Science & Tech

Pentagon eyes Starship, designed for Mars, for military missions somewhat closer to home

After a successful, if abbreviated, third test flight, SpaceX’s reusable mega-rocket might be ready before the U.S. military is.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Marines to Haiti; T-7 delayed again; Pentagon’s battlefield bottlenecks; Exploring the future with fiction; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: $300M in Ukraine aid; Arms sales to Poland; Red Sea skirmishes; Orbiting gas stations?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Space Force seeks orbital-refueling tech in new budget

But spending caps will slow counterspace efforts, space chief says in interview.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Chinese space, nuclear development is ‘breathtakingly fast,’ DOD officials warn

Heads of STRATCOM, Space Command discuss growing nuclear, space dangers.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Russian space nuke wouldn’t alter US orbital-network plans, Space Force says

The nascent Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture is built on the idea that lots of satellites offer plenty of redundancy.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: ANG idles helicopters; NATO OKs Swedish entry; Shutdown watch; South China Sea barrier; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Rocket Lab won’t be ready to launch its new rocket by year’s end, documents suggest

This likely means a delay for the Pentagon’s effort to boost competition for rocket launches.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia’s two-year war on Ukraine; Airman self-immolates; China & Starlink; Sub waits 7 years for repair; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

China is building its own Starlink—even as questions surround Musk's constellation

A recent rocket launch lofted satellites for a Chinese service to mimic SpaceX, which was slammed this weekend by a top U.S. lawmaker.

  • Thomas Corbett, Matt Bruzzese and Peter W. Singer
Threats

Today D Brief: Fire at sea; Russia’s Iranian missiles; Defense cuts coming; Trump’s vision for the military; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Avdiivka’s costly loss; Russia’s Biden disinformation; Red Sea missile duels; Space hotline; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Space Force: We need a hotline to China

Direct communications could ward off miscalculation as space militarizes faster than norms develop, officials say.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: New Russian weapon in space?; Putin’s Ukraine war, two years on; NATO defense spending on the rise; UAE pushes back on Mideast strikes; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Science & Tech

Is Russia putting an anti-satellite nuke in space?

A long-ago U.S. test showed the kind of havoc that could wreak in orbit.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Trump: I’d abandon allies; SecDef back in hospital; Destroyer squadron CO relieved; Russia’s using Starlink; And a bit more.

  • Bradley Peniston, Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Policy

New Army space plan anticipates 'operator'-level space capabilities, general says

The new Army Space and Missile Defense Command leader also praised the use of Coyote anti-drone interceptors.

  • Sam Skove
Science & Tech

First Space Force guardian to be launched into space this summer

Col. Nick Hague will be part of a six-month mission for NASA.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Northrop to eat $1.2B on B-21 program

The CEO says the company has now learned not to underbid on fixed-price contracts.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

Inside Space Force's budget priorities and spending patterns

In the past 12 months, the youngest service has awarded contracts worth an estimated $11.9 billion.

  • Nick Wakeman
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