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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

Air and Space Forces — The Space Force expects to award $905 million in contracts over the next five years through a new Maneuverable GEO program, which aims to form a commercial fleet of communication satellites that can shift around in geosynchronous orbit.

SpaceNews — Quantum Space says it plans to launch its first Ranger spacecraft in mid-2026 to demonstrate its capabilities for national security missions.

Aviation Week — After a 5.5-year hiatus, JAXA is poised to debut the HTV-X spacecraft, which can carry 6.5 tons of cargo. It can also be loaded 24 hours before launch, compared with 80 hours for its predecessor.

Via Satellite — The second batch of U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1, Transport Layer communications satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried the 21 Lockheed Martin satellites.