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SDA to acquire satellites with custom payloads to enable faster targeting on battlefields

The Space Development Agency is gearing up for its next procurement of satellites for a military communications network known as the Transport Layer Tranche 2.

by Sandra Erwin January 15, 2024January 15, 2024

DoD-funded space project advances non-GPS navigation

by Sandra Erwin October 10, 2023October 10, 2023

An artist's depiction of the Space Based Space Surveillance satellite tracking space debris. The 18th Space Control Squadron uses data collected from SBSS, and other sensors in the Space Surveillance Network, to track objects orbiting the earth, and provide Space Domain Awareness for space faring nations.

Space surveillance sensor supplier Geost acquired by private equity firm

by Sandra Erwin August 19, 2021January 23, 2023

U.S. Army approves plans for a future ‘tactical space layer’

by Sandra Erwin April 19, 2021January 23, 2023

Pentagon seeking proposals for how to use sensors in space to quickly target enemy missiles

by Sandra Erwin February 17, 2019January 23, 2023

News

Space-based missile defense: Is it better to spend money on weapons or sensors?

by Sandra Erwin October 23, 2018February 21, 2023

From the Magazine

On National Security | Missed opportunities in missile defense

by Sandra Erwin March 15, 2018January 23, 2023