The U.S. Space Force may be reassessing its plan to build the Transport Layer, a data relay satellite network meant to rapidly deliver targeting data from sensors to shooters. At a Senate
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The Space Development Agency launched the first prototype risk reduction satellite from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 23. T1DES Proto The agency said Tuesday the satellite is one of
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NASA demonstrated the new RS-25 engine No. 20001 on June 20 at the Fred Haise Test Stand at the Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The agency said Monday the full-duration
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NASA is expected to launch a six-month mission in the coming days to measure sunlight reflected off the moon using the Arcstone instrument to establish a high-accuracy, universal calibration standard for Earth-observing
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Chris Scolese, director of the National Reconnaissance Office and a five-time Wash100 Award winner, outlined the agency’s strategy, with an emphasis on speed, innovation and partnerships, at the Maryland Space Business Roundtable on June 18.
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The U.S. Space Force and the Defense Innovation Unit are accelerating efforts to bring commercial technologies into military operations in line with the Commercial Space Strategy, released in April 2024, Federal News
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NASA is preparing to demonstrate its Fiber Optic Sensing System, or FOSS, and evaluate its performance at hypersonic speeds. The agency said Wednesday the FOSS will be installed onto two research rockets,
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NASA is requesting information from domestic and international companies about Earth proximity relay communication and navigation capabilities that could replace the aging Tracking and Data Relay Satellite system in providing near-Earth communications
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The Federal Communications Commission has announced plans to modernize satellite licensing in response to the emergence of national security, particularly space defense, as a primary driver in regulating space systems. Jay Schwarz, chief of
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The Catalyst Accelerator has started soliciting applications from U.S. small businesses and startups with dual-use directed energy and electromagnetic warfare technologies for the Fall 2025 Cohort. The accelerator said Friday it is
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