Space Watch
Tue 06 Oct 2026
Items, last 7d
255
12 today · 24 sources
Orbital launches, 7d
3
0 PRC · 3 US · 0 failures in 30d
Max Kp, 7d
5.67
G1 · 10 active SWPC alerts · 3 storm days in 30d
GPS NANUs, 7d
1
0 unusable · 16 reentries cataloged
Reentries ahead
10
0 high-interest TIPs · 29 CDM events next 72h
This week's brief Issue 2026-W40 · 7 curated items
DPRK fired a missile on 3 Oct that KCNA called a hypersonic intermediate-range strategic missile; ROK JCS said it flew over 700 km. The Space Force retired the last DSP satellites, so SBIRS alone carries GEO missile warning until Next-Gen OPIR. SDA launches 21 more PWSA transport satellites on 5 Oct. Attention item: DPRK tempo, the second hypersonic-class launch in two weeks.
Watch list · next 7 days
- 5 Oct 0817Z: SDA T1 Transport Layer A (21 sats), Vandenberg; 7 Oct 0323Z: ROK Nuri with NeonSat-2 to 6.
- 9 Oct 1925Z: LM-12 from Wenchang, payload unknown. 6 Oct 0302Z: 18 SDS CDM COSMOS 2160 vs DIADEME 2.
- GPS forecast outages (NANU): PRN07 6 Oct 1630Z-7 Oct 0030Z; PRN05 and PRN12 from 8 Oct 1530Z.
Last 7 days by mission area
Orbital Warfare 12SATCOM 19Space Domain Awareness 21PNT / Navwar 8Satellite Control 3Missile Warning 34ISR 13Electronic Warfare 4Space Enterprise 141
Rising terms last 7d vs prior
Guardian22 (+14.7)contract34 (+13)Space Force45 (+12.7)hypersonic14 (+10.7)SpaceX30 (+8.7)space weather13 (+8.7)AI22 (+8.3)geomagnetic12 (+8)
Fading
reentry19 (-11.7)Starship4 (-6)Starlink18 (-4.2)debris7 (-3.7)China13 (-2.8)
Programs in the news 7d
Golden Dome
10
Starlink / Starshield
7
GPS
5
PWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)
5
SBIRS / Next-Gen OPIR
4
Counterspace spotlight rotates weekly
Yaogan / PLA ISR constellations PRC (PLA)
Yaogan ('remote sensing') EO/SAR/ELINT triplets, Jilin-1 commercial
AI-curated
- Why now
- SpaceNews reports Yaogan-40 and Guowang launches closing September ahead of a busy PRC Q4 manifest. Launch Library logs nine Yaogan satellites launched in September.
- Capabilities / TTPs
- Yaogan-40 triplets, officially for 'electromagnetic environment probing' (Launch Library)
- Multi-satellite groups on LM-4B and LM-6A; Yaogan 53/56 put six satellites up on one launch
- EO, SAR and ELINT families that feed PLA long-range targeting (taxonomy assessment)
- Recent activity
- Yaogan 53/56: six satellites on LM-4B, 10 Sep (Launch Library)
- Yaogan-40 Group 04: three satellites on LM-6A from Taiyuan, 24 Sep (Launch Library)
- SpaceNews, 1 Oct: Guowang and Yaogan-40 launches close September; busy Q4 manifest
- Implications for the theater
- More Yaogan revisits shorten the windows in which forces can move unobserved in the Western Pacific.
- Each new group needs 18 SDS custody and pass products before it can inform theater counter-ISR plans.
- PACOM relevance
- Yaogan coverage spans the First Island Chain, Guam and the sea approaches the joint force must cross.
Linked reporting
All items for this actor →Orbital launches per day by pad country, 30d
United States 9China 9Russia 1Other 5
By launch country 2026 YTD · 242
United States
129
China
70
New Zealand
15
Russia
8
Kazakhstan (Baikonur)
6
French Guiana (Kourou)
6
India
3
Japan
3
Air launch / at sea
1
Norway (Andøya)
1
Upcoming next 14 days · 7 scheduled
| NET | Launch | Provider | From | Orbit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-06 | Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | Korea Aerospace Research I | South Korea | SSO | Go |
| 10-07 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A | SpaceX | United States | PO | Go |
| 10-09 | Long March 12 | Unknown Payload | China Aerospace Science an | China | N/A | Go |
| 10-10 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-25 | SpaceX | United States | LEO | Go |
| 10-13 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 | SpaceX | United States | LEO | Go |
| 10-15 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-xxx ("TH-2") | SpaceX | United States | PO | TBC |
| 10-19 | H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | Mitsubishi Heavy Industrie | Japan | Mars | Go |
Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), snapshot 2026-10-06T05:46. Counts are orbital launch attempts by pad country, not by customer.
SDA watch conjunctions and reentries ahead
109 reentries cataloged in 30d: 79 payloads, 11 rocket bodies, 18 debris (CelesTrak SATCAT).
Conjunctions of interest next 7 days · PRC, Russian, US national-security payloads
| TCA (UTC) | Object 1 | Object 2 | Min range | Pc | Interest | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-07 21:28 | COSMOS 1867 COOLANT | FENGYUN 1C DEB | 81 m | 2.8e-04 | RUS | 18 SDS CDM |
| 10-06 03:02 | COSMOS 2160 | DIADEME 2 | 109 m | 6.7e-04 | RUS | 18 SDS CDM |
| 10-07 00:17 | FENGYUN 1C DEB | COSMOS 1818 COOLANT | 136 m | 1.7e-04 | RUS | 18 SDS CDM |
| 10-08 05:24 | COSMOS 1954 | THORAD AGENA D DEB | 357 m | 6.6e-04 | RUS | 18 SDS CDM |
| 10-08 06:03 | FENGYUN 1C DEB | COSMOS 1656 | 617 m | 6.3e-04 | RUS | 18 SDS CDM |
| 10-06 17:54 | FENGYUN 1C DEB | COSMOS 1741 | 798 m | 1.9e-04 | RUS | 18 SDS CDM |
| 10-05 22:55 | FENGYUN 1C DEB | COSMOS 2112 | 865 m | 2.3e-04 | RUS | 18 SDS CDM |
7 such pairs. Pairs where at least one object is a PRC, Russian or US national-security payload, matched by catalog name; closest first. From 8,622 SOCRATES predictions inside 1 km (next 7 days) and 29 public 18 SDS CDM events (next 72 h). A predicted conjunction is a screening product, not a collision forecast.
Reentries ahead Space-Track TIP predictions
| Decay epoch (UTC) | Object | Owner | Type | Window | Lat, lon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-06 00:53 | STARLINK-31495 | US | payload | ±60 min | -32°, 23° | |
| 10-06 07:51 | STARLINK-1672 | US | payload | ±240 min | 45°, 175° | |
| 10-06 15:46 | STARLINK-1448 | US | payload | ±300 min | -12°, -178° | |
| 10-06 17:14 | STARLINK-1278 | US | payload | ±900 min | 41°, -76° | |
| 10-07 05:32 | STARLINK-4408 | US | payload | ±480 min | 14°, 66° | |
| 10-07 10:54 | STARLINK-1272 | US | payload | ±600 min | 41°, -7° | |
| 10-08 00:32 | STARLINK-3765 | US | payload | ±780 min | 15°, 174° | |
| 10-08 04:10 | STARLINK-1171 | US | payload | ±840 min | 45°, -45° |
10 predicted, 0 high-interest. Window is the reentry uncertainty, lat/lon the nominal decay point. Space-Track / 18 SDS, snapshot 2026-10-05T11:21.
Environment & PNT daily max Kp, 30d · GPS NANUs
quietactivestorm G1+
SWPC alerts last 3 days
- Space weather: ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 · 2026-10-04
- Space weather: ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 · 2026-10-04
- Space weather: WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected · 2026-10-04
- Space weather: EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected · 2026-10-04
- Space weather: ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 · 2026-10-04
- Space weather: ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 · 2026-10-04
GPS satellites unusable NANUs, 30d
none in the window
12 routine NANUs (scheduled maintenance, restorations) not shown. Kp from NOAA SWPC: G1 = Kp 5 … G5 = 9; storms raise LEO drag and degrade HF and GNSS.
Items one mission area per item · tags: COCOM, topic, actor, system, country
Orbital Warfare 0 items Counterspace threats and space superiority: ASAT tests and weapons, co-orbital and rendezvous-proximity activity, inspector satellites, defensive and offensive space control.
2026-10-05 · Washington Post (National) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.25
After more than two hours of argument, it was unclear whether the justices would green-light Boulder, Colorado’s novel lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy.
NORTHCOMRendezvous & proximityvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-04 · NASA news releases · score 11
Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 25, 2026 Before we landed, the area of Gale crater that we planned to explore was divided up into rectangular parcels with designated names. The names were chosen after small towns associated with significant geological features. Our selected […]
NORTHCOMEUCOMAllies & partnersRendezvous & proximityExercises & trainingIndiaEurope
2026-10-03 · SpaceNews · score 4.75
Army awards $67 million for technologies to counter space-enabled surveillance Army awards $67 million for technologies to counter space-enabled surveillance
Counterspace threatAcquisition & contracts
2026-10-02 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 6.75
From Mission-K in Kalkar, Natascha McVeigh, Senior Mission Manager at Shield Space, joins Torsten Kriening to explain the company's autonomous rendezvous mission - a European first at 100 metres - and the ambition to give spacecraft the ability to defend themselves and continue their mission.
EUCOMRendezvous & proximityAI & autonomyCommercial integrationEurope
2026-10-01 · SpaceNews · score 3.5
Too close for comfort: undisclosed U.S. space weapons and the risk of miscalculation
Counterspace threat
2026-10-01 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
When the US Space Force announced on September 14 that “the US has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action”, I thought of Isaac Newton’s well-known declaration that he could not calculate the madness of people. This is the first time a country has admitted to deploying weapons in space. Today, the orbits are congested and contested with many nations conducting military activities, such as surveillance and reconnaissance, early missile...
SPACECOMCounterspace threatvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
A new cancer technology is now available to public hospital patients for the first time, but they must be in western NSW to access it.
Counterspace threatAllies & partnersvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · Military Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.25
The Pentagon announced Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly will build new ISR satellites in space, after admitting the U.S. already has weapons in orbit.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationCounterspace threatTactically Responsive Space (Victus)via TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · NASA news releases · score 8.5
Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT Thursday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station. “Crew-13 is another demonstration of America’s unmatched capability in human spaceflight and the strength of our commercial partnerships,” said […]
NORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationRendezvous & proximityRussia
2026-09-30 · The Japan Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
The company said Gemini 4 posted leading scores on several benchmark tests, while internally some criticize how it performs in areas such as coding.
Rendezvous & proximityCommercial integrationvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · NASA news releases · score 7.25
Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 18, 2026 Curiosity surprised us at the beginning of the week with a change in rock texture — instead of the finely layered bedrock blocks we’ve been seeing in our recent sulfate unit workspaces, suddenly we were looking […]
Rendezvous & proximityBudget & policyNuclear & NC3
2026-09-30 · Payload · score 9
The round comes as Blackswan gears up for its first in-orbit mission of its RPO Kit payload.
SPACECOMEUCOMRendezvous & proximityCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsIndiaEurope
2026-09-29 · SpaceNews · score 3.5
Momentus has successfully tested a low-cost sensor suite intended to enable future satellite servicing missions.
Rendezvous & proximity
2026-09-29 · SpaceNews · score 5.25
Lithuania’s Blackswan Space has raised around $2.9 million to support the development of its rendezvous & proximity operations payload, which Orbit Fab plans to use for Europe’s first in-space refueling demo in 2028.
EUCOMRendezvous & proximityEuropeIndia
2026-09-29 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 7.25
Both firms are working under earlier Pentagon contracts to demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operators that could also support future orbital warfare.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationRendezvous & proximityAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-29 · UK Defence Journal · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10
Orbital weapons of both kinds pose a growing threat to the space-based services Britain and its allies depend on, and any attempt to put nuclear weapons in orbit would be highly destabilising and contrary to international law, the UK has stated. The post Nuclear weapons in space would break law, says Britain first appeared on UK Defence Journal .
EUCOMSTRATCOMNuclear & NC3Counterspace threatAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 4.25
NASA isn't saying much. The problem may be temporary.
