The committee cut $900 million from the Space Force’s proposed $29.6 billion budget

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DoD buys Starlink’s commercial internet service but also plans to acquire more than 100 ‘Starshield’ satellites that would be government-owned

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The U.S. Space Force, which is responsible for providing space domain awareness data for military operations, is currently refining its plan to leverage commercial innovations. 

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‘In the coming years, the Space Force will likely take additional steps toward a more distributed and proliferated approach for defense space capabilities’

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The company aims to bring AI to space domain awareness

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Sen. Roger Wicker argues that DoD must evolve its perception of the Space Force from an enabling service to one with ‘formidable offensive potential’

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The Space Test Program office issued its final request for proposals for the Space Test Experiments Platform (STEP) 2.0 contract

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Nou Systems, ExoAnalytic Solutions, TMC Design, HII Mission Technologies Corp, Parsons Government Services Inc, and Lockheed Martin were awarded six-month study contracts.

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The United States Space Force Commercial Space Strategy reveals how the U.S. plans to leverage industry and European nations to keep pace with China

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Starfish’s Otter space servicing vehicle would provide “augmented maneuvering” capabilities to military satellites

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Col. Rich Kniseley: ‘We need to make sure there is a business case for commercial companies to survive if the government is not there’

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Under the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve program, companies would sign partnership agreements with DoD to bolster U.S. satellite capacity for potential space conflicts

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ULA remains confident it will launch Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser space plane by October

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is developing a space imaging payload for the Victus Haze mission

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It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to discern the obvious: the new generation of satellites are not meant to be refueled.

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U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David Miller raises questions over the control and employment of Ground Moving Target Indicator satellites.

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A U.S. Space Force online marketplace that taps into commercial satellite data has executed around $8 million worth of contracts over the past four months. 

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What was once a complementary space architecture is today the central nervous system of joint operations, said Brig. Gen. Robert Hutt, director of plans and programs for the U.S. Space Force.

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WASHINGTON — The Space Force is eyeing innovative in-orbit refueling technology, but a key question lingers: is it worth the cost, especially when the military is considering a shift towards […]

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The Evolved Strategic Satcom satellites are for command and control of U.S. nuclear forces

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The company was selected by True Anomaly to power a maneuvering spacecraft to be built for the Space Force’s Victus Haze mission

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Gen. Michael Guetlein said the military for centuries has relied on private sector contractors during wars, and the same should apply to operations in space

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Lt. Gen. Bratton: “We talk a lot about space refueling, but we don't really know what the case is for its military utility”

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Col. Christopher Fernengel, of the Space Force's Space Operations Command: ‘They're directing changes to declassify where it makes sense’

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