Aviation Week — The U.S. Space Force is overhauling its training systems and doctrines. The Operational Test and Training Infrastructure (OTTI) merges virtual environments with live ranges to ready personnel for on-orbit conflict.
USSF Issues Canada Space Command-and-Control RFI
Aviation Week — The U.S. Space Force is conducting market research for a potential foreign military sale (FMS) to Canada of command-and-control (C2) capabilities. The new enterprise-level system would upgrade Canada’s currently fragmented capabilities and processes
Project Kuiper Becomes Amazon Leo Ahead of LEO Broadband Service Debut
SpaceNews — Project Kuiper has shed its seven-year-old code name, emerging as “Amazon Leo” as the company nears the start of initial broadband services from the low Earth orbit constellation next year.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Sticks Landing in Key Milestone
Washington Post — The successful second launch represents a major step forward for Jeff Bezos’s rocket company as it seeks to catch up with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
New Report: Space Force Must Take ‘Decisive’ Steps Toward Dynamic Operations
Air and Space Forces Magazine — According to a new report from AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, the U.S. Space Force should take bold, decisive steps quickly to develop the capabilities and architecture needed to support more dynamic operations in orbit and counter Chinese aggression and technological progress.
US Space Force Deploying Ground-Based Jammers to Counter Chinese, Russian Surveillance
The Defense Post — Called Meadowlands and the Remote Modular Terminal (RMT), the systems join the older Counter Communications System. Unlikethat larger system, the new jammers are smaller, more mobile, and can be controlled remotely from anywhere in the world.
Space Force Rebrands Operations Command as Combat Forces Command
Air and Space Forces Magazine — “This redesignation aligned the command’s name with its core purpose of forging combat-ready Space Forces for America and its allies, and the evolution of the United States Space Force as a warfighting service,” the command said in a statement.
AI at the Edge: How Startups are Powering the Future of Space at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
TechCrunch — Aerospace’s Dr. Debra Emmons participated in a panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, discussing how on-orbit compute and autonomous decision-making are transforming satellite missions.
Commercial Firms Make Case For US Space-Based Logistics Layer
Aviation Week — As the U.S. Space Force embraces commercial technology, in-space servicing companies are urging the Pentagon to consider a logistics layer. The Defense Department is partnering with Astroscale U.S. to develop a 660-lb. satellite to refuel two Space Force assets in geostationary orbit next summer.
An Upcoming Demonstration Could Shed Light on This Little-Studied Atmospheric Layer
Aerospace America — Aerospace’s Marty Ross commented on a project that will study the mesosphere: “The space enterprise will have to better understand mesospheric dynamics and variability as well as mysterious clouds at the edge of space caused by rocket exhaust and meteoroid and space debris ablation.”
