SpaceNews — The Space Force’s fiscal 2026 budget request proposes stalling plans to buy a batch of communication satellites through the Space Development Agency, as it weighs using an existing constellation that is largely dominated by SpaceX.
2025 ASCEND: AIAA David W. Thompson Lecture in Space Commerce Presented by Jamie M. Morin
Dr. Jamie M. Morin — Aerospace’s vice president of Defense Strategic Space and executive director of the Center for Space Policy and Strategy — is presenting “Accelerating Space and Defense Innovation Through Savvy Policy” on July 22 at 11:45 AM PT at ASCEND in Las Vegas.
T-Minus Space Daily Podcast: ‘Turning Data Into Decisions’
In this episode, Dr. Steven Lewis, director of Aerospace’s SPEAR (Spectrum Electromagnetic Interference, Awareness, and Response) team, joins a discussion with Aerospace’s Parker Wishik and Whitespace’s CEO, Jackie Barbieri.
Slingshot Aerospace Tracks Possible On-Orbit Refueling of Chinese Spacecraft
Aviation Week — Two Chinese-built satellites may be on the verge of conducting an on-orbit, satellite-to-satellite refueling activity for the first time, according to Slingshot Aerospace.
ULA Testing OpenAI’s Government-Compliant Chatbot
SpaceNews — ‘RocketGPT’ is one of the first deployments of government-compliant AI chatbot that’s designed for defense contractors handling sensitive data.
Space Force is Contracting With SpaceX for New, Secretive Milnet Satcom Network
Breaking Defense — The Space Force contracted a new government-owned, contractor-operated satellite communication constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO), called MILNET, that will eventually be integrated into the service’s grand plan for a “hybrid mesh network.”
The Aerospace Corporation Adds Will Hurd to Board of Trustees
WashingtonExec — Aerospace President and CEO Steve Isakowitz said Hurd’s background in technology, national security, and public policy will help the company support its mission in an increasingly contested space domain.
How to Develop Effective Technology Policy When Your Imagination of Future Uses is Limited
Federal News Network — Brian Weeden, Systems Director at Aerospace’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy, discusses how GPS went from a military-exclusive system to one with civilian uses that it wasn’t originally designed for.
Space Force Receives First Two Units of Meadowlands Offensive Satellite Jammer
DefenseScoop — Meadowlands, which L3Harris developed, is a significant upgrade to the Space Force’s current platform — the Counter Communications System (CCS) — with drastically reduced weapon size and integrated automation.
First Next-Gen Missile Warning Satellite Launch Delayed
Aviation Week — The U.S. Government Accountability Office says the Space Force will launch its first new missile warning satellite no earlier than March 2026, months later than previously scheduled, “due to a crowded 2025 launch manifest.”