Military
Stories about military and national security missions in orbit.
Voyager Acquires a Sharper AI-ISR Game
The acquisition will extend Voyager’s capabilities in global maritime awareness, threat tracking, and SAR analytics.
Meet the Space Force’s New Vice Chief
The Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton on Thursday as the Space Force’s third vice chief of space operations, replacing Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, who stepped down to lead the Golden Dome project. Who is he? In his prior job, Bratton played a key role in crafting the Space Force’s budgeting, strategies, and requirements. He…
Space Force Taps Five Companies For Jam Resistant Comms
The DoD has invested heavily in finding workarounds when communications are taken offline, and is funding the development of more resilient PNT and comms systems.
X-37B Gearing Up for Eighth Mission to Orbit
The Boeing-developed X-37B will carry several experiments designed to advance the DoD’s in-space capabilities and resilience.
Lodestar is Building an In-Space Bodyguard
Lodestar is sending the first iteration of its Mithril product, which has a suite of machine vision sensors and an edge-compute platform.
NRO Contracts Hydrosat’s Thermal Imaging Data
“Thermal data takes the cover of darkness away from the adversary.”
SpaceWERX Awards $3M for RPS Space Tug
“We will be selling our engines for $150,000—that’s unprecedented.”
Lawmakers Want DoD Briefings on Nuke Propulsion, VLEO, Commercial PNT
Buried in the hundreds of amendments approved by the committee, lawmakers asked for a number of reports or briefings on many space topics.
The FY26 NDAA Advances to the Senate Floor
“The United States is operating in the most dangerous threat environment since World War II.”
Space Force Taps Boeing for $2.8B Strategic Sat
The fireworks were a little bigger at Boeing’s Independence Day celebrations.
York Takes Legal Action Against DoD’s SBIR Award to Apex
What’s the purpose of a SBIR award? That’s the question at the heart of a lawsuit York Space Systems has filed against the military, over a contract awarded to fellow satellite builder Apex Space.
