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Hyten: Space Command Should be an Active Force in Dynamic Times
Jan 07, 2016 (SPX)
General John Hyten bridles at the perception of his Air Force Space Command being comprised of technicians in a 9-to-5 office environment reacting to threats th...
Russia to continue launching early warning defense satellites
Jan 04, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia's early warning system for detecting missile launches will continue expanding in 2016 with at least one new satellite. The Russian military is believed t...
The Force Awakens: China Readies for Space Warfare
Jan 01, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Chinese military is undergoing a gradual shift to cyber and space warfare, and the move is more visible now as a new command structure has been created. Aft...
Schriever Wargame 2025 Concludes
Dec 21, 2015 (SPX)
The Schriever Wargame 2015 concluded here last week. Set in the year 2025, Schriever Wargame 2015 explored critical space issues in depth. The objectives of the...
Russia launches military satellite: ministry
Dec 13, 2015 (AFP)
Russia on Sunday successfully launched a military satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the defence ministry said in a statement. The spacecraft...
Boundless raises more than $5M in Series B Funding Round
Dec 11, 2015 (SPX)
Boundless has announced it has raised more than $5 million in Series B funding led by Motorola Solutions Venture Capital. Boundless' existing investors, Vanedge...
Russia loses advanced military satellite after launch
Dec 07, 2015 (AFP)
Russia has lost communication with a newly developed military satellite after it apparently failed to separate from the booster rocket after its launch, a sourc...
Russia Launches Soyuz-2.1b Rocket Carrier With Two Defense Satellites
Dec 06, 2015 (Sputnik)
A Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket laden with two defense satellites was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the country's northwest on Saturday, the Russ...
Russia, Kazakhstan to Build Common Aerospace Defense System
Dec 06, 2015 (Sputnik)
Moscow and Astana have agreed the terms of Russia's use of a Kazakh radio communications center as part of Russia's ballistic missile early warning system, medi...
US jammed its own satellites 261 times this year
Dec 04, 2015 (Sputnik)
A high-ranking US general confessed that the most dangerous adversary of the United States in the realm of electronic warfare these days just may be... the Unit...
US Navy accepts 4th MUOS satellite for secure comms network
Dec 04, 2015 (SPX)
Following the completion of successful on-orbit testing, on Nov. 30, the U.S. Navy accepted the fourth Lockheed Martin (NYSE-LMT)-built Mobile User Objective Sy...
Pentagon scraps plans to launch satellite swith fighter jets
Dec 03, 2015 (Sputnik)
DARPA, the Pentagon's cutting-edge research lab, has abandoned plans to piggyback satellites into space with F-15 fighter jets, saying the potentially dangerous...
Space Training Transformation is underway
Dec 02, 2015 (SPX)
The Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Commander, General John Hyten, as the Space Professional Functional Authority, directed implementation of a more robust Unde...
Pentagon Slush Funds
Dec 01, 2015 (Sputnik)
US has set ambitious plans to modernize all three legs of its nuclear triad over the next thirty years, already awarding contracts to various defense contractor...
China's hypersonic weapon capable of overcoming air defense systems
Nov 30, 2015 (Sputnik)
China has conducted a sixth flight test of its DF-ZF (previously known as WU-14) hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) designed to defeat US missile defenses. "The DF-...
Russia's New Defense Satellite Launched From Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Nov 18, 2015 (Sputnik)
A Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket laden with the newest defense satellite was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the country's northwest, the Russian De...
China's Latest Missile Test: A Threat to US Satellites
Nov 10, 2015 (Sputnik)
China last month conducted a test of a new missile capable of taking out US satellites as a part of Beijing's growing arsenal in space warfare. The test of a Do...
Honeywell to acquire COM DEV International's satellite business
Nov 06, 2015 (UPI)
Honeywell has signed an agreement to acquire COM DEV International, a leading satellite and communications equipment provider. Under the agreement, Honeywell wi...
US and Russia bicker over satellite positioning in Earth's orbit
Oct 21, 2015 (Sputnik)
A Russian military satellite which positioned itself between two US Intelsat satellites did not put them in danger, according to a Russian space expert. Ivan Mo...
3 SOPS accepts SCA of WGS-7
Oct 20, 2015 (SPX)
The 3rd Space Operations Squadron accepted satellite control authority of the Wideband Global Satcom-7 satellite here Oct. 13, following a three month launch an...
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