Northrop Grumman to conceptualize Moon trains for DARPA
"The envisioned lunar railroad network could transport humans, supplies and resources for commercial ventures across the lunar surface," according to Northrop Grumman's announcement.
From Russia with nukes? Sifting facts from speculation about space weapon threat
"Nuclear weapons in space are a really, really dumb idea," said Jessica West of Canadian non-profit Ploughshares, but experts note that with Russia, nothing can ever be fully ruled out.
ULA’s Vulcan makes orbit, first step toward OK for DoD launches
ULA's Vulcan Centaur needs one more successful flight test to be certified to carry payloads to orbit under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch program.
New Biden space rules framework: ‘Expedited’ license review, ‘sustainability’ goals
"This oversight regime will balance economic competitiveness together with safety, security, sustainability, and responsibility," states the new United States Novel Space Activities Authorization and Supervision Framework.
ITU rules meeting: Geopolitical ‘fireworks,’ DoD spectrum challenges
Disputes over spectrum use by mega-constellations in low Earth orbit, such as SpaceX's Starlink, also carry heavy political baggage at the 2023 World Radio Conference that starts tomorrow in Dubai.
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Expanding horizons: How rad-hard technologies revolutionized space exploration
Ensuring operational excellence and mission assurance across defense and commercial sectors.
Germany inks Artemis Accords, citing ‘security impact’ in space
Germany is not the first European country to join, but as a political and economic center of the continent, Berlin's move could convince several others to follow suit.
NASA data, analysis needed to help DoD understand UFOs: Commission
Mike Gold, a former NASA official and member of the study team, told Breaking Defense that if any UAP proves to be extraterrestrial, "that would probably be the best case scenario, because if these systems are from terrestrial adversaries, that is really terrifying."
DARPA, NASA tap Lockheed Martin to design, build DRACO nuclear rocket for deep space missions
The Space Force is interested in DRACO primarily as an option for allowing it to undertake rapid on-orbit maneuvers, but also for potential future missions out to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
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Rad-hard: one company is keeping space systems operating years beyond expected lifetimes
BAE Systems sees two significant trends in radiation-hardened and tolerant solutions in space, and they’re the opposite of each other.
Air Force to evaluate intel value of Hydrosat’s hot spot data
While the company currently is using already available data from satellites like NASA's Landsat and ESA's Sentinel-2, Hydrosat also intends to launch its own constellation of 16 microsats to low Earth orbit (LEO).
NASA funding DRACO nuclear thermal rocket engine under deal with DARPA
"When people like to question the validity or usefulness of this engine, I point them to Wernher von Braun," said Tabitha Dodson, DRACO program manager at DARPA, "because this was more or less his idea."
Rocket Lab’s Electron lifts off at last from US soil
"Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 is designed to serve the responsive space needs of commercial, civil, defense, and national security customers, supporting up to 12 missions per year," the company said.
Microsoft Co-Founder Rolls Out Satellite Launch Plane: ORS Plus?
You may want to read the headline a few times just to make sure you’re not missing the point. Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft and another one of those billionaires who’ve gotten very excited about the space launch business, wants to fly a really huge plane — built of composites, powered by six 747 engines, […]
Falcon 9 Explodes At Cape Canaveral; Assured Access In Peril?
UPDATED: ADDS SMC Statement; 45th Space Wing Statement WASHINGTON: Elon Musk’s SpaceX faces a stark accounting after today’s explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket during engine testing at Cape Canaveral. Hopeful of greatly increased business with Air Force Space Command, who has already awarded one contract to Musk’s company for the second GPS III satellite […]