top Cyber Execs to Watch in 2024
WashingtonExec – Jim Myers is Aerospace’s Senior Vice President, Civil Systems Group Senior. His biggest recent achievement is supporting the extension of the SPARTA space cybersecurity framework across the U.S. space enterprise.
Exclusive: Space Force’s Calvelli Aims to ‘Integrate’ Space Acquisition Organizations
Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense – Air Force Assistant Secretary for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli created an office to coordinate Space Force development programs run.
Advancing Technologies for In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing
Tech Briefs interviewed Aerospace’s Greg Richardson about the future vision of COSMIC and advancing technologies for ISAM.
Rockets and Regulation: Injecting Agility Into US Space Industry Oversight
Deloitte Center for Government Insights – The cadence at which the industry is advancing new technologies is straining existing regulations. Establishing a system of agile space regulations will help.
NATO Members Sign MOU To Bolster Space Data Collection
Vivienne Machi, Aviation Week – More than half of NATO’s member nations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) initiative. APSS is the alliance’s effort to streamline space-based data collection from national and commercial systems.
Saltzman Names Former UK Space Chief ‘Assistant CSO’ to Promote Allied Partnership
Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense – U.S. Space Force chief Gen. Chance Saltzman named outgoing head of UK Space Command, Air Marshall Paul Godfrey, as his first “Assistant Chief of Space Operations for Future Concepts and Partnerships,” a move designed to help advance combined operations with allies.
The Growing Space Economy is Doing Its Part to Fight Inflation
Tim Fernholz, Payload – According to the U.S. government’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, growth in 2022 in real GDP was faster in the space economy than the overall economy. National security space spending has nearly doubled since 2017.