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Exclusive: SPACECOM reorganizing amidst theater component command debate It remains to be seen if the creation of a new Joint Force Space Component Command will help or hurt the chain of command for military space.

MDA: Hypersonic missile tracking prototypes on point for 2023 launch What happens after the HBTSS prototype demonstrations, however, is yet to be determined, according to MDA and industry officials.

Chinese orbital bombardment? Don't panic! Around this time last month the defense world was sent a tizzy by a reported Chinese hypersonic orbital weapons test. While many questions remain unanswered, Bleddyn Bowen and Cameron Hunter of the University of Leicester have some advice: calm down. The following is an abridged and updated summary of a report published by the Asia-Pacific…

Army's SMDC Tech Center races to get space-base capabilities for soldiers "Air and missile defense, long-range precision fires, assured position navigation and timing — all of these rely on space-enabled capabilities and access to space," said Tom Webber, director of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center.

An easy fix to Space Force's most glaring vulnerability A rapid response space capability must be an integral component of the president's response options to not only deter an adversary, but also to avoid repeating the humiliation of revealed impotence in the face of a threat.

Capella to demonstrate first SARsat-based laser communications for SDA Optical intersatellite links, or OISLs, use lasers to zip data between satellites on orbit — a technology that is both the central node and the biggest challenge in SDA's effort to build a multi-layered National Defense Space Architecture.

Viasat to buy Inmarsat, plans for polar sats to expand Arctic coverage "Viasat has been undergoing an existential crisis as it competes with SpaceX for the satcom market," one industry source said.

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