Weekly Briefing: Military Space

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Military Space Report

Pentagon needs to prioritize hypersonic defense, not offense: CSIS "You really need to worry about the tactical things. You really need to defend your surface ships, air bases, all that stuff," NDIA's Mark Lewis said.

JP 9102: Australia opens bidding on its biggest space contract ever Industry sources say the tender will lead to at least two, and as many as four, military communication satellites being built for the Australian military, as well as ground stations. A decision on the winner is expected this year.

ICEYE to add 10 SAR satellites, thanks in part to BAE Systems investment Additional satellites will help ICEYE reach its goal of imaging the same spot on Earth every eight hours, ICEYE CEO and cofounder Rafal Modrzewski told Breaking Defense.

At Pentagon meeting on hypersonics, CEOs urge stable funding, better infrastructure The high-level meeting signaled the importance of hypersonic tech, sources said, but also bureaucratic and real-world challenges to overcome in a hurry.

US rejects charge that Starlink satellites endangered China's space station "Clearly an exchange of diplomatic notes is better than an exchange of Twitter fire (or worse). But diplomatic notes won't fill in the gaps in space governance and traffic safety," Jessica West of Canada's Project Ploughshares said.

US needs to temper reliance on at-risk undersea internet cables, satellites can help: Aerospace "Undersea cable infrastructure is ripe for sabotage," said Karen Jones, one of the authors of the study.

NRO plans 7 spy satellite launches in 2022; one from mystery foreign spaceport Ahead of the Wednesday launch, mystery surrounds what the mission of NROL-87 is. NRO never talks about the purpose of specific satellites, period, but the payload will be launched to an orbit consistent with that of an imaging satellite.

Lawmakers petition for $50M defense spending for tactically responsive space launch The Senate version of the 2022 defense appropriations bill also includes $50 million, a House aide explained, but the House version only includes $5 million.

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