20th Annual Global MilSatCom

SMi Group are proud to announce that the 20th annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition will return to London on 6th, 7th and 8th November and a small satellite and disruptive space technology focus day on the 5th November.

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Trump wants a Space Force; will Congress oblige? • DoD: ‘This will be a deliberate process’

The National Space Council meeting at the White House on Monday was supposed to be all about the Trump administration’s new approach to managing space traffic and debris.

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HASC takes up defense bill packed with space provisions • New missile-warning satellite contracts go to Lockheed, Northrop

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry has rolled out his mark of the FY-19 National Defense Authorization Act.

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Kitay: U.S. leadership in space requires ‘whole of government’ strategy

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Stephen Kitay says ensuring U.S. leadership in space is a team effort.

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Massive review of the defense industry nears completion; Air Force steps up rhetoric on China’s space challenge

A deep-dive analysis of the defense industrial base will be submitted to the White House in mid-April.

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