Charles Beames, SmallSat Alliance Chairman, in an op-ed for SpaceNews – Traditional defense prime contractors are having a tough time working within budget limitations. Commercial companies live by fixed price contracts and are only paid on delivery.
Dean Bellamy, executive VP at Redwire, in an op-ed for SpaceNews – Space Development Agency, Space System Command, and commercial operators exemplify a fast and iterative approach, which will be key to outpacing adversaries.
We’re not planning to do it, and you can’t do a rescue on the fly. You have to plan ahead of time.
Reducing the Risks of Space, Part 2: New Ideas in Space Safety, we explore policy, law, technology and operations in development now to manage the challenging space environment of the future. Features a conversation with Dr. Grant Cates, Senior Project Leader for the Space Architecture Department at The Aerospace Corporation.
The Space Force announced two new missions to demonstrate how highly maneuverable space vehicles can enable the service to quickly respond to real-time threats.
WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance Office and the Pentagon are making strides in their collaborative effort to use surveillance satellites to track targets on the battlefield, NRO Director Christopher Scolese said Oct. 3.
Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense – One of the JCO’s new missions will be gathering what the Space Force calls tactical surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking data from commercial remote sensing satellite operators, said JCO head Barbara Golf.
Robert Wall, Aviation Week – Maj. Gen. Paul Tedman, head of the UK Space Command, says the armed forces are raising the bar, with the ambition “to become a competitive space power.” The UK will likely include commercial services in its architecture.
Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews – A new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Taylor Geospatial Institute, Taylor Geospatial Engine, and the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation sheds light on the rapidly evolving global commercial remote sensing industry.
Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews – The DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) issued a solicitation for proposals on advanced spacecraft propulsion technology — particularly electrospray thrusters. The deadline is October 11 at midnight ET.