NORTHCOMRendezvous & proximity
2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 6.5
The idea of humans and robots working side-by-side in space was once the stuff of science fiction, but with NASA launching increasingly complex missions deeper into space, human-robot collaboration could become reality. Advanced robotic systems are critical for human spaceflight because they can enhance a crew’s performance and productivity while reducing risk and expanding the […]
Commercial integrationLunar & cislunarRendezvous & proximity
2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 6.75
Written by Athanasios (Thanos) Klidaras, Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University Sept. 21, 2026 After a long hiatus, the Perseverance rover updates page is back. A lot has happened on Mars in the meantime, and with regular updates now resuming, there is plenty to catch up on — Perseverance has been busy. The rover has spent […]
Commercial integrationRendezvous & proximityOrganization & people
2026-09-27 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
NDIS participants say serious reports of abuse, neglect and fraud are languishing as internal data reveals the regulator is grappling with a significant backlog of complaints.
Rendezvous & proximityIndustrial base & supply chainvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-26 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 11
PRC researchers claim a first refuelling of a high-orbit BeiDou satellite (SCMP; paper under peer review).
Refuelling in high orbit extends PRC satellite life and maneuver budget near U.S. GEO assets.
Consider requesting 18 SDS custody of BeiDou GEO/IGSO satellites and nearby PRC servicers.
PACOMSPACECOMRendezvous & proximityCounterspace threatBeiDou / PLA PNTChinavia TJFSCC DailyAI-curated
2026-09-25 · Mitchell Institute (Spacepower Advantage) · score 5
Defence Industry Europe | September 22, 2026
EUCOMCounterspace threatCommercial integrationEuropethink tank
2026-09-24 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4
The first UK Space Power Conference, held in London on 23–24 September 2026, marked the moment Britain began treating space as terrain to be controlled. A new offensive space squadron, a "One Space" strategy and blunt calls to stop being polite: our analysis of what changed, what is still missing, and what to watch next.
EUCOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-09-24 · Payload · score 8.25
During the Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability, aka SSPICY, mission, Otter will approach and inspect multiple US defunct satellites, whose operators have agreed to receive a visit from the spacecraft.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsRendezvous & proximityPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)
2026-09-24 · Via Satellite · score 8.75
The U.K. Government has made a major new space defense initiative by launching its first ever dedicated squadron to protect its satellites. The No. 3 Space Effects Squadron (SES) will […]
EUCOMNORTHCOMOrganization & peopleLaunchCounterspace threatDARC / Space Fence / SSNEurope
2026-09-24 · NASASpaceflight · score 9
Starfish Space has confirmed that its first full-scale Otter satellite servicing vehicle is complete and…
SPACECOMCommercial integrationRendezvous & proximityDebris & reentryAustraliaEurope
2026-09-23 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 4.25
The bold mission to extend the lifetime of NASA’s Swift observatory is coming to an end in the next 24 hours. Almost exactly one year after NASA signed a contract […]
Acquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleIndustrial base & supply chain
2026-09-22 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 2.75
The UK is forming No. 3 Space Effects Squadron, its first dedicated unit for offensive and defensive space operations, Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth announced at the inaugural UK Space Power Conference in London.
EUCOMOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-09-22 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 3.5
From weapons in space to the search for more affordable drones, here’s a look at the highlights from AFA 2026.
Counterspace threat
2026-09-22 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 9
SSC Space Safari RFI (18 Sep) seeks a commercial RPO/docking spacecraft: 14-day tasking-to-launch, FY29.
On-demand RPO spacecraft give CCDRs a response option to adversary on-orbit threats.
Be aware TacRS missions will be publicized less; consider how theater needs reach Space Safari.
SPACECOMRendezvous & proximityAcquisition & contractsTactically Responsive Space (Victus)AI-curated
2026-09-21 · Via Satellite · score 7.25
Katalyst Space has been selected by a Pentagon energy investment program to take part in a space-based power beaming to remote locations, working with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). […]
SPACECOMCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsRendezvous & proximity
2026-09-21 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 8.5
From World Space Business Week in Paris, Joe Landon, co-founder of Rendezvous Robotics, joins Laura Todd to explain how spacecraft can assemble themselves in orbit using magnetic tiles - no astronauts, no robotic arms - unlocking megawatt-class power and large antennas beyond the limits of a rocket fairing.
SPACECOMRendezvous & proximityLaunchIndustrial base & supply chainIndiaEurope
2026-09-20 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.5
The European Defence Fund has selected a consortium led by Spanish satellite communications company Integrasys to develop a capability designed to counter space-based surveillance, bringing together European companies working across space surveillance, radio-frequency systems and other sensing technologies.
EUCOMCounterspace threatCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-19 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9.75
The US deployment of space weapons has shattered a long-held taboo and risks igniting a fresh arms race, with the world at a “breaking point in history”, speakers at a major security conference in Beijing have warned. Experts at the Xiangshan Forum this week also called for US-China dialogue on space security, just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first state visit to the US in more than a decade. US Air Force Secretary Troy Meink – the civilian head of the department that...
PACOMCounterspace threatOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-18 · Mitchell Institute (Spacepower Advantage) · score 4.25
Sky News | September 16, 2026
Counterspace threatOrganization & peoplethink tank
2026-09-17 · The Diplomat · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
With the United States announcing that it has deployed “on-orbit space control weapons,” the space arms race now appears to be fully underway.
SPACECOMCounterspace threatvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-17 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.25
The Space Force revealed this week that it has space control weapons on orbit, but the head of U.S. Space Command said the U.S. still has “a long way to go” in improving its ability to detect and target threats in the domain.
SPACECOMCounterspace threatOrganization & peoplevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-17 · ASPI The Strategist · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10
On 14 September, US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink publicly announced that the US Space Force had deployed ‘space control weapons’ in response to growing threats to American and allied space systems. The ...
PACOMEUCOMCounterspace threatOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersUkraineMiddle Eastvia TJFSCC Dailythink tank
2026-09-16 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
A nationwide teacher shortage affecting the ACT is causing huge teacher workloads and disrupting learning, as the union calls on the government to step up its pay and conditions offer.
Rendezvous & proximityExercises & trainingvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-16 · Defense News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
China urged the United States to halt its military build-up in outer space after Washington acknowledged it has weapons deployed in orbit.
PACOMSPACECOMCounterspace threatChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-16 · Defense One · score 9.75
Days after orbital weapons were revealed, Gen. Dan Caine ups the scope of the military’s desired reach.
PACOMSPACECOMLunar & cislunarOrganization & peopleBudget & policyChina
2026-09-15 · U.S. Space Force · score 8.25
Senior leaders at the 2026 Air, Space and Cyber Conference emphasized that the USSF must double in size over the next five years, a strategic imperative directly impacting Combat Forces Command as it scales operational capacity to protect the Joint Force from space-enabled attack.
SPACECOMCYBERCOMOrganization & peopleCyber & space systemsIndustrial base & supply chain
2026-09-15 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.25
The revelation by Washington confirmed an open secret but the timing of the announcement risked exacerbating tensions with Beijing and the risk of a weapons race in space.
PACOMCounterspace threatOrganization & peopleChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · The Japan Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.75
The move underscores how quickly developments have escalated into increasingly open preparations for the prospect of conflict extending into space.
PACOMEUCOMCounterspace threatChinaRussiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · NASASpaceflight · score 9.25
Following the departure of the Progress MS-33 cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station on…
CENTCOMSPACECOMLaunchRendezvous & proximityAI & autonomyRussia
2026-09-15 · U.S. Space Force · score 10
SecAF Troy Meink said in a closely watched keynote address at the 2026 Air and Space Cyber Conference, the Air Force and Space Force must confront and defeat rapidly changing, AI-enabled threats while navigating a budget process built for a different pace of warfare.
SPACECOMCYBERCOMCounterspace threatCyber & space systemsBudget & policy
2026-09-15 · Defense One · score 14.75
CSO Gen. Douglas Schiess said at AFA that 'it was time' to admit the U.S. has weapons in orbit and that Russian and Chinese advances led to it; experts quoted by Defense One expect overt action by China and Russia in response.
Adversary response, not the disclosure itself, is the theater's watch item.
Be aware that PRC or Russian RPO or messaging near U.S. GEO assets over the Pacific is the expected form of response.
SPACECOMPACOMCounterspace threatOrganization & peoplePLA Aerospace ForceRussian Aerospace Forces (VKS)Tactically Responsive Space (Victus)ChinaRussiaAI-curated
2026-09-14 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 3.5
We recap leading headlines from day one of this year’s conference.
Counterspace threat
2026-09-14 · DefenseScoop · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
The announcement is the first time a Pentagon official has confirmed the existence of U.S. space-based weapons.
Counterspace threatOrganization & peoplevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-14 · BBC News (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
The US Air Force Secretary says the weapons are necessary to defend the country against enemy action.
Organization & peopleCounterspace threatvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-14 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 6.25
Troy Meink didn’t elaborate on what “weapons” the US deployed, but revealed new info on other space and unmanned Air Force programs.
SPACECOMCounterspace threatOrganization & people
2026-09-14 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.25
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink revealed Sept. 14 the Space Force has “space control weapons” on orbit today—the Pentagon’s most direct acknowledgement to date that the U.S. is operating offensive capabilities in space.
SPACECOMCounterspace threatOrganization & peoplevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-14 · The War Zone · score 9.5
Space Force has finally confirmed it has weapons in space and has also shared details about its "space control" mission set.
SPACECOMSTRATCOMCounterspace threatOrganization & peopleNuclear & NC3
2026-09-14 · Defense News (Space) · score 12.5
Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink revealed that the service deployed on-orbit space control weapons but did not offer details on the type of weapon.
SPACECOMPACOMOrganization & peopleCounterspace threatLaunchChinaRussia
2026-09-14 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 13.5
"The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force."
SPACECOMPACOMCounterspace threatOrganization & peopleCyber & space systemsChinaRussia
2026-09-14 · Defense One · score 14.5
Experts said the acknowledgment may lead to overt action by China, Russia.
SPACECOMPACOMCounterspace threatOrganization & peopleMissile defenseGolden DomeChinaRussia
2026-09-14 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 15
SecAF Troy Meink told the AFA Air, Space & Cyber conference on 14 Sep that the United States has orbiting space control weapons; he did not describe the type or number of weapons.
First official acknowledgment of U.S. on-orbit weapons; changes the declaratory posture briefed to allies.
Consider aligning SPACEPAC's partner talking points with the SecAF and CSO language now.
SPACECOMCounterspace threatGolden DomeChinaRussiaAI-curated
2026-09-10 · DefenseScoop · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
“I’ll say it here, I’m going to knuckle roll the other services to do the same," said Michael Dodd, assistant secretary of defense for critical technologies.
Counterspace threatOrganization & peoplevia TJFSCC Daily
SATCOM 0 items Military and commercial satellite communications: WGS, MUOS, AEHF/ESS, protected tactical, proliferated LEO transport, Starlink/Starshield, terminals, laser links.
2026-10-04 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon have established a joint venture to expand satellite connectivity and close terrestrial coverage gaps across the US, while keeping their existing individual satellite agreements in place.
Commercial integrationAllies & partners
2026-10-03 · ChinaTalk · via AI feed · score 13.5
Is China’s economy broken? [Logan Wright](https://www.chinatalk.media/p/logan-wright-on-broken-china), Jordan’s former boss (!) and a top expert on Chinese macroeconomics, says the financial system that powered China’s extraordinary growth is now constraining it, and that the old idea of US-China economic rivalry no longer fits. Brad Setser of CFR and Jordan push back (does Xi actually care? Can China's dominance of exports and supply chains keep the economy growing? Could AI and EVs provide a way out?), but Logan stands his ground. They also get into China's jobs crisis, what could pull…
PACOMCENTCOMDebris & reentryProliferated LEOExercises & trainingStarlink / StarshieldChinaRussiavia AI feed
2026-10-02 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 5.25
Air Force Global Strike Command has fielded a new prototype system for beyond-line-of-sight communications on the B-52H Stratofortress in a step forward for modernizing the Cold War-era heavy bomber.
STRATCOMAcquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleBudget & policy
2026-10-02 · Via Satellite · score 5.5
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon formally established the joint venture focused on direct-to-device services the telcos first announced in May of this year. Wireless industry exec Paul Roth will serve as […]
Commercial integrationAllies & partnersProliferated LEOStarlink / Starshield
2026-10-02 · Via Satellite · score 7.25
Eutelsat hit a milestone for its OneWeb refresh plan as Airbus Defence and Space completed the first 32 satellites in the refresh for launch. The satellites are set to be […]
EUCOMSPACECOMLaunchProliferated LEOCommercial integrationEurope
2026-10-02 · ChinaTalk · via AI feed · score 8.5
*[Paddy Stephens](https://paddyspublishing.substack.com/) writes about space, security, and energy for *The Wire China*, *Resilience Media* and others. He’s based between London, Nice and Taipei. This is Part 2 of his two-part investigation of China’s Starlink challengers!*
PACOMProliferated LEOStarlink / StarshieldChinaTaiwanvia AI feed
2026-10-02 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 8.75
The Space Development Agency is set to launch 21 Tranche 1 data transport satellites on Oct. 5—its fourth Tranche 1 mission since last fall and the first to carry Northrop Grumman-built satellites.
SPACECOMSTRATCOMLaunchProliferated LEOCommercial integrationPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)SBIRS / Next-Gen OPIR
2026-10-02 · Focus Taiwan (CNA) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9
Taipei, Oct. 3 (CNA) Taiwan and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement to pursue projects in satellite communications, silicon photonics and semiconductor talent development, Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) said Saturday.
PACOMEUCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersIndustrial base & supply chainTaiwanEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9.25
The Space Development Agency plans to launch the next slate of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture satellites Monday as it has already begun to deorbit its Tranche 0 demonstration constellation. SDA is expecting to launch its fourth slate of Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites -- made by Northrop Grumman -- at 1:15 a.m. PT on Oct. 5 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA. Those 21 satellites will join the 63 currently on orbit -- 42 from York Space Systems and 21 from Lockheed Martin. Two more launches are expected for T1TL after this, and four more are planned for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer. “The goal here is to build out this mesh on the data transport side, and then once we start launching our sensors in a tracking layer, this is what they are connected to deliver that missile warning tracking and defense data to the warfighter,” said GP Sandhoo, SDA director and portfolio acquisition executive for missile warning and tracking, in a call with reporters yesterday. Meanwhile, the Tranche 0 satellites -- designed with a five-year lifespan and to demonstrate the PWSA concept -- are being taken out of orbit. The first of those 28 satellites launched in April 2023. “There…
SPACECOMSTRATCOMProliferated LEOLaunchDebris & reentryPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)Resilient MW/MT (Epoch, HBTSS)via TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · DefenseScoop · score 11
SDA launches 21 Northrop Grumman T1 Transport Layer satellites on 5 Oct, taking PWSA to 84 in four planes (DefenseScoop); Tranche 0 is being deorbited (Inside Defense).
Each new plane adds regional data-transport coverage for the theater.
Consider tracking T1TL checkout and when SDA declares an operational capability date.
SPACECOMProliferated LEOLaunchPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)AI-curated
2026-10-01 · SpaceNews · score 2.75
L3Harris’ contract for executive aircraft satcom grows to $462 million L3Harris’ contract for executive aircraft satcom grows to $462 million
Acquisition & contractsCommercial integration
2026-10-01 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
The Space Force awarded L3Harris $461.9 million for commercial satellite communications connectivity on executive airlift aircraft, according to a Pentagon notice . The firm-fixed-price definitization contracting action “supports authorized government personnel and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2028,” the notice states. At the time of the award, the service obligated $62.3 million in fiscal year 2026 operations and maintenance funds through the Space Force portfolio acquisition executive for satellite communications and positioning, navigation and timing. The Air Force would not provide specifics to Inside Defense on which aircraft are related to the contract.
Acquisition & contractsCommercial integrationBudget & policyvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · Via Satellite · score 4.5
Iceye, the Finnish space company known for building synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites is venturing into communication satellites — planning to build sovereign satcom satellites for governments through a new partnership […]
Commercial integrationAllies & partnersLaunchEurope
2026-10-01 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4.5
ICEYE is expanding beyond satellite-based intelligence into communications through a new partnership with Nokia to develop secure, sovereign broadband systems for governments and defense customers. The Finnish companies plan to combine ICEYE’s satellite and constellation capabilities with Nokia’s secure networking technology, with the first communications satellites expected to launch in 2028.
Allies & partnersCommercial integrationLaunchEurope
LMT Group and Novaspace partner to develop strategy for 5G/6G satellite communications hub in Latvia
2026-10-01 · SpaceNews · score 5.5
LMT Group and Novaspace partner to develop strategy for 5G/6G satellite communications hub in Latvia
EUCOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersEurope
2026-10-01 · Payload · score 5.5
Few rideshares come with a theme, but SpaceX's Transporter-18 had one: getting power to compute in orbit.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationLaunchExercises & training
2026-10-01 · NASA news releases · score 6
Join Us for Movie Night with NASA NASA’s mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration and scientific discovery. NASA+ documentaries allow you to come along for the ride. It’s free. It’s on demand. And no subscription is required. Grab some popcorn and come along for the journey. Other Worlds: Europa Cosmic Dawn Planetary […]
LaunchProliferated LEOExercises & trainingEurope
2026-09-30 · Via Satellite · score 6.75
The FCC continued its push to deregulate and open up new spectrum with two major decisions on Wednesday — exempting space activities from certain federal environmental regulations and opening up […]
SPACECOMEUCOMBudget & policyCommercial integrationDebris & reentryEurope
2026-09-30 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 7
The long-standing method for communicating data down from space via radio frequencies has the potential to create deadly data bottlenecks that could slow and stymie future operations, according to a new report from AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. The report makes the case for combining RF with optical communications technology, or laser comms, for a “hybrid” system.
SPACECOMProliferated LEOOrganization & peopleIndustrial base & supply chainPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)
2026-09-29 · The Hacker News · via Cyber Watch · score 6.75
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed technical details of a recently patched critical security flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-88772 (CVSS score: 9.5), has been described as a memory overflow bug in the Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocol handling that's rooted in the NetScaler
CYBERCOMCyber & space systemsProliferated LEOLunar & cislunarPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)via Cyber Watch
2026-09-29 · NASA news releases · score 8
NSTGRO Homepage Omar AlyousefUniversity Of MemphisPolycatenated Architected Materials (PAM) for Origami-Inspired Space Docking Ports Cade ArmstrongUniversity Of Texas at AustinIntelligent Multi-Agent Constellations for Cooperative Cislunar Operations Laurel BarnettHarvard UniversityPhotonic SNSPD Readout and Feed Forward System for Improved Optical Communication Capabilities Katie BarcakWilliam Marsh Rice UniversityCompact magnetic heat switch for thermal management of long duration low […]
NORTHCOMSPACECOMExercises & trainingLunar & cislunarIndustrial base & supply chain
2026-09-29 · Via Satellite · score 8.75
Northrop Grumman said on Monday that it has delivered 21 satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for Tranche 1 of the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer […]
SPACECOMSTRATCOMProliferated LEOCommercial integrationLaunchPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)Resilient MW/MT (Epoch, HBTSS)
2026-09-28 · Via Satellite · score 5.25
Bjørn Erik Reinseth is the new Chair of Space Norway. He is the CEO of Forskningsparken – Oslo Science Park, and brings extensive leadership experience from the telecommunications, investment, technology […]
EUCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-28 · Via Satellite · score 6.25
Satellite mobile connectivity is coming to Kazakhstan thanks to a partnership between Beeline Kazakhstan and Starlink Mobile. The introduction of Starlink Mobile is the result of agreements reached during Kazakhstan’s […]
CENTCOMAllies & partnersProliferated LEOLaunchStarlink / Starshield
2026-09-28 · Payload · score 9
“Meridian will carry forward the satcom infrastructure business… SpinLaunch will continue to build on its vision for a lower-cost approach to launch, with further applications in hypersonics to support the Golden Dome program and in the lunar economy," Meridian Space CEO Massimiliano Ladovaz told Payload.
SPACECOMNORTHCOMCommercial integrationLunar & cislunarIndustrial base & supply chainStarlink / StarshieldGolden DomeIndia
2026-09-28 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 9.25
Swedish Space Corporation has completed an upgrade of its optical ground station in Western Australia, bringing the facility into operational service with support for both Space Development Agency and Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems optical communications standards.
PACOMAllies & partnersProliferated LEOBudget & policyPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)AustraliaEurope
2026-09-25 · Via Satellite · score 4
NSSLGlobal is making a new acquisition move in the security arena. The company announced Friday that it is purchasing MetOcean Telematics, a company that provides global security, surveillance and IOT […]
Commercial integrationAcquisition & contractsOrganization & people
2026-09-25 · Payload · score 8.25
Iridium shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the company’s acquisition by Rocket Lab. According to Rocket Lab CFO Adam Spice, there’s more M&A on the horizon.
Commercial integrationLaunchAcquisition & contractsCASC / CASIC (PRC state industry)NSSL / launch programsChinaIndia
2026-09-24 · Nikkei Asia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
PACOMProliferated LEOStarlink / Starshieldvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-24 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
The fire in central Poland engulfed the power station and backup generator, but the site is now operating normally.
EUCOMProliferated LEOStarlink / StarshieldEuropeRussiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-24 · BBC News (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.75
The satellite station is used in part to provide internet coverage to neighbouring Ukraine, the government says.
EUCOMProliferated LEOStarlink / StarshieldEuropeRussiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-24 · Via Satellite · score 7.25
Eutelsat has signed a deal with MEO, one of Portugal’s biggest telecoms operators to bring LEO services to customers in Portugal. The two companies announced the deal, Sept. 23. MEO […]
SPACECOMEUCOMProliferated LEOAllies & partnersAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-09-23 · Via Satellite · score 5
Viasat has received a $42 million task order under its contract to provide managed satcom services to the U.S. Marine Corps. Viasat has a background in providing managed satcom to […]
CYBERCOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationAllies & partners
2026-09-23 · Via Satellite · score 6.5
In our latest Thursday Morning Conversation, we talk to SES Vice President of Product Development Engineering David Mathewson about SES’s latest plans around developing satellites, the advantages of having a […]
EUCOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationBudget & policyAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-09-23 · Via Satellite · score 8
The recent HAPS flight of a Sceye vehicle also included a laser tracking demonstration. Sceye and Softbank conducted the demonstration in August, flying a Sceye HAPS from New Mexico to […]
NORTHCOMPACOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationAI & autonomyJapan
2026-09-22 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4.25
Amazon Leo is expanding into Uzbekistan through an agreement with UZ-SAT, a subsidiary of Uztelecom, to distribute its LEO connectivity in remote and underserved areas.
SPACECOMCENTCOMAllies & partners
2026-09-22 · Nikkei Asia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.25
Proliferated LEOIndustrial base & supply chainStarlink / Starshieldvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-22 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.5
Gogo Special Missions and Boeing subsidiary Insitu have integrated LEO satellite connectivity into the Integrator UAS, adding beyond-line-of-sight communications for government and defence users.
SPACECOMAcquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleCommercial integration
2026-09-22 · Breaking Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6
Australia’s LAND 4140 program aims to modernize the Australian military’s land-based C4I architecture across all domains
PACOMCommercial integrationAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-22 · Via Satellite · score 7
Eutelsat tested OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity in Poland for the first time in a recent demonstration on PKP Intercity’s live rail network with a Kymeta terminal. The Kymeta Kestrel […]
EUCOMSPACECOMProliferated LEOAllies & partnersCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-22 · Via Satellite · score 7.5
CybExer, an Estonian cybersecurity company, is to play a key role in helping keep the EU’s future secure satellite connectivity system, IRIS² secure. It will lead a ten-company European consortium […]
EUCOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationProliferated LEOAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-09-22 · Via Satellite · score 8.5
Boeing Defence Australia selected New York-based Lite Coms to provide tactical satellite terminals for a beyond-line of sight (BLOS) satcom program for the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Under the award […]
PACOMCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsAllies & partnersWGSAustralia
2026-09-21 · DefenseScoop · score 5
The fielding comes after two Army divisions experimented with NGC2 for more than a year and nearly two months after the service tested the architecture at a capstone event in the Mojave Desert, leading senior service officials to start pushing the prototype to additional units.
NORTHCOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-21 · Via Satellite · score 5.75
The final ViaSat-3 satellite entered service late last week, completing deployment of Viasat’s high-capacity satellite trio. This satellite, ViaSat-3 F2, was actually the second satellite to launch, and it launched […]
PACOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainLaunch
2026-09-21 · Via Satellite · score 7.25
Intellian Technologies and Network Innovations plan to jointly develop and distribute multi-band Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) flyaway terminals for military and government customers under a new strategic partnership announced last […]
SPACECOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationProliferated LEOWGS
2026-09-18 · Via Satellite · score 4.75
Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) signed a contract with Hughes Network Systems earlier this week to utilize its Jupiter scalable gateway system in support of the operator’s NIGCOMSAT-2A and NIGCOMSAT-2B […]
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMIndustrial base & supply chainAllies & partnersLunar & cislunar
2026-09-17 · Via Satellite · score 4.75
SatPort Infrastructure will develop, build, and host landing stations for the Telesat Lightspeed constellation, to connect Lightspeed to terrestrial networks. The two companies announced a master services agreement on Sept. […]
Allies & partnersProliferated LEOOrganization & people
2026-09-16 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 2.75
Spanish satellite operator Hisdesat has contracted Airbus Defence and Space to develop and build SpainSat NG-III, a new secure communications satellite intended to strengthen Spain’s strategic communications capabilities and replace the damaged SpainSat NG-II.
EUCOMAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-09-16 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4
Viasat and Poland's state-owned PGZ have signed a Letter of Intent to explore cooperation on Poland's military satellite communications and space capabilities.
EUCOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-16 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 4.5
“We are behind on that. We should be there already,” Space Development Agency Director G.P. Sandhoo said bluntly.
SPACECOMProliferated LEOPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)
2026-09-16 · U.S. Space Force · score 5
The USSF is implementing a commercial acquisition strategy using Commercial Solutions Openings to enhance satellite command and control capabilities.
Commercial integrationBudget & policyAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-16 · Space Systems Command · score 5
The USSF is implementing a commercial acquisition strategy using Commercial Solutions Openings to enhance satellite command and control capabilities.
Commercial integrationBudget & policyAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-16 · Payload · score 9.5
Space42 and Viasat agreed to formally establish Equatys, a shared satellite-and-ground-infrastructure company for D2D connectivity and advanced mobile satellite services.
PACOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsAllies & partnersEuropeMiddle East
2026-09-15 · Payload · score 5.75
Everybody’s looking for launch capacity these days, and for those who have it, the phones are ringing off the hook.
EUCOMLaunchCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)Europe
2026-09-14 · Nikkei Asia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
PACOMLaunchProliferated LEOStarlink / StarshieldSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-13 · Spaceflight Now · score 8
The launch marks the 400th orbital flight from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff is scheduled during an 87-minute window that opens at 2:49 p.m. EDT (1849 UTC).
EUCOMNORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleStarlink / StarshieldEurope
2026-09-12 · U.S. Space Force · score 4.25
The U.S. Department of War, in partnership with defense ministries from 10 international partners, has signed Amendment Three to the multilateral Wideband Global SATCOM Memorandum of Understanding.
Allies & partnersWGS
2026-09-11 · Defense News (Space) · score 8
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the project will pave the way for the launch of a Starlink-like system for the nation.
EUCOMProliferated LEOCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainStarlink / StarshieldEuropeUkraine
2026-09-11 · C4ISRNET · score 8
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the project will pave the way for the launch of a Starlink-like system for the nation.
EUCOMProliferated LEOCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainStarlink / StarshieldEuropeUkraine
2026-09-11 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 9.75
ULA is preparing to resume launching the Vulcan rocket in the coming weeks.
PACOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationLaunchIndustrial base & supply chainStarlink / StarshieldIndia
2026-09-10 · NASASpaceflight · score 9.25
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope successfully launched on Sunday, Aug. 30, atop a SpaceX…
EUCOMPACOMLaunchOrganization & peopleLunar & cislunarEuropeJapan
Space Domain Awareness 0 items Knowing what is on orbit and what the environment is doing: space surveillance and tracking, catalog and conjunctions, debris and reentries, space weather, commercial SSA.
2026-10-05 · Via Satellite · score 7
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received multiple contracts worth more than $100 million combined for space and cyber capabilities to provide space intelligence data. Kratos’ work under these contracts […]
CYBERCOMSPACECOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationCyber & space systems
2026-10-04 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 Threshold Reached: 2026 Oct 04 1402 UTC Synoptic Period: 1200-1500 Active Warning: YES Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-10-04 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 Threshold Reached: 2026 Oct 04 1122 UTC Synoptic Period: 0900-1200 Active Warning: YES Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-10-04 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected Valid From: 2026 Oct 04 1110 UTC Valid To: 2026 Oct 04 2100 UTC Warning Conditions: Onset Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-10-04 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected Extension to Serial Number: 2267 Valid From: 2026 Oct 04 1110 UTC Now Valid Until: 2026 Oct 05 0300 UTC Warning Condition: Persistence Extended with issuance of G2 warning. NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-10-04 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 Threshold Reached: 2026 Oct 04 1839 UTC Synoptic Period: 1800-2100 Active Warning: YES Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-10-04 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 Threshold Reached: 2026 Oct 04 2357 UTC Synoptic Period: 2100-2400 Active Warning: YES Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-10-04 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 Threshold Reached: 2026 Oct 05 0352 UTC Synoptic Period: 0300-0600 Active Warning: YES Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-10-04 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected Valid From: 2026 Oct 05 0350 UTC Valid To: 2026 Oct 05 1500 UTC Warning Conditions: Onset Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-10-04 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 4.25
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 6 Threshold Reached: 2026 Oct 04 2057 UTC Synoptic Period: 1800-2100 Active Warning: YES Noaa Scale: G2 - Moderate Comment: NOAA Scale: G2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 55 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Power grid fluctuations can occur. High-latitude power systems may experience voltage alarms. Spacecraft - Satellite orientation irregularities may occur; increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites is possible. Radio - HF (high frequency) radio propagation can fade at higher latitudes. Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as New York to Wisconsin to Washington state.
Space weatherBudget & policy
2026-10-04 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 4.25
WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 6 expected Valid From: 2026 Oct 04 1847 UTC Valid To: 2026 Oct 04 2359 UTC Warning Conditions: Onset Noaa Scale: G2 - Moderate Comment: NOAA Scale: G2 - Moderate NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 55 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Power grid fluctuations can occur. High-latitude power systems may experience voltage alarms. Spacecraft - Satellite orientation irregularities may occur; increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites is possible. Radio - HF (high frequency) radio propagation can fade at higher latitudes. Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as New York to Wisconsin to Washington state.
Space weatherBudget & policy
2026-10-04 · NASASpaceflight · score 8.5
Following its launch in May and a multi-month commissioning period, the joint European Space Agency…
EUCOMPACOMSpace weatherLaunchLunar & cislunarEuropeChina
2026-10-03 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
Christie’s auctioneer Rupert Banner leans forward with practised showmanship as bidding stalls on a rare Yongzheng bowl near New York’s iconic Rockefeller Centre. He pauses as if willing offers from thin air, scanning dozens of in-person buyers and phone banks connecting with China, London, Texas. It will be a bad look if the frenzy abates for this delicate peach-decorated bowl highlighted on Christie’s glossy Chinese sale catalogue and online advertising. But bidding soon resumes with a...
PACOMNORTHCOMLaunchAcquisition & contractsChinaEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · Via Satellite · score 7
Canadian space domain awareness (SDA) company NorthStar Earth & Space began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday morning after completing a SPAC merger this week. NorthStar completed […]
SPACECOMNORTHCOMCommercial integrationProliferated LEOAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-10-01 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G1 Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: Oct 02: G1 (Minor) Oct 03: None (Below G1) Oct 04: G1 (Minor) THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT Comment: NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-10-01 · NASA news releases · score 5.5
A Meteor Shower and the Moon Near the Pleiades See Saturn at opposition, catch the Orionid meteor shower, and watch the Moon pass close to the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters. Skywatching Highlights Transcript Saturn takes center stage, a meteor shower lights up the sky, and the Moon visits the Seven Sisters. That’s […]
Lunar & cislunarDebris & reentryAllies & partners
2026-10-01 · NASA news releases · score 6.5
In the early history of our solar system, scientists theorize that a Mars-sized object called Theia smashed into the infant Earth, vaporizing massive amounts of rock and blasting it into space. Some of that material coalesced into the Moon, where NASA’s Artemis program is returning humans, preparing for Mars, and shaping the future of space […]
EUCOMDebris & reentryExercises & trainingCommercial integrationEurope
2026-10-01 · Payload · score 9.25
Foundational emerged from stealth today with Europe's largest space tech pre-seed round.
EUCOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationRendezvous & proximityDebris & reentryEurope
2026-09-30 · SpaceNews · score 4.75
Varda Space Industries, a company that operates reentry spacecraft for pharmaceutical and hypersonics research applications, has raised $251 million.
Commercial integrationDebris & reentryHypersonic
2026-09-30 · USNI News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
The U.S. Navy and Royal Navy sunk decommissioned frigate USS Klarkring (FFG-42) earlier this month as part of a sinking exercise with Royal Navy forces. Newly commissioned Virginia-class submarine USS Massachusetts (SSN-798) dealt the final blow to Klarkring, sending it to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Massachusetts fired an Mk48 Advanced Capability Torpedo at Klarkring during the Sept. 20 exercise, sinking the decommissioned frigate around 150 miles off the northwest coast of Scotland. Massachusetts was commissioned in March and was declared ready for fleet tasking in August. As part of the sinking exercise, Klarkring was also the target of a
Exercises & trainingMissile launches & testsDARC / Space Fence / SSNvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · Payload · score 5.75
Lux Capital and Natural Capital led the round, which valued the company at $1.6B.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainDebris & reentry
2026-09-29 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G1 Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: Sep 30: None (Below G1) Oct 01: None (Below G1) Oct 02: G1 (Minor) THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT Comment: 28 Sep CME inbound NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-29 · NASA news releases · score 5
Following a successful inaugural year of ingenuity and career building, NASA ORBIT (Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology) has officially returned for a second season to bring university and college student innovation to the forefront of Earth technology development and deep-space exploration. Registration for the 2026–2027 challenge is open through Monday, Nov. 16, 2026, […]
Lunar & cislunarOrganization & peopleAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-29 · The Straits Times (Asia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
SYDNEY, Sept 30 - Sydney Airport has the highest rate of near misses in Australia, with incidents about 20% above the national average, the country's air accident investigator has found.
PACOMDebris & reentryAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · The Guardian (Australia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.75
Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigating staffing gaps as key factor in four incidents in July and August Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Modelling by Sydney airport’s air traffic control operators predicted elevated fatigue risks for staff at the time of a series of major safety incidents, with a review identifying runway incursions and near misses at 20% above national averages. Staffing gaps at Sydney airport are being investigated as a key factor in four incidents in July and August this year, according to the investigating authority, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau [ATSB].
PACOMDebris & reentryOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · Payload · score 8.25
The Artemis Accords Principals’ Meeting in Turkey will be led by NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson and Maj. Gen. Roberto Melgar Sheen, director of the Peruvian Space Agency.
EUCOMSPACECOMLunar & cislunarBudget & policyDebris & reentryEuropeJapan
2026-09-29 · NASA news releases · score 8.75
NASA has awarded a contract to Omitron Inc. for the acquisition of orbital safety analysis services, which provide for critical protection of NASA spaceflight assets and astronaut lives. This indefinite-delivery contract is valued at approximately $23.5 million over a five-year period of performance and entails conjunction assessment screening services for all NASA uncrewed spacecraft, support […]
SPACECOMNORTHCOMAcquisition & contractsDebris & reentryAllies & partnersJCO / commercial SDA
2026-09-28 · Stars and Stripes (Pacific) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
A Marine helped dig two children from debris and spent hours clearing wreckage from his Japanese neighbors’ homes after a landslide triggered by Typhoon Dujuan.
PACOMDebris & reentryJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 6.75
Marking a significant expansion in the number of signatories to the Artemis Accords, NASA welcomed Albania, Croatia, Côte d’Ivoire, and San Marino, bringing total participation to 76 countries. “Our momentum reflects a growing commitment to peaceful, responsible exploration and a shared understanding that the future in space will be shaped by those willing to lead,” […]
SPACECOMBudget & policyLunar & cislunarAllies & partners
2026-09-27 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 3.25
An air base in England used by American bombers to strike Iran was the target of a suspected bomb plot, U.K. officials said Sept. 27.
EUCOMCENTCOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyDebris & reentryEuropeIran
2026-09-25 · SpaceNews · score 3
A mission that attempted to raise the orbit of a NASA astrophysics spacecraft has officially ended, with lessons for both the agency and the company.
Debris & reentryCommercial integration
2026-09-24 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected Valid From: 2026 Sep 25 0835 UTC Valid To: 2026 Sep 25 1200 UTC Warning Conditions: Onset Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-24 · Space Systems Command · score 4
Welcome to Acquiring Minds, where we break down how space acquisition empowers our Nation’s warfighters. Today we’re highlighting the Unified Data Library. In this age of information, knowledge is power and today’s modern way of war relies on data collected in, from, and about space.
Acquisition & contractsSpace C2 software (Kobayashi Maru, UDL)
2026-09-24 · NASA news releases · score 8.5
During NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission aboard the International Space Station, astronauts will support a series of biomedical and human performance investigations, including a new collaborative effort to study how spaceflight affects blood flow and clotting. NASA also is testing crew members’ manual piloting skills, evaluating methods to counter vision and brain changes, gathering essential health […]
EUCOMNORTHCOMExercises & trainingCommercial integrationDebris & reentryEuropeRussia
2026-09-24 · NASASpaceflight · score 10.5
AS the International Space Station continues to orbit Earth as it has for over a…
EUCOMSPACECOMLaunchAllies & partnersRendezvous & proximityRussiaEurope
2026-09-24 · NASA news releases · score 11.75
Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on the Pacific coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. On July 30, 2025, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake had struck in the nearby ocean, apparently jolting one of the two volcanoes awake. A few days later, for the first time in […]
PACOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersDebris & reentryLaunchIndiaRussia
2026-09-23 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 4.5
The current focus is on low cost, high volume commercial cargo reentry pods, an Air Force Research Laboratory spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
SPACECOMDebris & reentryCommercial integration
2026-09-23 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 4.5
Commercial space monitoring firms are concerned SpaceX’s ability to use the best DoD data could threaten the market, sources tell Breaking Defense.
Debris & reentryCommercial integrationAllies & partners
2026-09-23 · Payload · score 6
Vast announced a Lunar Programs division, building on its commercial space station and satellite development work to support NASA’s Moon Base ambitions.
SPACECOMLunar & cislunarCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainNSSL / launch programs
2026-09-23 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 6
A recent two-week experiment tested how Airmen and Guardians can team with machines and artificial intelligence to enhance command and control in complex scenarios—with researchers measuring everything from the heart rate of participants to the quality of their decision-making.
SPACECOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-23 · Payload · score 6
Outpost will be the first user of the Space Factory platform. The company plans to use the module to produce StarFiber, its next-gen metal fluoride optical fiber, on a mission NET 2028.
SPACECOMIndustrial base & supply chainLaunchCommercial integrationIndia
2026-09-23 · NASA news releases · score 6.25
Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 12, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder. The ice covered an estimated 1.78 million square miles (4.6 million square kilometers), tying 2008, 2010, and 2025 for the 10th-lowest minimum in the satellite record. […]
NORTHCOMEUCOMBudget & policyCommercial integrationAI & autonomy
2026-09-23 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 7
"I think we are going to lose the ability to use certain orbits."
SPACECOMEUCOMDebris & reentryAI & autonomyEuropeRussia
2026-09-22 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 2.75
A misaligned vane in an F-16 engine that field-level maintainers cannot see to inspect caused one of the U.S. Air Force's Thunderbird jets to crash last December, a new report concludes. The same problem led another F-16 to crash 20 months earlier.
NORTHCOMDebris & reentry
2026-09-22 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 8.75
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed on a local mission in Germany on Sept. 22. The pilot ejected safely and is receiving medical care, Air Force officials said. The fighter was assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base. The jet went down on base property in the Eifel region of western Germany.
EUCOMCENTCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersDebris & reentryEuropeIran
2026-09-21 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G1 Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: Sep 22: None (Below G1) Sep 23: None (Below G1) Sep 24: G1 (Minor) THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT Comment: NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-21 · DefenseScoop · score 10
DIU and SSC picked Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly (Jackal) for GHOST-R, commercial GEO space-to-space imaging prototypes under RG-XX; launch in 2028, government operations by 2029. Values undisclosed.
More, cheaper GEO inspectors improve custody of PRC RPO satellites over the Pacific.
Be aware GHOST-R is a 2028-29 capability; near-term GEO characterization stays with GSSAP.
SPACECOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationRendezvous & proximityGSSAP / Silent BarkerAI-curated
2026-09-21 · Via Satellite · score 10
The Defense Innovation Unit and U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical Reconnaissance (GHOST-R) prototype contracts to deliver “lower-cost” reconnaissance satellites […]
SPACECOMCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsRendezvous & proximityGSSAP / Silent BarkerTactically Responsive Space (Victus)
2026-09-20 · Payload · score 9.25
DIU and SSC announced GHOST-R, a joint effort to bring low-cost reconnaissance to GEO under SSC's RG-XX program.
SPACECOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationProliferated LEOGSSAP / Silent BarkerTactically Responsive Space (Victus)India
2026-09-19 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 2.5
From World Space Business Week in Paris, Trevor Smith, president and co-founder of Atomic-6, joins Laura Todd to discuss Space Armor - the lightest, thinnest debris shield ever built for space - how it's tested at 7.2 km/s, and its upcoming flight debut with Portal Space Systems.
Debris & reentryEurope
2026-09-18 · Space Systems Command · score 5.5
DIU and Space Systems Command (SSC) are taking the next step to deliver Geostationary Earth Orbit
Acquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleGSSAP / Silent Barker
2026-09-18 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 5.75
Our number one priority right now is: How do we improve support to space control operations?” Col. Barry Crocker, head of Space Force Mission Delta 2 responsible for keeping tabs on on-orbit threats, told Breaking Defense
SPACECOMDebris & reentryAcquisition & contractsCommercial integration
2026-09-18 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 6.25
The European Union also is funding a series of grant making projects designed to bring innovative technologies into the EU SST program, and support startups to strengthen the industrial base.
EUCOMDebris & reentryBudget & policyCommercial integrationEuropeAustralia
2026-09-18 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 13
The Space Force and the Defense Innovation Unit chose two firms to demonstrate small satellites built with low-cost commercial technology that can track both friendly and adversary satellites in GEO.
A cheaper GEO neighborhood-watch layer over the belt the theater's SATCOM and OPIR sit in.
Be aware the demo is a prototype; GSSAP and Silent Barker remain the operational GEO SDA capability.
SPACECOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationRendezvous & proximityGSSAP / Silent BarkerGuam & HawaiiAI-curated
2026-09-16 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 3
We discuss top news from the final day of AFA 2026.
SPACECOMLunar & cislunar
2026-09-16 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 3
SPACECOM also is focusing on developing the baseline capabilities, such as space domain awareness and satellite communications, to undertake cislunar operations, said Gen. Stephen Whiting.
SPACECOMLunar & cislunar
2026-09-15 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected Valid From: 2026 Sep 15 1855 UTC Valid To: 2026 Sep 16 0600 UTC Warning Conditions: Onset Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-15 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G1 Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: Sep 16: G1 (Minor) Sep 17: G1 (Minor) Sep 18: None (Below G1) THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT Comment: NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-15 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 3.75
LeoLabs also intends to deploy multiple Scout-S mobile phased array radars to fill gaps in its current network of 12 larger radar facilities around the globe.
Allies & partnersCommercial integrationJCO / commercial SDA
2026-09-15 · The Japan Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
The ASDF said debris spotted and photographed floating in waters off the prefecture was likely to be the drone.
PACOMAllies & partnersDebris & reentryJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · ASPI The Strategist · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9.5
Australia’s declared strategy of denial needs to become effective long before the powerful new nuclear submarines become meaningfully effective in the 2040s. This can be done in the 2030s with what I have called the ...
PACOMSTRATCOMBudget & policyAllies & partnersNuclear & NC3DARC / Space Fence / SSNAustraliavia TJFSCC Dailythink tank
2026-09-15 · Payload · score 9.75
Alongside the announcement, Rubio also unveiled the SCP’s first project—a two-year, $6.5M effort to bring satellite internet to rural southern Peru.
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMPACOMBudget & policyLaunchAllies & partnersChina
2026-09-15 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 11.75
Debris from a Chinese-made short-range ballistic missile has been found in Yemen for the first time, suggesting Chinese weapons systems may have been used during the heated conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. Video clips circulating on social media in the past week showed debris from the booster stage of a short-range ballistic missile with “DF-15A” written on its side found in the Raghwan district of Marib governorate, about 170km (105 miles) by road from the Yemeni capital,...
CENTCOMPACOMDebris & reentryLaunchExercises & trainingHouthi / Red Sea interferenceMiddle EastChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-14 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G1 Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: Sep 15: G1 (Minor) Sep 16: G1 (Minor) Sep 17: None (Below G1) THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT Comment: NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-14 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 5
The big question facing DoD is what happens if the Traffic Coordination System for Space program is scrapped: is US Space Command left holding the space safety bag in perpetuity?
SPACECOMCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleJCO / commercial SDA
2026-09-11 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 2.5
The Space Force expects the US site, the third and final one in the multi-nation DARC network, to complete civil construction in 2029, and begin operations in 2030.
NORTHCOMDARC / Space Fence / SSN
2026-09-09 · U.S. Space Force · score 5
USSF selected Lake Kickapoo, Texas, as the preferred site for the third and final Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability station, completing the US-UK-Australia network built for continuous, overlapping SDA of geostationary orbit.
Completes the DARC ring; Australia's Exmouth site already covers the Indo-Pacific GEO belt.
Recommend noting the Australian site's role when briefing partners on shared SDA.
SPACECOMNORTHCOMAcquisition & contractsAllies & partnersDARC / Space Fence / SSNAustraliaEuropeAI-curated
2026-09-09 · Space Systems Command · score 5
The USSF has approved project planning and selected Lake Kickapoo, Texas, as the preferred location for the third and final site of the DARC, a network designed to provide continuous space domain awareness and uninterrupted, overlapping coverage of geostationary orbit.
NORTHCOMSPACECOMDARC / Space Fence / SSN
2026-09-08 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 Threshold Reached: 2026 Sep 08 1744 UTC Synoptic Period: 1500-1800 Active Warning: YES Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-08 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected Extension to Serial Number: 2263 Valid From: 2026 Sep 07 2000 UTC Now Valid Until: 2026 Sep 08 2359 UTC Warning Condition: Persistence NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-08 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 4.25
WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G2 Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: Sep 08: G1 (Minor) Sep 09: G2 (Moderate) Sep 10: None (Below G1) THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT Comment: NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 55 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Power grid fluctuations can occur. High-latitude power systems may experience voltage alarms. Spacecraft - Satellite orientation irregularities may occur; increased drag on low Earth-orbit satellites is possible. Radio - HF (high frequency) radio propagation can fade at higher latitudes. Aurora - Aurora may be seen as low as New York to Wisconsin to Washington state.
Space weatherBudget & policy
2026-09-08 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 6.5
3D-printed aluminum eggshell arrays filled with water proved more effective at impact resistance.
PACOMDebris & reentryLaunchChina
2026-09-07 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 Threshold Reached: 2026 Sep 08 0730 UTC Synoptic Period: 0600-0900 Active Warning: YES Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-07 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
EXTENDED WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected Extension to Serial Number: 2262 Valid From: 2026 Sep 07 2000 UTC Now Valid Until: 2026 Sep 08 1800 UTC Warning Condition: Persistence NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-07 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WARNING: Geomagnetic K-index of 5 expected Valid From: 2026 Sep 07 2000 UTC Valid To: 2026 Sep 08 0600 UTC Warning Conditions: Onset Noaa Scale: G1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: G1 - Minor NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-07 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G1 Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: Sep 08: G1 (Minor) Sep 09: G1 (Minor) Sep 10: None (Below G1) THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT Comment: NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-06 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · score 3
WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G1 Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: Sep 06: None (Below G1) Sep 07: None (Below G1) Sep 08: G1 (Minor) THIS SUPERSEDES ANY/ALL PRIOR WATCHES IN EFFECT Comment: NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Area of impact primarily poleward of 60 degrees Geomagnetic Latitude. Induced Currents - Weak power grid fluctuations can occur. Spacecraft - Minor impact on satellite operations possible. Aurora - Aurora may be visible at high latitudes, i.e., northern tier of the U.S. such as northern Michigan and Maine.
