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“The Space Force is not growing in priority as it had been in previous years. The priority is shifting more towards the the Air Force and the Navy in the budget,” said Todd Harrison, seni...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/05/fy25-out-year-budget-plans-cant-support-space-force-ambitions-experts/

“The states need to be consulted, and need to be full partners moving forward in any major change such as this,” said Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum, the defense subcommittee’s top Democ...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/dead-on-arrival-key-house-appropriators-oppose-transfer-of-guard-units-to-space-force/

While the Space Development Agency initially intended to make awards to more than one vendor, the agency determined that a sole-source contract with the Boeing-owned firm was “best value.�...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/the-one-millennium-wins-foo-fighter-missile-defense-satellite-program/

Space industry analyst Todd Harrison said the $3.1 billion purchase is latest in a “shakeup” in the satellite communications landscape following the proliferation of LEO birds.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/ses-to-buy-intelsat-further-shrinking-satcom-gene-pool/

Increased congestion in both LEO and, somewhat surprisingly GEO, is a factor in rising space insurance premiums, said Melissa Quinn, managing director of California-based startup Slingshot’...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/more-satellites-less-space-new-report-highlights-risk-growth-on-orbit/

Despite Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s reassurances, the governors are outraged at what they see as a Defense Department end-run around their authorities that they say could set a nega...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/all-us-state-governors-object-to-dod-plan-to-shift-guard-units-to-space-force/

“What does seem clear at this point is that the PLA recognizes that its reforms and modernization efforts are an ongoing effort, which will require further adjustments,” author Dean Cheng...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/why-xi-created-a-new-information-support-force-and-why-now/

“To the extent we can get a good price for what we’ve identified as non-core , we’ll do it. But too many of the offers are coming in low and people think we’re desperate to sell, and ...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/l3harris-selloffs-hampered-by-low-bids-ceo-says/

With programs like MTC, Millennium Space Systems is redefining what it means to be an operational prime – rapidly delivering operational small sat constellations on rapid timelines.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/millennium-space-systems-is-delivering-on-critical-missile-tracking-constellation/

“Although Russia would not be expected to vote for a resolution aimed at its own conduct, its response that it is ‘against’ putting nuclear weapons in space is just vague enough to not ...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/russia-vetos-us-japan-resolution-against-nukes-in-space-unprecedented-escalation-in-un-fight/

The Space Force’s Delta 3 is responsible for organizing, training and equipping Guardians for electronic warfare missions involving satellite communications, as well as sustaining related o...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/space-force-ew-unit-working-to-integrate-new-weapon-systems-intel-personnel/

“The LRDR completed a Space Domain Awareness (SDA) data collect event in January 2024 that proved the SDA capability, and the U.S. Space Force and MDA are in the process of formally declari...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/missile-defense-agencys-new-long-range-radar-steps-toward-full-deployment/

Washington could do more to incentivize tech companies to distance themselves from China, but CEOs should examine how they’d react to a fight in the Pacific, CSET’s Sam Bresnick and Emeli...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/in-a-taiwan-conflict-tough-choices-could-come-for-big-tech/

The new, tripartite Space Force Generation readiness model will create “a more experienced, capable, and threat-focused crew force,” according to an internal memo obtained by Breaking Def...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/space-forces-saltzman-new-readiness-model-fundamentally-alters-space-combat-prep/

A PLA spokesman said the Information Support Force “is a brand-new strategic arm of the PLA and a key underpinning of coordinated development and application of the network information syst...

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/04/in-major-shakeup-china-creates-new-information-support-force-scraps-strategic-support-force/