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NRO partners with commercial space firms on signal detection tech

The agency awarded study contracts to six companies to help operationalize its use of commercial radio frequency capabilities.

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Space Force refining range needs through ‘Black Skies’ training

The service is planning a Red Skies exercise next summer focused on orbital warfare and a Blue Skies event in 2024 targeted at training cyber operators.

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Is Space Force moving fast enough for its Rapid Capabilities Office?

The Space RCO is on track to deliver 10-12 new systems over next three years.

Airmen assigned to the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform a maintenance check June 6, 2022, on an RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft at Grand Sky on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The aircraft will be used at the Test Resource Management Center’s High Speed System Test Department. Grand Sky is a business and aviation park at Grand Forks focused on developing and growing the unmanned aerial systems industry. (Senior Airman Ashley Richards/Air Force)

‘SkyRange’ uncrewed aircraft to speed hypersonic testing by 2024

The program is part of a broader Pentagon effort to increase its hypersonic flight-test cadence from about a dozen tests annually to almost one per week.

Space Development Agency launch delayed by supply chain, bid protests

The first SDA launch. slated to lift off Sept. 29, will be delayed by at least three months.

Inspector general clears former DIU chief of ethics allegations

The Pentagon IG office said in a Sept. 9 letter its investigation “did not substantiate the allegations.”

Space Force nominee supports expanding launch vendor base

The nominee to be the next Space Force chief said he supports the push to expand the service's pool of National Security Space Launch providers.

California company promises free crash-avoidance tool for spacecraft

Using the free tool, satellite operators can visualize objects on orbit, evaluate the risk of collision and coordinate on their decision path.

Defense and Commerce departments partner on space traffic management

A new agreement formalizes the partnership between both agencies and is a first step toward shifting space traffic management to the Commerce Department.

Pentagon eyes commercial solution to supply chain problems

The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking commercial software to support new supply chain pathways and manage risk across the industrial base.

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