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“NGA Maven is now available to all services and all combatant commands. There are 20,000 active users through more than 35 service and combat and command tools across three security domains,” said NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth.
By Theresa Hitchens
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Amazon Kuiper is building a space network that can withstand attacks by rapidly reconstituting capabilities.
By Breaking DefensePDW is future-proofing arsenals with lethally affordable multirotors
The creator of the world’s most mission-versatile sUAS, the C100, is now revolutionizing small drones from a first-person view.
Funding contained in the bill is required for the Trump administration to hit $1 trillion in defense spending in fiscal 2026.
By Valerie Insinna
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman stressed that the commercial imagery the Space Force gathers will not be used directly for targeting, rather to allow commanders to rapidly understand evolving situations.
By Theresa Hitchens
A new dimension in tactical surveillance – ELM-2058 Ultra-Lightweight SAR
From the battlefields of history to cutting-edge drone technology, explore how the ELM-2058 Ultralight SAR is revolutionizing tactical aerial intelligence.
President Donald Trump said the project to develop a missile defense shield should be “fully operational” before the end of his term, and claimed Canada has asked to join the project.
By Michael Marrow
Both the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Missile Defense Agency are now testing NOVI’s satellite sensor data processing computer and AI-powered software on orbit.
By Theresa Hitchens
Naval sensors to surveil and attack in the modern battlespace
These expeditionary systems provide new layers of defense against evolving threats and enable non-kinetic attack.
DNI Tulsi Gabbard promised to speed the delivery of intelligence products to users including Congress, stressing that intelligence that “come[s] too late, or it’s not providing that complete picture that [the president] needs to be able to make important calls” is “useless.”
By Theresa Hitchens
“[I]ncreased situational awareness in the space domain is absolutely essential for NATO allies,” Maj. Gen. Paul Lynch, deputy assistant secretary general for intelligence on NATO’s military staff, said today.
By Theresa Hitchens
Space Systems Command (SSC) in recent weeks has issued a flurry of contracts for the key hardware and software “thrusts” that make up the FORGE program, following a restructuring in 2023 that broke the effort into more manageable pieces.
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During a HASC strategic forces subcommittee meeting Wednesday, Ranking Member Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., expressed concern that OMB has “slashed” NRO’s budget for acquiring commercial imagery.
By Theresa Hitchens
Space-based capabilities could put current aerial tracking platforms in question, but top military brass have argued for options “from whatever domain or platform or system that comes [in].”
By Theresa Hitchens and Michael Marrow
Meink, most recently the principal deputy director for the National Reconnaissance Office, is a relative anomaly amongst President Donald Trump’s picks for top Defense Department leaders, having an extensive history of working within the US government.
By Valerie Insinna
HSA is aimed at creating a “hack-proof” internet in space comprising commercial and government SATCOM birds to underpin the Defense Department’s Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control concept to link sensors and shooters in real time.
By Theresa Hitchens
Experienced, flexible, proven: Bombardier Defense offers the right solutions for next- generation military platforms
Whether it’s protecting airspace and borders, safeguarding critical infrastructure, rushing in aid, or powering government missions —Bombardier Defense platforms are ready to rise to the challenge.
Christopher Stone in this op-ed argues that since China sees Space as the most important domain, the US should give more money to the Space Force.
By Christopher Stone