Golden Dome Panel Splits on the Program’s Political Risk
Momentus CEO John Rood says Golden Dome lacks bipartisan support, while Breakwater’s Jen Ross says the program is on track for its 2028 demo.
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SDA’s First Tracking Satellites Slip to Spring, Sandhoo Says
SDA Director GP Sandhoo says the first Tranche 1 tracking launch has slipped to next spring, with about 474 satellites planned through Tranche 3 and a Tranche 4 RFI out.
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KASA Grants Commercial Space Access to Defense Mutual Aid and Naro Space Center
On Monday, October 26, 2026, the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) announced institutional policy reforms granting commercial space enterprises access to state-backed defense industry mutual aid services. Selected as the agency’s […]
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Space Development Agency Solicits Technologies for Tranche 4 Missile-Tracking Constellation
Seeking to close sensor tracking gaps against maneuvering hypersonic missiles throughout their entire flight envelopes, the Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a Request for Information (RFI) on Tuesday, October 20, […]
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L3Harris Awarded $6 Billion Seven-Year Contract to Expand THAAD Missile Defense Propulsion Production
On Sept. 29, 2026, defense aerospace contractor L3Harris Technologies received an undefinitized contract valued at over $6 billion from Lockheed Martin. The seven-year award finances a multi-facility manufacturing expansion to […]
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Space Development Agency Issues $369 Million Solicitation for Global Missile Tracking Ground Entry Points
On Sept. 22, 2026, the Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a formal request for proposals (RFP) valued at $369 million to procure next-generation ground communications infrastructure for its missile warning […]
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Space Rapid Capabilities Office Selects HawkEye 360’s ISA for GEO Radar-Warning Sensor Development
On Thursday, July 9, 2026, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpaceRCO) selected Innovative Signal Analysis (ISA), a subsidiary of HawkEye 360 Inc., to develop an adaptable radar-warning […]
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American military space closed around one company in seven days
Two SpaceX contracts, a House mark dissolving SDA, and a New Glenn pad fire — read together, they ended the multi-prime model for U.S. military space.
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Software-Defined Modems and Hardware Bottlenecks Strain Proliferated Defense Space Architectures
An unreleased U.S. Space Force internal assessment has flagged a critical satellite program designed to alert American forces of incoming hypersonic and ballistic missile attacks as one of the service’s […]
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The transatlantic space defense timeline mismatch is now a NATO problem
The United States is advancing its tactical low-Earth orbit (LEO) capabilities with active deployments, while European counterparts are still in the prototyping stage. This divergence creates a significant timeline mismatch. Without a designated NATO authority to mandate interoperability standards, the alliance faces a critical decision on how to ensure a cohesive space-based defense architecture before the 2026 budget cycle.
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