Air and Space Forces — The Space Force expects to wrap up a detailed analysis this year of its “objective force,” a forward-looking vision for what platforms, support structures, and manpower the service thinks it will need over the next 15 years.
To Save Aging Space Observatory, NASA Taps Startup to Push it Farther in Space
Reuters — NASA awarded Arizona-based Katalyst Space Technologies $30 million to send a modified version of its “Link” spacecraft to NASA’s orbiting Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
Space Force to Get NOAA Antennas to Supplement Satellite Control Network
Breaking Defense — Space Systems Command is prototyping a Joint Antenna Marketplace to augment its aging Satellite Control Network, by using existing commercial and non-DoD agency antennas, rather than building costly new ones for the network.
Perfect is Too Late: How the Space Force is Accelerating Capability Delivery to Win
U.S. Space Force Gen. B. Chance Saltzman wrote an op-ed for the Space Force Association. “Winning in space means moving fast. New space systems will never be perfect, or even nearly-so. Delivering capabilities that are good enough, and ready now, is the only way to ensure space superiority.”
CSO Saltzman Looks at the Future of the Space Force
Air and Space Forces — As it prepares for its seventh year as an independent service in 2026, the Space Force is set to have the largest budget in its history and more Guardians than ever. Officials have begun to speak more openly about operating in a domain in which conflict might occur.
Space Force Approaches Industry For Space Situational Awareness, Battle Management, and Cyber Security
Military and Aerospace Electronics — Space Systems Command (SSC) in El Segundo, CA issued a broad agency announcement (FA8819-24-R-B003), asking industry for space and cyber technologies to counter emerging space threats.
Inside the Space Force as it Prepares For a New Kind of War
The Washington Post — The Resolute Space training exercise involved more than 700 service members and spanned 50 million square miles and 6 time zones.
Space Force Chief: Current Satellite Tracking ‘Too Slow’ For Modern Threats
SpaceNews — Speaking at the AMOS Conference, Gen. Chance Saltzman calls for industry partnerships to accelerate capabilities in space domain awareness.
Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon.
WSJ — NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy directed the agency to fast-trak an effort to land a reactor on the moon by late 2029.
SpaceX’s Shotwell Talks Spectrum and Starship at WSBW
Via Satellite — SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell gave insight into what SpaceX’s recent $17 billion spectrum purchase from EchoStar, means for Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell business.