Air and Space Forces - The U.S. Space Force’s roadmap for modernizing the system includes near-term upgrades to the constellation, including fielding 12 more GPS IIIF satellites. They are also looking ahead and crafting concepts for what it calls a Generation 4, or Gen4, GPS capability.
Intelligence Community News - Through Aerospace's SPARTA framework, the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has published key resources to enable onboard threat detection and provide actionable information for implementing space cybersecurity.
Clemson News - The mission will focus on the premidnight aurora sector, where previous studies have shown especially strong energy dissipation and some of the fastest upper-atmospheric winds. It is a collaboration between Clemson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the Aerospace Corporation and the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.
Wired - NASA presented the details of its phased plan to create the first lunar base at the moon’s south pole. The Moon Base project replaces the Gateway program, an orbital station that would have served as a node between the Earth and the moon
Aerospace America - A lively panel of leaders in the space industry took on the question of how the United States can keep its edge in space with competitors nipping at our heels. The panel was moderated by Jamie Morin, The Aerospace Corporation VP of Defense Strategic Space.
Aerospace's principal engineer for space cybersecurity Brandon Bailey said that 10 commercial partners are tinkering with SpaceCOP, a software package Aerospace built that can detect and possibly repel hostile cyber activity onboard.
Aerospace America - At ASCEND 2026, Brig. Gen. Nick Hague, assistant deputy chief of staff for space operations, said there's a need for more partnerships with the commercial space industry and academia. “We need your ideas. We need your technology. We need your speed.”
Kent Rominger brings decades of experience solving complex challenges across the space enterprise as a former vice president at Northrop Grumman and Orbital ATK, a NASA astronaut, and a U.S. Navy veteran. He has received the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
Aerospace America — "AIAA’s inaugural ASCEND 2026 Classified Day, planned for Monday, 18 May at The Aerospace Corporation’s corporate headquarters in Chantilly, VA, comes at a time of intense transformation in the U.S. space community."
Breaking Defense - The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO) and the U.S. Space Force’s innovation arm, SpaceWERX, awarded three small companies contracts worth $3 million each, to develop new radar warning receivers for future highly maneuverable satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit.
