Space

Space Force Preps New Acquisition Ideas

April 3, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Space Force is wrapping up its report on how to build a successful new military space acquisition enterprise, posing 10 recommendations to Capitol Hill while starting to move out on pieces of the plan. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett was expected to sign the ...

SDA’s First Satellites Aim to Enable JADC2

April 2, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Space Development Agency has released its draft request for proposals for an initial batch of 20 data-relay satellites known as the “Tranche 0 transport layer.” Pentagon officials see the transport layer as a way to unify the various space-based sensors that are part of ...

‘Gray Zone’ Conflict Drives Space Weapons Development

March 30, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Foreign countries are boosting their investments in “gray zone” weapons that can confuse and disable satellites, are harder to attribute to a specific attacker, and fall below the level of overt war, posing regulatory challenges, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic ...

Coronavirus Cramps Some Space Force Plans as Ops Continue

March 27, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Work is still underway to build up the Space Force even as the new coronavirus raises some unexpected hurdles, the service's top uniformed officer said March 27. Three people assigned to the Space Force in Colorado have tested positive for the virus, Chief of Space ...