DefenseNews — Space Launch Delta 30 issued a request for information, seeking to establish infrastructure for heavy and super-heavy vertical launch vehicles to address critical gaps in launch capabilities at Vandenberg. If developed, SLC-14 would become the first dedicated super-heavy launch complex on the West Coast.

GovCon Wire — As executive vice president, Bullock will lead Aerospace’s customer-facing organizations, research and laboratory capabilities, engineering backplane, and technology investment activities.

Air and Space Forces Magazine — United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket is slated to fly its second national security mission in February—nearly six months after its first operational launch and almost a year after it was certified to launch military payloads for the Space Force.

CNN — Artemis II will send a group of four astronauts — NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch as well as the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen — on a trip around the moon, possibly as early as February.

SpaceNews — The overhaul aims to provide resilient, high-throughput connectivity across all 14 U.S. Space Force bases. “This modernization effort will upgrade both classified and unclassified network infrastructure,” the Air Force said, including the use of zero trust security architectures and support for cloud-based applications.

Ars Technica — “Sooner or later, we’re gonna see bad things happening here,” said Aerospace’s John Langer. The U.S. Space Force’s SpaceWerx organization, the FAA, and the Defense Innovation Unit are running challenges to support alternative technologies.

Air and Space Forces Magazine — Space Systems Command has been working with CFC and Space Training and Readiness Command to expand its cyber digital operational environment. The U.S. Spacer Force is also getting closer to building a physical range, the National Space Test and Training Complex.

Aviation Week — United Launch Alliance (ULA) President and CEO Tory Bruno is joining Blue Origin as its new president of national security. Bruno will report to Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp in the new role.

Via Satellite — Joe Touch, principal scientist in Aerospace’s Information Systems and Cyber Division, participated in a panel to discuss what quantum computing could accomplish in space, if these powerful systems are able to survive the harsh environment.

Air and Space Forces Magazine — The Space Force’s work to establish a pool of at-the-ready commercial satellite capacity during a crisis is moving out of the pilot phase as the service prepares to award its next batch of contracts in 2026. Participating companies get access to threat intelligence and will be included in training events and wargames.