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.
Space Safari, DIU to select Victus Haze launchers within ‘weeks’
"This will be a modified mission from the Victus Nox mission," David Ryan, space portfolio manager at the Defense Innovation Unit said, noting that "there are two parts of the mission, and DIU is working on a single part with Space Safari."
EXCLUSIVE: Freedom to maneuver key for future space ‘combat mindset,’ says ex-SPACECOM deputy
"In a sense, we drive our satellites today as if we're going to church. Our adversaries drive their satellites as if they're going to combat," Lt. Gen. John Shaw, who recently retired from US Space Command, told Breaking Defense in this Q&A.
Second Russian Luch/Olymp satellite now trailing Western systems in orbit
While the new Russian satellite didn't get super close to any others, its behavior "could be considered unfriendly," said Slingshot's Audrey Schaffer, who until recently served as the director of space policy at the National Security Council.
Space moves: Trackers losing maneuvering sats, increasing heavenly danger, study says
The COMSPOC study included a look at risks from unannounced rendezvous and proximity operations — such as those being routinely performed by the Russian "inspector" satellite Luch/Olymp that have raised hackles at the Defense Department — and the risks to US military satellites cause by mis-plotting the trajectories of adversary birds.
SILENTBARKER ‘watchdog’ to be ‘exponential’ leap in DoD monitoring of Chinese, Russian sats
As the Space Force prepares to launch highly classified space domain awareness satellites, China calls foul on purported close approaches to its sats by existing US birds.
24 hours to launch: Space Force, DIU kick off new ‘Tactically Responsive Space’ mission
The program, called Victus Haze, builds on the on-going Space Systems Command Victus Nox mission to rapidly launch a prototype satellite for keeping tabs on objects in low Earth orbit.
Space Force to hold first ‘orbital warfare’ exercise this summer
Among the exercise scenarios, Red Skies will look at how Space Force operators will handle threatening close approaches by adversary satellites.
Lockheed Martin demos on-orbit maneuvering for AFRL, with sat servicing in mind
"The closest proximity that we have imagery of was 400 meters" taken during a pass on Feb. 28, said Karla Brown, program manager for the demonstration satellites at Lockheed Martin Space. "So we hope, with two viable assets up there, to continue the demonstration to get even closer and continue to prove out those algorithms."
Space Force eyes True Anomaly’s satellite ‘pursuit’ capability for ops, training
The company is using private capital to build its hunter satellite, called Jackal, to shadow adversary satellites seeking to evade US tracking.
Mitsubishi investment to fuel Astroscale’s planned expansion
"We are talking to potential partners in Australia and are excited to see their space industry continue to grow," an Astroscale spokesperson said.
AFRL wants on-orbit servicing tech to enhance space monitoring, logistics
The lab sees "rendezvous, proximity operations and docking," or RPOD, as critical to future space situational awareness needs, AFRL's Tristan Griffith told Breaking Defense.