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No measures exist to counter Russian, Chinese hypersonic weapons
Dec 17, 2018 (Sputnik)
"China and Russia are pursuing hypersonic weapons because their speed, altitude, and manoeuvrability may defeat most missile defence systems, and they may be us...
STPSat-5 lunched from Vandenberg AFB
Dec 10, 2018 (AFNS)
"I'm elated with [today's] successful launch," said Col. Timothy Sejba, director of the Space and Missile Systems Center's Advanced Systems and Development Dire...
United Launch Alliance to Launch NROL-71 in Support of National Security
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
The Delta IV Heavy is the nation's proven heavy lifter, delivering high-priority missions for the National Reconnaissance Office, U.S. Air Force and NASA. With ...
New Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee Gets Space
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently appointed Senator Inhofe chairman following his stint as acting chairman of the committee while John McCain foug...
UA, GeoNorth and Lockheed team up to collect Arctic surveillance data for Geospatial agency
Dec 06, 2018 (SPX)
GNIS will leverage Lockheed Martin's Rosetta technology, which includes a versatile and highly automated set of commercial and civil image processing tools that...
Space Force: To stand alone or not to stand alone
Dec 03, 2018 (VOA)
Either option requires congressional approval, which could prove difficult with a Democratic-led House and a Republican-led Senate. An Oct. 26 memo obtained by ...
US May Scrap Plans for Independent Space Force - Reports
Nov 30, 2018 (Sputnik)
It looks like an independent Space Force President Trump proudly announced in June may not become a fully-fledged sixth branch of the US military. Instead, it m...
India launches satellite capable of trans-border movement detection
Nov 29, 2018 (Sputnik)
Countdown began earlier today for the launch of India's first Hyper-Spectral Imaging Satellite (HySIS) aboard ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) that ...
Israeli Aerospace Industries to provide XspressSAR recon satellites
Nov 21, 2018 (UPI)
The deal would cover launches, orbital testing, commissioning and establishing ground operations for the constellation of satellites. XpressSAR will operate the...
XpressSAR selects IAI's TECSAR technology for Its high-resolution X-Band satellite constellation
Nov 20, 2018 (SPX)
XpressSAR, an American owned and operated company will purchase and operate the satellites in an inclined orbit. IAI is responsible for the manufacturing of the...
Creation of US Space Force may cost less than $10B
Nov 17, 2018 (Sputnik)
"A single digit, not a double digit... Might be lower than five, it could be lower," Shanahan told reporters when asked about the possible cost of the Space For...
Pentagon wants more money for lasers to shoot down drones, missiles
Nov 15, 2018 (Sputnik)
Defense Undersecretary for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin said at a Center for Strategic International Studies event in Washington, DC, earlier this w...
Chinese Air Force plans to expand presence in outer space
Nov 14, 2018 (Sputnik)
"At the first stage - until 2020 - [it is planned] to create strategic aviation, proceed with the construction of the strategic aviation's structure, which will...
Space, lasers, hypersonic missiles rank high for U.S. missile defense research
Nov 13, 2018 (UPI)
While all three areas have not been newly elevated on the list of priorities, they are at different points of research while carrying equal importance for natio...
Turkey Announces Successful Test of 'Sapan' Railgun Hypervelocity Weapon
Nov 13, 2018 (Sputnik)
Turkey announced a successful test of its new electromagnetic weapon - referred to as 'railgun' - which shoots metallic projectiles at hypersonic speeds. Turkey...
US Project Thor would fire tungsten poles at targets from outer space
Nov 12, 2018 (Sputnik)
The US Air Force's "Project Thor" revives a dream weapons manufacturers have had since the dawn of nuclear weapons: how to create damage equivalent to a nuclear...
Democrat takeover of House casts doubt on Space Force future
Nov 09, 2018 (UPI)
With the Democrats taking control of the House and Republicans building on their majority in the Senate, the possibility of budgetary gridlock on military spend...
Berlin to press China on 'space, robotic weapons' rules
Nov 09, 2018 (Sputnik)
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told Die Welt newspaper that he is going to press China to adopt tighter arms control measures during the upcoming meetings i...
Ball Aerospace receives $255M from Air Force for microwave satellite
Nov 09, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is an option exercised under an existing contract, with work expected to continue through January...
DARPA Names Potential Sites for Launch Challenge, Eighteen Teams Prequalify
Nov 08, 2018 (SPX)
Competitors will receive information about the final launch sites, payloads, and targeted orbit in the weeks prior to each launch. Eighteen teams have prequalif...
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