Space weather
2026-09-06 · NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.25
SUMMARY: Proton Event 10MeV Integral Flux exceeded 10pfu Begin Time: 2026 Sep 05 1615 UTC Maximum Time: 2026 Sep 05 1645 UTC End Time: 2026 Sep 05 2135 UTC Maximum 10MeV Flux: 18 pfu Noaa Scale: S1 - Minor Comment: NOAA Scale: S1 - Minor
Space weatherRussiavia TJFSCC Daily
PNT / Navwar 0 items Position, navigation and timing and navigation warfare: GPS constellation status, M-code and OCX, GNSS jamming and spoofing, assured and alternative PNT, BeiDou/GLONASS/Galileo.
2026-10-06 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 5.25
GPS NANU 2026081 (Forecast maintenance): SVN48 (PRN07) FORECAST OUTAGE JDAY 279/1630 - JDAY 280/0030. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
GPSNANU
2026-10-05 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.75
Advanced Navigation America is standing up a Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Center of Excellence to develop and produce navigation technology for autonomous systems in Huntsville, AL, the company announced today. Advanced Navigation’s $110 million Series C funding raise will fund the new facility’s establishment, the company said in the release. The new center will “research, develop, and manufacture advanced counter-Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) technologies across fiber optics, [micro-electromechanical systems], laser sensing, photonics, vision-based systems, [artificial intelligence], and quantum sensing,” Advanced Navigation said. Despite the Pentagon’s push for scaled autonomy deployment, the company said production of the PNT capabilities needed for autonomous navigation in contested environments is not keeping pace. The new facility would allow the company to “build and deliver some of the world’s most complex navigation technology at the speed and scale U.S. defense programs depend on,” Advanced Navigation said. Fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) sensors are the underlying technology for assured autonomous navigation, and Advanced Navigation is one of the few companies…
SPACECOMAI & autonomyIndustrial base & supply chainBudget & policyvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · Via Satellite · score 9.25
York Space Systems will integrate a government space domain awareness (SDA) into a spacecraft headed to Geostationary Orbit (GEO), marking the first time the company has integrated a satellite for […]
SPACECOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationExercises & trainingSpace C2 software (Kobayashi Maru, UDL)GPS
2026-10-02 · SecurityWeek · via Cyber Watch · score 6.25
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Kiteworks patches over 100 vulnerabilities, Microsoft publishes 2026 Digital Defense Report, AI finds 24 Android app flaws.
Budget & policyGNSS interferenceCyber & space systemsvia Cyber Watch
2026-10-01 · CISA Advisories · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
View CSAF Summary The following versions of CISA Malcolm are affected: Malcolm CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities v3 8.8 CISA CISA Malcolm Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'), Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection'), Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'), Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), Authentication Bypass by Spoofing, Missing Authorization, Missing Authentication for Critical Function, Incorrect Authorization, Use of Default Credentials, Improper Certificate Validation, URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect'), Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component, Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort Background Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Energy, Information Technology, Water and Wastewater Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide Company Headquarters Location: United States Vulnerabilities Expand All + CVE-2026-90443 A web interface reflects a portion of the request URL into a script context and a hyperlink attribute without adequate encoding, and does not require authentication to reach. This allows an…
Organization & peopleBudget & policyCommercial integrationvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · Breaking Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
The prototype now under testing is a four-meter wingspan UAV, but the company is aiming for larger airframe to be able to reach 2,000 kilometers in range.
Commercial integrationAcquisition & contractsExercises & trainingGPSvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.25
Hostile states could access cameras, microphones or GPS, says intelligence agency amid concerns over Chinese imports Drivers have been warned that the smart features built into modern cars such as microphones, cameras and GPS trackers could be used by hostile states to spy on them. The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) called for “awareness of espionage risks around modern vehicles”, including microphones that can by switched on remotely to listen to conversations.
PACOMAllies & partnersGPSEuropeChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · The Register — security · via Cyber Watch · score 9.75
Your invite to a fake AI policy advisory committee has strings attached
PACOMBudget & policyCyber & space systemsGNSS interferenceChinavia Cyber Watch
2026-09-29 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 5.25
GPS NANU 2026080 (Forecast summary): SVN62 (PRN25) FORECAST OUTAGE SUMMARY JDAY 272/2206 - JDAY 273/0315. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
GPSNANU
2026-09-29 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.25
Several United Airlines flights reported GPS interference near Los Angeles on 25 September, highlighting civil aviation's exposure to navigation disruption - uncommon in US airspace, but increasingly familiar in parts of Europe.
EUCOMGNSS interferenceGPSEurope
2026-09-29 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 6.5
GPS NANU 2026077 (Forecast outage (delta-V)): SVN62 (PRN25) FORECAST OUTAGE JDAY 272/2200 - JDAY 273/1000. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
Organization & peopleGPSNANU
2026-09-29 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
The Space Force is seeking information on modern user equipment for satellite navigation that will work with new and alternative positioning, navigation and timing signals as well as legacy GPS, according to a notice posted yesterday . The Multi-Source PNT UE, as the notice calls it, will be necessary to meet the aims laid out in the Navigation Warfare section of the Space Force Objective Force document . The Space Force “will adopt an open hybrid approach to SATNAV architecture that weighs inputs from diverse sources according to user need, generating a more dependable capability that can withstand adversary action while enabling faster upgrade cycles to enable PNT capabilities,” the Objective Force and request for information both state. The service wants equipment with onboard fusion engines to be able to integrate a variety of signals developed using modular open system architecture. For the UE for terrestrial users, the notice -- posted in cooperation with the Space Warfighting Analysis Center -- asks for industry capabilities related to “disadvantaged” users, high-value military assets and the signals supported. For Space Service Volume UE in various orbits, the service…
Budget & policyCommercial integrationGNSS interferenceGPSvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-27 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.25
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will begin production of its first satel...
PACOMLaunchAllies & partnersIndustrial base & supply chainSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-25 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 5.25
GPS NANU 2026078 (Forecast summary): SVN55 (PRN15) FORECAST OUTAGE SUMMARY JDAY 268/0020 - JDAY 268/0533. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
GPSNANU
2026-09-25 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 5.25
GPS NANU 2026079 (General message): GENERAL MESSAGE TO ALL GPS USERS. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
GPSNANU
2026-09-25 · The War Zone · score 6.5
The USMC says an urgent need for Anduril Pulsar-L systems ties in with larger plans to boost the ACV's defenses against drones.
EUCOMAcquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleGNSS interferenceUkraine
2026-09-25 · Inside GNSS · score 7.25
GNSS receivers employ new technology to deliver comprehensive anti-jamming and anti-spoofing capabilities, better performance and future-ready support for low-earth orbit constellations to OEM...
EUCOMGNSS interferenceCommercial integrationProliferated LEOIndiaEurope
2026-09-24 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 6.5
GPS NANU 2026076 (Forecast outage (delta-V)): SVN55 (PRN15) FORECAST OUTAGE JDAY 267/2345 - JDAY 268/1145. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
Organization & peopleGPSNANU
2026-09-24 · Inside GNSS · score 14.25
The JCO made its commercial-satellite GPS jamming and spoofing detection a standing, worldwide operation on L1, adding other bands; DoD wants it for all six geographic CCMDs, JCO's lead said at AMOS (Inside GNSS).
Unclassified interference baselines the theater can share with allies, cued by commercial sensors.
Consider requesting JCO interference baselines for the Korean peninsula and South China Sea.
SPACECOMCENTCOMGNSS interferenceCommercial integrationGPSJCO / commercial SDAGuam & HawaiiIranAI-curated
2026-09-23 · NASA news releases · score 6.5
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope completed its 200,000th orbit around Earth on Sept. 19, marking another new milestone for an observatory that continues to transform our understanding of the universe. Hubble has traveled more than 5 billion miles around Earth over its 36-year lifetime, exceeding 1.7 million total observations. An observation completed on the day of […]
EUCOMOrganization & peopleAcquisition & contractsAllies & partnersEurope
2026-09-23 · BBC News (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
The UK has jammed satellites to defend itself from hostile threats, the BBC has been told.
EUCOMCounterspace threatGNSS interferenceEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-22 · The Hacker News · via Cyber Watch · score 5.75
A SharePoint Server vulnerability that Microsoft initially classified as a spoofing flaw with a CVSS score of 6.5 actually enables authenticated remote code execution, according to full technical details published today by Viettel Cyber Security researcher Dinh Ho Anh Khoa. The flaw, CVE-2026-65660, affects SharePoint Server 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition. Patches have been
CYBERCOMGNSS interferenceCyber & space systemsvia Cyber Watch
2026-09-18 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 5.25
GPS NANU 2026075 (Forecast summary): SVN80 (PRN01) FORECAST OUTAGE SUMMARY JDAY 261/0309 - JDAY 261/0836. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
GPSNANU
2026-09-18 · Inside GNSS · score 6.25
The growing dependence of telecommunications, energy, financial and computing infrastructure on GNSS timing is creating a corresponding security problem: the signals used to...
EUCOMGNSS interferenceAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-18 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 6.5
GPS NANU 2026073 (Forecast outage (delta-V)): SVN80 (PRN01) FORECAST OUTAGE JDAY 261/0300 - JDAY 261/1500. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
Organization & peopleGPSNANU
2026-09-17 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 6.75
The European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation system has demonstrated its first civil authenticated position fix under real-world spoofing conditions, marking a step toward more resilient and trustworthy positioning for civilian users.
EUCOMGNSS interferenceProliferated LEOOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-09-15 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 5.25
GPS NANU 2026074 (Forecast summary): SVN83 (PRN13) FORECAST OUTAGE SUMMARY JDAY 258/1910 - JDAY 259/0149. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
GPSNANU
2026-09-15 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 6.5
GPS NANU 2026071 (Forecast outage (delta-V)): SVN83 (PRN13) FORECAST OUTAGE JDAY 258/1845 - JDAY 259/0645. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
Organization & peopleGPSNANU
2026-09-15 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
Kearfott, a 108-year-old company, is seeing renewed demand for its inertial navigation and motion-control technologies as GPS jamming and spoofing increasingly threaten military operations. Kearfott’s Bob Carpenter explains how he supports aircraft, spacecraft, maritime systems, and missiles, while expanding production...
Industrial base & supply chainAllies & partnersGNSS interferenceGPSvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · C4ISRNET · score 7.75
An Italian NATO fighter jet shot down a drone in Lithuanian airspace on Tuesday that “most probably” came from Russia, Italy's defense minister said.
EUCOMAllies & partnersExercises & trainingDebris & reentryEuropeRussia
2026-09-15 · Inside GNSS · score 13
Calian, a leader in high-precision GNSS antenna technology, today announced the expansion of its precision positioning and resilient PNT portfolio with three innovative...
EUCOMNORTHCOMGNSS interferenceIndustrial base & supply chainProliferated LEOBeiDou / PLA PNTGPSEuropeChina
2026-09-14 · Inside GNSS · score 8
Keysight’s new PNT Report 2026 examines a positioning, navigation and timing market being reshaped by resilient architectures, LEO PNT, autonomy, sovereign systems, new...
EUCOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationExercises & trainingIndustrial base & supply chainGPSEurope
2026-09-11 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 5.25
GPS NANU 2026072 (Forecast summary): SVN76 (PRN23) FORECAST OUTAGE SUMMARY JDAY 254/0252 - JDAY 254/0834. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
GPSNANU
2026-09-11 · GPS NANUs (GPS Operations Center via CelesTrak) · score 6.5
GPS NANU 2026070 (Forecast outage (delta-V)): SVN76 (PRN23) FORECAST OUTAGE JDAY 254/0245 - JDAY 254/1445. Source: GPS Operations Center via NAVCEN / CelesTrak mirror.
Organization & peopleGPSNANU
2026-09-10 · Inside GNSS · score 9
Northrop Grumman’s jet-powered Group 3 Lumberjack drone—an attritable UAS capable of ISR, electronic warfare and attack missions—has successfully executed a test flight using...
EUCOMCommercial integrationProliferated LEOAllies & partnersGPSStarlink / StarshieldRussiaUkraine
Satellite Control 0 items Flying the constellations: the Satellite Control Network, ground segment and antennas, TT&C, enterprise ground services, space C2, and cyber threats to satellites and ground systems.
