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Military Space Report

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Greater affordability. Expanding access. Emerging threats. Space is changing — and we must change with it.  Get expert insight  into what comes next.

SDA Opens Contest For First Operational Constellation SDA intends to choose three contractors next year to design and build up to 144 new satellites.

Chorus Grows To Declassify Space Threat Info From Services, Congress COLORADO SPRINGS: The House Armed Services Committee's draft policy bill calls for the head of the Space Force to review all classification of space systems "to determine if any programs should be reclassified or declassified." The chairman's mark of the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), obtained by Breaking Defense, is the latest in…

Firefly Aerospace Set For First Launch Next Thursday; Static Test Passed "Firefly Alpha will provide a unique capability to the US Government that is not currently available: a 1,000 kg to orbit, commercial, domestic, launch vehicle that can be used for a wide variety of missions," says Firefly spokesperson Kim Jennett.

A Weapons Test Is The Wrong Way To Advance Norms On Responsible Behavior In Space If the US goes ahead with testing an anti-satellite system, it risks derailing what little progress has been made to develop international military and security-related norms for outer space, warns Jessica West.

More Flexibility, Greater Urgency Key For Space Security: Aerospace's Isakowitz "Everybody realizes the technologies, and the changes, we're seeing today (in space) are much more transformative than we've ever seen," says Aerospace's Steve Isakowitz.

Next-Gen OPIR Missile Warning On Schedule For 2025 Launch "At this point, we do not assess any impact to the schedule but continue to evaluate that day by day," said Col. Brian Denaro, SSC's program manager for Next Gen OPIR.

NORTHCOM Needs Help In Space For Arctic Communications Eliminating stovepipes that prevent sharing information about threats and responses is crucial to defense of the homeland, says Gen. Glen VanHerck, NORTHCOM head.

Near-Term Funds For Second Space Fence Radar Uncertain Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, head of Space Operations Command, said that the Space Force is now following 35,000 space objects, a 22% jump in only the last two years.

Blue Origin Engine For NSSL Behind Schedule, But SecAF Kendall Isn't Worried "Hopefully we'll be all right and they (ULA) won't have any additional scheduled steps. But I think the strategy has actually been demonstrated to be a good thing," Air Force Frank Kendall says.

JADC2's Space-Based Backbone [Sponsored] A layered architecture of geosynchronous, medium-earth, and low-earth-orbit satellites will provide resilient sensor coverage for Joint All Domain Command and Control.

If Commercial Space Is Ready to Set Sail, Why Are We Still Missing the Boat? Doug Loverro, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, lays out a news structure for how the Space Force should look at commercial space assets.

NRO, NGA, SPACECOM, Space Force Hammer Out Boundaries   UPDATED: Adds Space Command statement from Gen. Dickinson COLORADO SPRINGS: After a series of recent tussles over who manages what in space, National Reconnaissance Office Director Christopher Scolese today announced a new agreement between his office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Space Force and Space Command, dubbed the Protected Defense Strategic Framework. "This high level…

New SPACECOM Strategy Will Define 'Space Combat Power' The new strategy will "strengthen our ability to outthink and out maneuver our competitors and dominate through space combat power, and it will always ensure that there will never be a day without space," said Gen. Jim Dickinson, SPACECOM commander.

'We've Now Entered A New Space Race' As PRC, Russia Plan Moon Base: Sen. Moran "I do not believe that our astronauts, upon returning to the Moon, will want to be welcomed by the Chinese and the Russians. Instead, we should be there to meet them whenever they arrive," Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas says.

SecAF Kendall Moves To Speed SDA Transfer To Air Force "By statute, this is scheduled to occur on one October 2022, but there is no need to wait them until then" to integrate the Space Development Agency into the Air Force's space acquisition office, Kendall said. ere.

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