The Defense Innovation Unit and its partnering Defense Department organizations transitioned six projects to programs of record in 2021, awarding contracts to eight companies in categories that ranged from assessing cyber threats to launching rocket payloads.
Space
A more capable iteration of the Space Force’s Wideband Global Satellite Communications satellites can move into the production phase since passing a critical design review. Improvements include numerous coverage beams with smaller possible footprints to help evade jamming.
The demand for international space partnerships is so high it can be a challenge to just keep up with it, Space Force Col. Raj Agrawal said. Growing from a few people to more than 20 and still hiring, the Space Division of the Secretary of ...
The Space Force colonel headed to the Pentagon to help lead the acquisition of space architecture, science, and technology plans to draw on his experience in trying new things—not just in space science and technology. “I’ve prototyped some of these new, faster, more efficient ways ...
The Space Force will debut a new training exercise this year, aimed at improving the service’s command and control capabilities, the head of Space Training and Readiness Command said Jan. 26. The event, called Polaris Hammer, will happen sometime this fall, Brig. Gen. Shawn N. ...
The Space Force won’t speculate publicly on details about Russia’s debris-generating test of an anti-satellite weapon in low Earth orbit in November. Outside experts, on the other hand, suspect that the weapon approached the target satellite from behind and below and broke it up into ...
Two satellites set forth to geosynchronous Earth orbit Jan. 21 to join a constellation of four others surveilling the high satellite belt. Collecting data for the National Space Defense Center and “other national users” will “enhance our ability to navigate freely and safely within the GEO ...
The leaders of the Space Force foresee the service continuing to become more “lethal” in 2022.
The B-21 will take its first flight and new weapons will face critical tests.
