TechCrunch
Xona Space Systems is launching six satellites to offer a commercial GPS alternative with centimeter-level precision, because apparently free government signals just aren't cutting it.
SpaceNews
The U.S. Space Force gives Sphinx Defense $287 million to make sure the next-gen nuclear command satellites can still place angry calls during the apocalypse.
SpaceNews
Outgoing Space Force chief says orbital mechanics doesn't respect neutrality; urges building combat-ready space forces to prevent war, because nothing says peace like being prepared to destroy stuff.
SpaceNews
Rocket Lab launches a satellite for the Space Force's latest exercise in rapid-response space tag, because nothing says national security like beating a 24-hour launch deadline by seven hours.
SpaceNews
DARPA asks industry how to rebuild space capabilities in hours to weeks, because enemy lasers don't wait for procurement cycles.
SpaceNews
LeoLabs rolls out a mobile space-tracking radar in the Indo-Pacific, because even satellites need someone to watch them suspiciously.
The Verge
SpaceX gets a $4.16 billion Pentagon contract to build missile-tracking satellites for Trump's Golden Dome, because what's a defense system without a little Musk magic?
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