SpaceNews
SpaceNews' new podcast dives into the guts of space networking with Innoflight's Jeff Janicik, because even in space, it's what's under the hood that counts.
SpaceNews
General Guetlein brings Golden Dome missile defense roadshow to North Dakota, touting progress and tests while senators scramble to find funding for the $22.5 billion program.
SpaceNews
Pentagon's missile defense program faces a 2027 funding cliff, and the general in charge is basically saying, 'Figure it out, or no money.' Also, they're digging dirt.
Ars Technica
The next Space Force chief says private space weapons are a no-go, dashing the dreams of 18th-century privateers and modern-day cyber-hawkers alike.
SpaceNews
KBR rearranges its deck chairs to chase Golden Dome contracts, because nothing says 'defense' like a good acronym and a classified facility.
Ars Technica
The Space Force triples its rocket launch budget to $17 billion, because apparently $5.6 billion wasn't enough to keep up with the Pentagon's insatiable appetite for satellites.
SpaceNews
Space acquisition nominees swear they'll buy commercial stuff faster and coordinate better, while senators mostly ask about Iran and missile defense.
SpaceNews
Europe boosts space defense spending 12% to €13.5B, but remains locked out of global markets and trails U.S. and China in industrial scale.
SpaceNews
Pentagon's Golden Dome aims to track threats with a multi-layered sensor network; join the Zoom to see if it's as shiny as it sounds.
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?
The Guardian
Supreme Court finds racial bias in jury selection, while JD Vance talks Golden Dome and adversaries studying us. Plus: Trump's legal battles continue.
SpaceNews
Anduril recruits a space startup dream team to shoot down missiles from orbit, because ground-based defenses are so last century.
SpaceNews
Defense space startup True Anomaly grabs $650 million to build space-based missile interceptors, because apparently the sky isn't the limit - it's just the starting line.
Ars Technica
Space Force picks 12 companies to develop orbital missile interceptors for Golden Dome, a $185B shield that may or may not be affordable, scalable, or politically viable - but at least the acronyms are impressive.
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