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'Time has come' for US Space Force, sixth military branch: Pence
Aug 09, 2018 (AFP)
President Donald Trump ordered the creation of Space Force in June, arguing the Pentagon needs it to tackle vulnerabilities in space and assert US dominance in ...
Mattis supports creation of command dedicated to space
Aug 07, 2018 (AFP)
Trump in June ordered the creation of Space Force, which he said would become the sixth branch of the US military, arguing the Pentagon needs a dedicated servic...
Pentagon pushes space force programs even without Congress' approval, funding
Aug 01, 2018 (Sputnik)
The Pentagon is circulating a 14-page document to lawmakers that outlines a general plan for the Space Force and how Congress can write it into law, Defense One...
Wing retools structure toward greater agility
Aug 01, 2018 (AFNS)
Moments before the 45th Launch Group inactivation and merger, the 45th Launch Support Squadron also inactivated and merged with the 5th Space Launch Squadron, n...
Russian defense industry reveals time frame for delivery of new strategic arms
Jul 31, 2018 (Sputnik)
The deputy prime minister in charge of the defense and space industry, Yuri Borisov, has confirmed that Russia is on track to deliver new strategic weapons syst...
Moscow warns military confrontation in space as dangerous as nuclear arms race
Jul 30, 2018 (Sputnik)
Commenting on the US draft defense budget, the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that a military confrontation in space may be as dangerous as the nuclear arms rac...
Russian scientist arrested in espionage probe: agencies
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
The Roscosmos space organisation confirmed in comments to agencies that 74-year-old Viktor Kudryavtsev from the Central Research Institute of Machine Building n...
Russia raids space research centre in 'treason probe': reports
Jul 20, 2018 (AFP)
"This morning, the FSB raided offices of staff at the Central Research Institute of Machine-Building," which is a subsidiary of Roscosmos, the Russian space age...
Lockheed Martin and ThalesRaytheonSystems to provide NATO with Battlespace Intelligence System
Jul 18, 2018 (SPX)
The overall team will include industry representatives from across the Alliance to deliver a low risk capability for NATO's Air Command and Control BMD program....
Harris Corporation Awarded $1.5 Billion in IDIQ Contracts to Enhance NGA's Global Geospatial Databases
Jul 11, 2018 (SPX)
Harris will create, manage and disseminate high-quality geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT) information for use by the U.S. intelligence community and military wor...
In 'Salute to Service,' Trump Again Touts Space Force
Jul 06, 2018 (VOA)
Trump celebrated members of the military in his speech July 3 at the "Salute to Service Dinner" in West Virginia, the evening before the nation's Independence D...
A Sixth Branch of the Military
Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)
Over the past 20 years there have been several official studies addressing the management and organization of the national security space (NSS) infrastructure w...
Thermal camouflage disguises hot and cold
Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)
Most state-of-the-art night-vision devices are based on thermal imaging. Thermal cameras detect infrared radiation emitted by an object, which increases with th...
Trump's Space Force plan likely to 'require budget cuts' to Pentagon
Jun 25, 2018 (Sputnik)
Trump signed an order on Monday creating what would be the sixth branch of the US armed forces, saying space is a warfighting domain and referring to the new un...
Russia warns against Trump's 'alarming' plans for US space domination
Jun 20, 2018 (AFP)
Russian foreign ministry Maria Zakharova said at a briefing that Russia "noted the US president's instructions... to separate space forces from the air force," ...
Trump wants to dominate space, Moon and Mars
Jun 18, 2018 (AFP)
"America will always be the first in space," Trump said during a speech at the White House. "We don't want China and Russia and other countries leading us. We'v...
Fund crisis involving India's strategically crucial space programs disappears
Jun 11, 2018 (Sputnik)
The funds will enable the organization to implement advanced actions for the procurement of materials and renewal of fabrication contracts with other industries...
Majority of Americans believe it is essential that the US remain a global leader in space
Jun 07, 2018 (SPX)
In a national survey of 2,541 U.S. adults conducted March 27-April 9, 2018, roughly seven-in-ten Americans (72%) say it is essential for the U.S. to continue to...
US Space Force Aim Higher
Jun 05, 2018 (SPX)
In addition, Rep. Mike Rogers, of Alabama, has been promoting the concept for some time. Over the last several years the space domain has been getting very cong...
5th Space Launch Squadron commander assumes command of 45th Launch Support Squadron
Jun 04, 2018 (SPX)
The change of command ceremony is one of many steps the 45th Space Wing is taking to revitalize the squadron. In time, the 45th LCSS will inactivate and merge w...
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