2026-10-05 · NASA news releases · score 10.25
New analysis of archival Hubble data points to the possibility of “dead” white dwarf stars hosting second-generation planetary systems.
EUCOMSTRATCOMCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersCASC / CASIC (PRC state industry)EuropeChina
2026-10-01 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.25
From Mission-K in Kalkar, Marco Schmidt of Trend AI joins Torsten Kriening to explain why cyber and space are now intertwined domains of hybrid warfare, how the 2022 satellite communications attack actually unfolded, and why the ground segment — not the satellite — is where the real threat lies.
CYBERCOMCyber & space systems
2026-09-30 · Via Satellite · score 6.25
The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) has created a new Aerospace and Non-Terrestrial Systems Solutions Working Group (AERO-SWG) as it looks to play a key role in keeping satellite systems secure. […]
SPACECOMOrganization & peopleProliferated LEOAllies & partners
2026-09-28 · Via Satellite · score 4.25
The evolution of satellite being incorporated into 3GPP standards has been one of the key issues in the industry over the last few years, but it comes with important considerations […]
SPACECOMCommercial integrationAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-28 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 7.5
Space Force and MDA reset the SCAR program as a Commercial Solutions Opening for government-owned, leased or antenna-as-a-service options to relieve the 19-antenna SCN. White papers are due 15 Oct (Air & Space Forces).
SCN capacity limits how often theater-relevant satellites can be contacted and commanded.
Be aware commercial antenna leasing brings the cyber and multi-tenant risks the notice names.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsSCN / R2C2 / groundAI-curated
2026-09-25 · SpaceNews · score 3
Space Force opens new competition for satellite-control antennas Space Force opens new competition for satellite-control antennas
Industrial base & supply chainSCN / R2C2 / ground
2026-09-25 · Via Satellite · score 5.5
Starfish Space will launch its first Otter satellite servicing vehicle next month aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission, the company announced Thursday. Starfish Space designed Otter vehicles with a flexible architecture […]
SPACECOMCommercial integrationLaunchDebris & reentry
2026-09-23 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4.25
Space Norway marks 40 years of satellite operations at Nittedal Teleport near Oslo, now one of Europe's largest earth stations with more than 50 antennas.
EUCOMAllies & partnersIndustrial base & supply chainEurope
2026-09-22 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4
From Berlin, Planet co-founder Robbie Schingler joins Torsten Kriening at the opening of the company's first satellite factory outside California - a 5,500 m² facility bringing R&D, manufacturing and mission operations together - and explains his vision of planetary intelligence and large earth models.
NORTHCOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainEurope
2026-09-21 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 5.5
A single-pallet-sized tactical operations center is slated to begin shipping to 70 Air Force units by the end of the year following a recent announcement by the company that made it and the Air Force entity responsible for its development.
NORTHCOMCYBERCOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationOrganization & people
2026-09-18 · Via Satellite · score 6.25
Satellite network integrator and service provider Datacom signed a contract with ST Engineering iDirect earlier this week to utilize the Intuition ground system and deliver cloud native services for satellite […]
PACOMAcquisition & contractsAI & autonomyBudget & policy
2026-09-14 · SpaceNews · score 5
Join us for conversations about the tech, policies and business models required to build a functioning in-orbit logistics ecosystem
SPACECOMRendezvous & proximity
Missile Warning 0 items Missile warning and tracking from space and ground: SBIRS and Next-Gen OPIR, resilient MW/MT, HBTSS, Golden Dome, ballistic and hypersonic launches and tests, early-warning radars.
2026-10-06 · UK Defence Journal · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
France has fired its latest submarine-launched ballistic missile for the first time from Le Vigilant, with President Macron watching from the deck of a frigate. The post French submarine fires new nuclear weapon first appeared on UK Defence Journal .
EUCOMSTRATCOMNuclear & NC3Missile launches & testsLaunchEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-06 · The Hill (Defense) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
The Golden Dome, President Trump’s lofty plan for a national ballistic missile defense shield, is facing heavy headwinds with project funding still uncertain. The missile defense program, estimated to cost some $1.2 trillion over 20 years of development and operation, needs a significant influx of funding to get it off the ground this fiscal year. ...
NORTHCOMBudget & policyMissile defenseMissile launches & testsGolden Domevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Boeing has received a seven-year, $14.7 billion undefinitized contract from Lockheed Martin to triple production of PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement seekers -- putting a price on a supplier expansion first outlined in April as part of the Pentagon's broader push to sharply increase interceptor output. The award, announced by Boeing Oct. 5, makes the seeker maker a major recipient of the spending flowing through Lockheed under a seven-year PAC-3 MSE production framework the government and prime contractor finalized this summer. Lockheed received a $53.9 billion undefinitized contract modification from the Pentagon on July 29 , bringing the potential value of its multiyear PAC-3 MSE deal to $58.6 billion and providing the long-term demand signal intended to support a tripling of interceptor production capacity by the end of 2030. Boeing builds the seekers that allow PAC-3 interceptors to identify, track and engage aircraft, hypersonic weapons, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. The $14.7 billion award formalizes the production expansion Boeing, Lockheed and the government outlined on April 1 , when they announced a seven-year framework to triple seeker output and said they…
Industrial base & supply chainAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · Defense News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
Ukraine’s Fire Point said the firm is developing an extended-range tactical ballistic missile after its FP-7 weapon was used in combat for the first time.
EUCOMExercises & trainingCommercial integrationMissile launches & testsEuropeUkrainevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · War on the Rocks · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
With the significant Israeli and U.S. military attacks against Iran in 2025 and early 2026, analysts have discussed and debated Iran’s ability to replenish its missile and drone arsenal. Since 2024, Iran has burned through thousands of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and one-way attack drones in its retaliatory attacks against Israel, U.S. military bases, and other targets in the region. In addition, air and missile strikes destroyed many more Iranian missiles and drones along with their launchers. Importantly, Israeli and U.S. attacks in 2024, 2025, and especially 2026 cumulatively caused severe damage to Iran’s missile and drone industry as well
CENTCOMMissile launches & testsIndustrial base & supply chainLaunchIranMiddle Eastvia TJFSCC Dailythink tank
2026-10-05 · The War Zone · score 8.25
The US and Australia are partners on the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, which has finally reached flight testing after major delays.
PACOMHypersonicExercises & trainingAllies & partnersAustralia
2026-10-05 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 10.25
[Sponsored] Former MDA Director Lt. Gen. (ret.) Trey Obering says on-orbit servicing could enhance orbital resilience.
SPACECOMNORTHCOMMissile defenseRendezvous & proximityProliferated LEOGolden Dome
2026-10-04 · The Globe and Mail (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.25
The aerial war has intensified, with Moscow menacing cities across Ukraine with hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones, while Kyiv has been striking Russia’s oil industry
EUCOMExercises & trainingAllies & partnersCommercial integrationUkraineEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-03 · UK Defence Journal · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Ukraine has used a domestically built tactical ballistic missile in combat for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, naming the weapon as the FP-7 and signalling that the next task is building it in quantity. The post New Ukrainian ballistic missile used in combat first appeared on UK Defence Journal .
EUCOMMissile launches & testsUkraineEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-03 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.75
Moscow has once again bombed one of Kyiv’s bridges, despite the presence of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Ukrainian capital. The visit was unplanned, but Merz says it was intended to show Germany’s support for Ukraine. France 24 correspondent Gulliver Cragg, reporting from Kyiv, says traffic has resumed on the bridge, though slowly. Video shows a large hole in the roadway. Experts say the bridges are extremely solid and difficult to destroy, even with ballistic missiles.
EUCOMAllies & partnersMissile launches & testsUkraineRussiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-03 · The Straits Times (Asia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.25
The drill was intended to train troops operating a hypersonic strategic weapon system.
PACOMLaunchExercises & trainingHypersonicNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-03 · Bloomberg (Politics) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10.25
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the launch of an intermediate-range strategic missile using a hypersonic weapons system, state media said, underscoring his intent to further strengthen the country’s nuclear deterrent.
PACOMSTRATCOMExercises & trainingHypersonicLaunchNorth KoreaSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-03 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10.75
DPRK fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea on 3 Oct KST; ROK JCS said it flew over 700 km. KCNA called it a hypersonic intermediate-range missile drill (Yonhap).
Second hypersonic-class DPRK shot in two weeks for the space layer to detect and track.
Consider reviewing how MW/MT data from the 3 Oct launch reached theater users.
PACOMMissile launches & testsHypersonicNorth Koreavia TJFSCC DailyAI-curated
2026-10-03 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10.75
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the launc...
PACOMSTRATCOMLaunchMissile launches & testsHypersonicNorth KoreaSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
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PACOMMissile launches & testsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 6.25
A newer program has been operational since 2011, and the next generation could launch within 12 months.
STRATCOMNORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationMissile launches & tests
2026-10-02 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
This Friday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Navy's F/A-XX fighter aircraft program, plus space-based interceptors for the Golden Dome missile defense effort and more. We start off with a deep dive into the Navy's nascent F/A-XX fighter aircraft program: Despite Boeing down-select, Navy's sixth-gen fighter still faces an uncertain future Boeing now holds a multibillion-dollar contract for the Navy's sixth-generation strike fighter, but experts say the program still faces a precarious future given tenuous budget dynamics and lingering resistance at the highest reaches of government. Space Systems Command has not yet confirmed how many companies remain in the space-based interceptor competition, identified which firms advanced nor explained when the selection occurred: Space Force declines to explain Golden Dome SBI downselect Space Systems Command has narrowed the field of companies competing to develop space-based interceptors for Golden Dome for America, reducing a pool of 12 firms less than two months after the program's director said all participating providers appeared poised to advance to the next stage, according to a source familiar with the effort. Some defense budget…
NORTHCOMMissile defenseOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationGolden Domevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East ...
PACOMMissile launches & testsSouth KoreaNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile towar...
PACOMMissile launches & testsSouth KoreaNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · The Japan Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
The Defense Ministry in Tokyo said the weapon flew for an estimated 680 km before landing in waters outside of Japan's exclusive economic zone.
PACOMMissile launches & testsAllies & partnersNorth KoreaJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · Bloomberg (Politics) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its east coast on Saturday, South Korea’s defense ministry said, adding tension to already fraught ties between the neighbors over landmine blasts near the border last month.
PACOMMissile launches & testsAllies & partnersNorth KoreaSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · Stars and Stripes (Pacific) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10.5
North Korea launched an object that was suspected to be a ballistic missile that quickly fell, according to Japan’s Ministry of Defense.
PACOMLaunchAllies & partnersMissile launches & testsNorth KoreaJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10.5
Pyongyang fires towards sea a day after Kim Jong-un sister denounces South Korea for claiming North’s mines wounded South’s soldiers in DMZ North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea on Saturday, South Korea and Japan said, a day after it rejected Seoul’s accusation of its mines wounding soldiers. The missile was launched from the Wonsan area at about 6.30am towards the East Sea – also known as the Sea of Japan – and flew more than 700km (434 miles), the South Korean military said. Seoul and Washington were analysing the test for details, it added.
PACOMMissile launches & testsLaunchAllies & partnersSouth KoreaNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10.5
North Korea launched a ballistic missile Saturday morning from the Wonsan area on its east coast into the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea's military. The launch comes amid renewed tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul, with the latter demanding an apology for a blast that wounded three South Korean soldiers inside the Demilitarized Zone last month.
PACOMMissile launches & testsLaunchAllies & partnersSouth KoreaNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · SpaceNews · score 6
Space Force retires Cold War-era missile-warning constellation after final maneuver exercise Space Force retires Cold War-era missile-warning constellation after final maneuver exercise
STRATCOMExercises & trainingOrganization & peopleMissile defense
2026-10-01 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.75
Space Systems Command has narrowed the field of companies competing to develop space-based interceptors for Golden Dome for America, reducing a pool of 12 firms less than two months after the program's director said all participating providers appeared poised to advance to the next stage, according to a source familiar with the effort. The downselect, which has not been publicly announced, reduced the number of companies pursuing the $3.2 billion Space-Based Interceptor competition to fewer than the 12 firms the Space Force identified in April, the source told Inside Defense . Asked about the downselect, SSC did not confirm how many companies remain in the competition, identify which firms advanced or explain when the selection occurred. “The Space Force is confident in the technology for SBIs and is using a prize-based acquisition strategy, which rewards industry for delivered outcomes rather than just effort,” an Air Force spokesperson said in a statement to Inside Defense . “No additional information will be available at this time due to operational security requirements regarding the program,” the spokesperson said. That caveat is not new. The Space Force included the same…
NORTHCOMMissile defenseAcquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleGolden Domevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · The War Zone · score 7.5
The first combat use of FP-7 is a significant milestone in what has been a long road to developing an indigenous ballistic missile.
