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Varda lands third space capsule, carrying key hypersonic flight data
Funded by AFRL, Varda’s W-3 capsule landed May 13 at Koonibba Test Range in South Australia.
Congress wants more clarity on space-based missile warning
With multiple agencies and services developing overhead persistent infrared sensors in space for missile tracking, lawmakers want to see a plan on how the Department of Defense will integrate those efforts and avoid duplication.
By Nathan Strout
This is who Congress wants in charge of new hypersonic-tracking sensors
The issue of who to place in charge of the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor had been a sticking point between the House and the Senate.
By Nathan Strout
Space Development Agency a ‘casualty’ of budget gridlock
The Space Development Agency has big plans for the future of U.S. national security space, but they need congressional funding, says U.S. Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Mike Griffin.
By Nathan Strout
Missile Defense Agency awards four contracts for space sensor prototypes
The Missile Defense Agency has tasked these four companies with designing a space-based sensor capable of detecting and tracking hypersonic weapons.
By Nathan Strout
Drone and missile attacks against Saudi Arabia underscore need for more robust air defenses
Since the outbreak of violence in Yemen in 2015, Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched more than 250 missiles across the border killing at least 206 civilians and wounding nearly 950. Roughly 20,000 people have been displaced by the attacks.
By Shawn Snow
In the Tomorrow Wars, will we classify drones and weapon systems by operating system instead of propulsion method?
Is the distinction between drones, loitering munitions, and cruise missiles one of propulsion, or one of operating systems?
By Kelsey D. Atherton
Figuring out data transfers is a big challenge for developing a space-based sensor layer
Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. Jon Hill says that ensuring that sensors can communicate with each other to track threats moving around the globe is essential to developing a space-based sensor layer in low earth orbit.
By Nathan Strout
Are air defense systems ready to confront drone swarms?
In a region where the threat of drone swarms and low-altitude cruise missiles is particularly acute, countries are left to reexamine existing air defense technology.
Attacks in Saudi Arabia expose a battle for asymmetry
The counter-drone and counter-missile market does not have on offer technologies needed to counter cheap drones and cruise missiles at scale.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
Senate bill includes $1B in new money for hypersonics
A spending bill making its way through the Senate includes at least $1 billion more for hypersonics and hypersonics defense than what the Pentagon requested in March.
By Nathan Strout