missile defense
Missile Defense Agency confirms deployment of cubesats launched by Virgin Orbit
Two Missile Defense Agency cubesats launched June 30 on Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne successfully began communicating with ground stations last week, the agency announced July 12.
Space Force, DoD agencies planning multi-orbit sensor network to track hypersonic missiles
he U.S. Space Force last month selected Millennium Space Systems and Raytheon to design sensors that can track hypersonic missiles from medium Earth orbit.
DoD agencies to invest more than $1 billion in low-Earth orbit space technologies
The Biden administration’s defense budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 seeks more than $1.2 billion for military space systems in low-Earth orbit.
Northrop Grumman and L3Harris to build sensor satellites for Missile Defense Agency
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Northrop Grumman a $155 million contract Jan. 22. L3Harris received a $121 million contract Jan. 14.
Anti-war groups take aim at Space Force, ICBMs, missile defense
A group of progressive and anti-war organizations called for the elimination of the Space Force and the cancellation of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent.
Space Development Agency to deploy hypersonic missile defense satellites by 2022
A June 5 solicitation for a “tracking phenomenology experiment” is a step in the development of a sensor network in space to track hypersonic missiles.
Space startup developing technology to detect hypersonic missiles
Rhea Space Activity and Lunar Resources pitched to the Air Force a concept to deploy two spacecraft to manufacture a large mirror in space.
Missile Defense Agency selects four companies to develop space sensors
Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Leidos and L3Harris will develop competing prototypes.
Pentagon seeking proposals for how to use sensors in space to quickly target enemy missiles
DoD wants space sensors that can be counted on to work even in adverse conditions like solar activity, radiation belts and orbital debris.
Pentagon’s Missile Defense Review unenthusiastic about Star Wars weapons
One of the surprises of the 2019 Missile Defense Review is that it did not cheer the use of weapons in space.
Next steps for the Pentagon’s new space sensors for missile defense
Griffin: “We think the best approach is a network of satellites in low orbit. How many, what orbit, all that is to be determined.”
Trump unveils Missile Defense Review, promises funding for space sensors in 2020
Trump: Space ultimately is “going to be a very big part of our defense and offense."
Is Space Sensor Layer the Pentagon’s next major space program?
Defense officials have been sounding alarms about what they describe as a glaring national security vulnerability — a new class of ultrafast weapons being developed by China and Russia that would overpower U.S. missile defenses.
Defense policy chief: Weapons in space are ‘bridges yet to be crossed’
Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin said current defenses only work against ballistic missiles but not hypersonic gliders. “We can’t hit a target we cannot see coming."
SN Military.Space | Who’s who in the national security space workforce • Doubts raised about cost of Space Force • U.S., Brazil to share space data
Outside the national security space community, few people grasp the breadth of activities and missions that might one day transition to a Space Force, if and when Congress votes to create one.
