Military Space
Military space news from Cosmic Herald — Space Force, satellite warfare, GPS, missile warning, and the growing role of space in national defense.
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Military Space
Congress Eyes $55.5 Billion for Space Force — and the Service Is Already Spending It
The House Appropriations Committee approved $55.5 billion for U.S. Space Force while the service reopens competition for satellite-control antennas — a signal the branch is accelerating ground modernization before the budget is even final.
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Military Space
Space Force Bets on a Jam-Resistant Swarm: First Two PTS-G Satellites Ordered for $437.7M
The U.S. Space Force awarded Viasat and Intelsat General contracts totaling $437.7 million to build the first two operational PTS-G 'Swarm 1' satellites — small, maneuverable, dual-band anti-jam spacecraft meant to replace the aging AEHF fleet, with launch slated for 2028.
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Military Space
Vantor Picks BAE Systems to Build the Satellites Behind Its Growing Surveillance Constellation
Colorado-based Earth intelligence firm Vantor has awarded BAE Systems a contract to build its next-generation Vantage imaging satellites — 20-centimeter-class spacecraft that reunite the company with the builder of its original WorldView fleet.
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Military Space
Rocket Lab Launches Victus Haze Satellite in Space Force's Most Ambitious Responsive Space Exercise Yet
Rocket Lab's Electron delivers a Space Force satellite for the Victus Haze exercise, testing whether the U.S. can rapidly deploy orbital assets when a crisis demands it.
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Military Space
Germany Pushes a Multinational Space Command as Europe Moves to Cut Its Reliance on American Satellites
Germany is standing up a pan-German space command as European nations accelerate plans to replace US space technology with sovereign alternatives. Rheinmetall's third military space deal in months shows industry is already moving.
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Military Space
The Pentagon Just Committed $1.2 Billion to Secure the Rare Earth Minerals That Satellites and Missiles Depend On
Two massive conditional loans—$725M to Energy Fuels, $500M to Phoenix Tailings—mark the Pentagon's biggest bet yet on breaking U.S. dependence on foreign rare earth supply chains.
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Military Space
Rheinmetall and Vantor Are Building a Military Satellite ISR Network for Germany's Armed Forces
German defense giant Rheinmetall signs MoU with Vantor for a joint ISR satellite venture — its third military space partnership in months — as Berlin races to build sovereign orbital capabilities.
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Military Space
The Space Force Just Published a 15-Year Vision. Personnel, Simulators, and Survivability Top the List.
A 100-page roadmap called Objective Force lays out how the smallest military branch plans to quadruple its satellite fleet, grow headcount by 30%, and train for orbital combat through 2040.
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Military Space
Northrop Grumman Says It Can Scale Solid Rocket Production — But Washington Has to Commit First
The solid rocket motor maker argues the industrial base is ready to ramp up, but short-term government contracts make it nearly impossible to justify the capital investment needed to do so.
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Military Space
Space Force's Top Rapid-Acquisition Leader Decamps for Nuclear Weapons Center as Congress Rewrites the Playbook
Kelly Hammett's move from the Space Rapid Capabilities Office to Kirtland AFB comes as both chambers of Congress prepare to fold the agile procurement shop into a broader acquisition framework.
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Military Space
SpaceX Sends Classified NRO Payload to Orbit, Cementing Its Role as America's Go-To Military Launch Provider
A Falcon 9 launched intelligence-gathering satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office on June 18, underscoring how deeply the U.S. intelligence community now depends on commercial rockets.
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Military Space
Two More Jam-Resistant GPS Satellites: Inside the Space Force's $514M GPS IIIF Order
The Space Force ordered two more GPS IIIF satellites from Lockheed Martin for $514 million, pushing the next-gen order to 14 spacecraft and hardening the GPS constellation against jamming with M-Code, a digital payload, and regional power focusing.
