As government and commercial customers push for more hybrid, resilient satellite constellations, companies are expanding their production capacity and diversifying their products to respond to those needs.
The Space Force is considering how it might incorporate the satellite and its technology into a future hybrid positioning, navigation and timing architecture.
The Space Force wants to move forward with a service life extension effort for the narrowband communications constellation that originated in the Navy.
The new strategy aims to bolster commercial integration by accelerating acquisition and technology development, adopting a commercial services approach for select mission areas and building stronger relationships with industry.
New reports from the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Secure World Foundation survey global counterspace capabilities and point to an increase in the development and use of counterspace weapons.
A $550 million funding increase will allow the agency to launch a batch of 28 missile warning satellites in early 2025 — at least a year earlier than previously planned, according to a senior defense official.