Draft Trump EO would loosen commercial space regs, citing national security links
The draft EO would eliminate, waive and/or loosen federal environmental protection reviews required for launch licenses, including for those from Space Force ranges.
Global military space spending growth trend continues in 2024, topping $60B
While US spending on national security space continues to dwarf that of the rest of world, non-US military space spending has jumped a whopping 76.5 percent over the last five years.
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New NATO commercial space strategy seeks to prompt more investment
The new strategy strongly echoes the US Space Force's Commercial Space Strategy published in April 2024, and copies some of the implementation tools the service has put into place.
US cuts to commercial space imagery could endanger ‘long-term health’ of industry, say insiders
Beyond the potential consequences for the US industry, a reduction in NRO acquisition of commercial imagery also could directly impact US and allied military commanders in the field and US agencies charged with disaster relief, industry and government officials warned.
Space Force’s rapid-launch Victus sats to push both acquisition and operational boundaries
While the current focus on the TacRS program is space domain awareness, Col. Bryon McClain, SSC's head of Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power, said other sorts of operational missions might be undertaken in the future.
New Space Force ‘Orbital Watch’ initiative to share threat info with commercial operators
"It's a way for them to understand what the threat is, but also they will have the ability to reach back to the government if they actually see something. So, we're trying to have a give-and-take discussion," Col. Richard Kniseley, the head of SSC's Commercial Space Office (COMSO) that manages Front Door, told Breaking Defense in an interview March 21.
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‘Hell of a body blow:’ Ukraine shift may stir market headwinds for US SAR-sat operators
"Going back to pre-Ukraine supplemental procurement levels would see the USG buying only a small fraction of the US commercial SAR capacity available; hardly enough to support combat operations or sustain a healthy US industrial base," said David Gauthier.
EXCLUSIVE: First Space Force civil reserve ‘pilot’ contracts go to 4 space watch firms
The Space Force is "still working through some issues or obstacles or challenges with industry," including clauses that would allow the Pentagon to direct a CASR participant to deny service to other customers, and when military users would get "priority of service," Col. Richard Kniseley told Breaking Defense.
Space Force unveils multi-front push to fix its Unified Data Library
The space service’s new “Data & AI Strategic Action Plan” emphasizes overhauling UDL, aiming to finally integrate its private-sector data with operational Space Force systems.
Space supply chain gaps: Propulsion, hardened electronics and laser links
Even just "mapping the supply chain is hard stuff," said Reza Nikfarjam, deputy director of the Credit Program at the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital (OSC).
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Space Systems Command reviewing expensive legacy programs for possible commercial shift
The idea behind the commercial reviews is to find potential alternatives for "getting us out of one-off, billion-dollar systems into a proliferated architecture," said Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy.
DoD needs to clarify Space Force roles and missions: Mitchell workshop
The new report cautions the Space Force against an "over reliance" on commercial capabilities and worries that Space Force is not concentrating enough on the need to win future space conflicts not simply "endure" attacks.
US needs to engage, as well as deter, China to maintain space leadership: CFR report
"In the increasingly chaotic realm of space, the United States’ position is slipping," warns the Council on Foreign Relations in its new report on America's space leadership challenges.
FAA initiates review of commercial launch rules industry claims throttle innovation, new entrants
While Pentagon launches are not covered by FAA rules, a healthy and, importantly, diverse rocket industry base is important to the Space Force for keeping its launch costs down.