Robert Wall, Aviation Week – Germany in July awarded Airbus a contract for new military communications satellites. The additional money will finance upgrading of the ground infrastructure, including command-and-control equipment.
Space Force’s new GPS satellites are running months behind schedule
Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg – The initial batch of GPS IIIF satellites are as much as eight to 11 months behind the desired delivery schedule, because contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. is having difficulty manufacturing some complex parts.
Opinion: The US needs to get real about maneuver warfare in space
In this op-ed for Breaking Defense, Christopher Stone, Senior Fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, argues that the Space Force needs to transform from “a mere support service into the primary door kicking, maneuver force for the United States.”
NASA Begins Hand-off To Commercial Satellites
Tim Fernholz, Payload – NASA is replacing its 1980s-era Tracking and Data Relay System (TDRS) satellites by the 2030s, with a fleet of commercial sats purchased through the Commercial Services Project (CSP).
Facing Growing Threats, Space Industry Expands Its Cyber Warning Center
Shaun Waterman, Air and Space Forces Magazine – The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a U.S. nonprofit that helps commercial space operators share data about cyberattacks and other threats, is expanding to the U.K. and other allied countries.
The Downlink [Oct 31, 24] Space Money: Report – DoD At Risk of Losing New Commercial Space Suppliers And Capabilities
In this podcast, Laura Winter speaks with Sam Wilson, Director of Strategy and Program Support at Aerospace’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy.
Space CEOs talk about the challenges and opportunities of selling defense tech
Aria Alamalhodaei – At TechCrunch Disrupt, Aerospace’s CTO Debra Emmons said the government stood up the Defense Innovation Unit, the Office of Strategic Capital, and other funding mechanisms to bring private and public money together.
Space regulation for the next US Administration
T-Minus Space Daily – In this podcast, Maria Varmazis speaks to Brian Weeden, Systems Director at Aerospace’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy, about Space Agenda 2025’s chapter on space regulation.
NRO taps 3 startups for innovative launch experiments
Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense – The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) announced that it awarded study contracts on innovative launch capabilities to three U.S.-based startups: Cognitive Space, Impulse Space and Starfish Space.
Space Force opens national security launch contracts to new players
Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews – The National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program, structured as an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, is projected at $5.6 billion over five years, and allows the Space Force to issue individual task orders to qualified providers.