Threats

The Air & Space Brief: Defending space fuel; Conference travel update; ‘Inspector’ satellites launched

  • Tara Copp
Business

FTC Moves to Block Lockheed Buying Aerojet Rocketdyne

Regulators say the deal would harm Lockheed’s rivals.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Policy

Will Space Force Protect Orbiting Gas Stations and Bases on the Moon?

As U.S. companies venture farther from Earth, whether the newest service will protect them remains under discussion.

  • Tara Copp
Science & Tech

The Air & Space Brief: Nuclear propulsion for satellites, New space launch record, CR threatens B-21, GBSD

  • Tara Copp
Science & Tech

The US and China Could Soon Be In Race For Nuclear-Powered Satellites

An idea from the 1960s has found new backers.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Air & Space Brief: Who’s running natsec space?; Su-75, just vapor?; Space telescope passes milestone.

  • Tara Copp
Policy

Who’s in Charge of US Space Policy?

Space professionals worry the National Space Council is ceding its defense portfolio.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher and Marcus Weisgerber
Policy

2021 Top Ten: Policy

From domestic extremism to China's challenges to lingering Mideast operations, defense leaders had their hands full.

  • Defense One Staff
Threats

2021 Top Ten: Space Force

In a year when the military's newest service turned two, there remain plenty of unsettled policy areas.

  • Defense One Staff
Science & Tech

Air Force Breakthrough Brings Space-Based Solar Power One Step Closer

Tomorrow’s remote military bases could be powered by a light-to-microwave tile that just passed a key test.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

Small Firm Tapped to Make Threat Detectors for Satellites

The Space Force’s $32M contract seems to be the kind of award the Pentagon has recently extolled.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas

Don't Buy China's Hypersonic Head-Fake. Its Spaceplanes Are Racing Ahead.

In the past five years, China’s spaceplane development has accelerated, adding breakthroughs, tests, and new industry players.

  • Daniel Shats and Peter W. Singer
Ideas

Nuclear Command-and-Control Satellites Should Be Off Limits

Blowing up some satellites causes problems. Blowing up these could cause nuclear war.

  • James Acton and Thomas MacDonald
Policy

Should Killing a Satellite Provoke War on Earth?

A Space Force official says the service is considering how to respond to attacks in orbit.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher
Defense Systems

Stopgap funding delays military SATCOM transfer to Space Force

The U.S. Space Force’s plans to absorb all of the military’s satellite communications, including nearly 700 uniformed personnel from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, is delayed along with the rest of the military’s appropriation as Congress preps for a second continuing resolution in fiscal year 2022.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Science & Tech

Space Force Has a Plan for Training Its Troops. Now It Must Figure Out What They Need to Learn

The newest service can’t train the same way its sisters do. It needs a new simulated environment.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The Air & Space Brief: ‘Juicy’ targets; Quantum threat; North Korea space conference; and more...

  • Tara Copp
Threats

Pentagon Scrambles to Defend ‘Juicy Targets’ After Rivals’ Space Tests

U.S. Space Force is taking Russia’s destruction of its own satellite as a warning.

  • Tara Copp
Threats

The Air & Space Brief: Brace for higher weapons costs; Russian ASAT hurls space debris; Hypersonic aircraft prototype

  • Tara Copp
Threats

Russian Anti-Satellite Missile Launch Into Space ‘Dangerous And Irresponsible,’ State Says

Russia gave the U.S. no warning of launch, Pentagon says. Now ISS is at risk of getting riddled with debris.

  • Tara Copp
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