EUCOMMissile launches & testsIndustrial base & supply chainDebris & reentryUkraineRussia
2026-10-01 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 10.75
The last two DSP satellites went to graveyard orbit after a September USSPACECOM exercise; SBIRS carries GEO missile warning until Next-Gen OPIR (Air & Space Forces).
Theater missile warning now rests on SBIRS alone until the first Next-Gen OPIR GEO reaches orbit.
Be aware the DSP retirement may change assumptions in older MW plans and checklists.
SPACECOMMissile defenseSBIRS / Next-Gen OPIRMiddle EastAI-curated
2026-09-30 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.25
Stratolaunch is adding a Boeing 777-200ER to its carrier-aircraft fleet, a move the company says will boost hypersonic flight-test capacity by 35% as demand grows for its reusable Talon-A test vehicles. On Sept. 30, the Mojave, CA-based company announced it acquired the aircraft and plans to modify it to air-launch Talon-A vehicles from its fuselage, with the work expected to be completed in 2027. The 777 will join Stratolaunch’s Roc, a custom-built, twin-fuselage aircraft along with a modified 747-400 carrier aircraft, giving the company three platforms supporting its hypersonic test enterprise while expanding its ability to conduct parallel missions and deploy globally. “As demand for hypersonic technologies continues to grow, were building the operational scale to make routine hypersonic testing a reality for our customers around the world,” company President and Chief Executive Officer Zachary Krevor said in a statement. The expansion follows a rapid increase in Talon-A flight activity since the Pentagon disclosed in May 2025 that Stratolaunch had conducted the first reusable hypersonic flights by a U.S. vehicle in more than five decades. Talon-A2 flew in December 2024 and…
Commercial integrationHypersonicLaunchvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · SpaceNews · score 5.5
What will Golden Dome actually defend? Senators press for answers What will Golden Dome actually defend? Senators press for answers
NORTHCOMBudget & policyMissile defenseGolden Dome
2026-09-30 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 7.5
From Mission-K in Kalkar, Dawn Aerospace CRO Jeroen Wink joins Torsten Kriening to explain how the company's rocket-powered Mk-II Aurora flies supersonic multiple times a day, how it represents hypersonic threats for defence exercises today, and why in-orbit refuelling could turn satellites from expendable to reusable.
SPACECOMRendezvous & proximityLaunchExercises & training
2026-09-30 · Via Satellite · score 8.25
Meridian Space is separating SpinLaunch into an independent company, while Meridian will maintain its focus on its broadband constellation plans. This comes as Meridian will launch its first satellite to test […]
SPACECOMEUCOMLaunchCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleGolden DomeEurope
2026-09-30 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9
The Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $15.7 million contract modification for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared-Geosynchronous missile warning program. The cost-plus-incentive-fee modification brings the total awarded to Lockheed for Next Gen OPIR-GEO to $8.3 billion, according to a notice today from the Pentagon . A recent Modernized Selected Acquisition Report on the program listed the program’s acquisition totaling an estimated $8.5 billion in 2023 dollars. According to that report, the first of two satellites is scheduled to launch no earlier than October 2026. The launch had been delayed from December 2025 for various reasons, including deconflicting the “crowded” National Security Space Launch manifest and because of ongoing anomaly investigations for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. The second satellite for the program is scheduled to launch in September 2027. The program is intended to work in conjunction with the legacy Space-Based Infrared System. Lockheed was the prime contractor for SBIRS as well.
STRATCOMSPACECOMAcquisition & contractsMissile defenseLaunchSBIRS / Next-Gen OPIRNSSL / launch programsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · The War Zone · score 10
The F-15EX is designed to host a system to optically spot incoming missiles and its omission from USAF jets has become increasingly glaring.
CENTCOMSTRATCOMAcquisition & contractsMissile defenseOrganization & peopleMiddle EastIran
2026-09-29 · Task & Purpose · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.25
The ship defended Navy assets against ballistic missiles amid the U.S. war with Iran.
CENTCOMMissile launches & testsIranvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.25
This Monday INSIDER Daily Digest has news on the Sentinel ICBM program, the Pentagon setting up a "Force Agility and Streamlining Team" and more. The Air Force has spent almost $13.5 billion on the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program: Northrop awarded $111M for Sentinel missile program EMD The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman $111.4 million for continued work on the Sentinel nuclear missile program, according to a notice posted today. In an Aug. 4 memo, Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg established the Force Agility and Streamlining Team: Pentagon establishes new team to target waste, bureaucracy across DOD The Pentagon is establishing a permanent organization within the comptroller's office to identify and recommend changes to wasteful, inefficient and duplicative programs and processes across the department, according to a memorandum signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg. Document: DOD memo on FAST establishment A new Government Accountability Office report finds current Navy and congressional oversight requirements don't include a regular evaluation of a multibillion-dollar effort to modernize the service's four public shipyards: GAO…
STRATCOMMissile launches & testsNuclear & NC3Acquisition & contractsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · War on the Rocks · score 7.75
The Pentagon describes Golden Dome for America as a “system of systems,” an integrated air and missile defense architecture that combines space-based sensors, orbital interceptors, ground systems, and a command network designed to defeat any aerial attack. Eighteen months after its founding executive order, the program broke ground on its first operational site. Its architecture remains so closely held that the Congressional Budget Office cannot fully price it, and cost estimates span from $252 billion to $3.6 trillion. The program also carries significant risk of failure, depending on how many tightly coupled, interdependent systems it attempts to integrate.One of the last
SPACECOMNORTHCOMAcquisition & contractsMissile defenseBudget & policyGolden Domethink tank
2026-09-26 · SpaceNews · score 4.75
U.S. secures authority for Golden Dome missile defense in Greenland U.S. secures authority for Golden Dome missile defense in Greenland
NORTHCOMEUCOMMissile defenseGolden Dome
2026-09-26 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 12.25
U.S. Northern Command plans to sign an agreement with its European and Pacific counterparts to enhance coordination and close security seams in the Arctic, a strategically vital region that spans all three commands. The agreement comes at an important moment in NORTHCOM's evolution, as its mission grows more complex.
NORTHCOMEUCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersBudget & policyGolden DomeEuropeChina
2026-09-25 · The War Zone · score 8
The Navy is pushing to get Blackbeard, a lower-cost and fast-to-produce standoff weapon, into operational service by 2028 at the latest.
EUCOMCENTCOMHypersonicMissile launches & testsAcquisition & contractsRussia
2026-09-24 · SpaceNews · score 3.5
Space Force missile-tracking constellations advance in low and medium Earth orbit Space Force missile-tracking constellations advance in low and medium Earth orbit
Missile defenseResilient MW/MT (Epoch, HBTSS)
2026-09-24 · Via Satellite · score 14.75
(London) U.K. Defense Secretary Wes Streeting said that the U.K. government considers satellites critical to intelligence gathering and missile warnings, and that they now underpin almost a fifth of the […]
EUCOMPACOMOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationAllies & partnersRussian Aerospace Forces (VKS)GPSEuropeRussia
2026-09-23 · Nikkei Asia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8
PACOMAllies & partnersMissile defenseGolden DomeJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-23 · USNI News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9.75
North Korea test launched a new weapon over the weekend that appears to be a hypersonic missile, according to photos released Tuesday by state media Korean Central News Agency. North Korea’s Missile Administration Bureau tested a new weapon on Sunday, demonstrating the rapid technological development of the weapon systems, KCNA reported. KCNA did not specify what the weapons were but wording on a display of the missile’s movement reads: “Hwasongpho-11Ma-1 flight trajectory,” indicating an upgraded version of the Hwasong-11MA hypersonic missiles that North Korea unveiled last year. Additionally, imagery shows the fired missiles having the sharp dart-like tip of hypersonic
PACOMHypersonicMissile launches & testsLaunchNorth KoreaSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-22 · Defense News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.25
The Defense Department must heed a vital organizational lesson from the past if Golden Dome is to succeed, writes analyst Thane Clare.
NORTHCOMMissile defenseGolden Domevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-22 · The War Zone · score 10.75
DPRK showed a 20 Sep Hwasong-11Ma-1 hypersonic glide test from Anbyon; ROK and Japan detected two launches.
A maneuvering glide phase stresses missile warning and tracking sensors over the peninsula.
Recommend reviewing the displayed pull-up trajectory with MW crews; DPRK claims are unverified.
PACOMMissile launches & testsHypersonicNorth KoreaSouth KoreaAI-curated
2026-09-22 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 12
North Korea could be using missile tests to take its denuclearisation off the US-China summit agenda and drive home its demands for recognition as a nuclear power as a prerequisite for talks with Washington, according to analysts. On Sunday, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan, or East Sea, which, according to South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff, were detected three hours apart, with the first flying about 450km (280 miles), while the second travelled...
PACOMSTRATCOMMissile launches & testsAllies & partnersLaunchNorth KoreaChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-21 · The Japan Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.75
Kim Jong Un said the successful test involving an apparent hypersonic glide vehicle "would give the enemy an incurable headache."
PACOMHypersonicMissile launches & testsNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-21 · The Diplomat · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
On September 20, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles, its second launch in a little over a week.
PACOMMissile launches & testsLaunchAllies & partnersNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-21 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
When state television aired footage in July of a Type 052D destroyer launching a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile it signalled a significant expansion of the Chinese navy’s long-range strike power. The missile had previously been associated with China’s larger Type 055 destroyers. Showing it fired from a Type 052D – a class the People’s Liberation Army has built in far greater numbers – suggests Beijing may be able to spread the weapon well beyond its much smaller force of Type 055s. That...
PACOMLaunchExercises & trainingMissile launches & testsChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-21 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 10.5
The Space Development Agency is opening a competition to expand its ground architecture to support a growing fleet of missile warning, tracking, and defense satellites.
SPACECOMSTRATCOMAcquisition & contractsMissile defenseProliferated LEOResilient MW/MT (Epoch, HBTSS)PWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)
2026-09-20 · U.S. Indo-Pacific Command · score 5.25
USINDOPACOM stated on 20 Sep that it is aware of the recent DPRK missile launches and is consulting closely with allies and partners; no launch count, type or impact area was released.
A live missile-warning event in the AOR in the week the U.S. disclosed its orbital weapons.
Consider confirming launch details with ROK JCS and Japan MOD statements before briefing.
PACOMSTRATCOMMissile launches & testsDPRK NATA / MalligyongSBIRS / Next-Gen OPIRNorth KoreaSouth KoreaAI-curated
2026-09-20 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 6.5
The Smithsonian’s announcement that an F-117A Nighthawk, tail number 85-0818, is headed to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, or NASM, is welcome news. The acquisition of this Nighthawk fills a long-standing historical gap—indeed, need—in the collections of what is generally considered the world’s premier air and space museum.
PACOMAcquisition & contractsExercises & trainingOrganization & people
2026-09-20 · Stars and Stripes (Pacific) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8
North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Sunday, according to South Korean and Japanese officials.
PACOMMissile launches & testsNorth KoreaSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-20 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles...
PACOMMissile launches & testsExercises & trainingAllies & partnersNorth KoreaSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-20 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10.25
Pyongyang fires two short-range missiles, prompting swift condemnation from South Korea and Japan.
PACOMMissile launches & testsLaunchAcquisition & contractsNorth KoreaJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-19 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
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PACOMMissile launches & testsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-19 · NPR World · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.25
Saudi Arabia on Saturday said that Yemen's Houthi rebels tried to attack Riyadh with a ballistic missile, the first time the Saudi capital has been targeted since the escalation in fighting with the Iran-backed rebels opened a new front in the Iran war.
CENTCOMMissile launches & testsHouthi / Red Sea interferenceMiddle EastIranvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-19 · BBC News (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.25
A reported strike on a fuel depot at Riyadh airport caused delays on Saturday, as Saudi Arabia says it shot down a ballistic missile aimed at the capital.
CENTCOMMissile launches & testsHouthi / Red Sea interferenceMiddle EastIranvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-19 · The Japan Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.75
Firefighters extinguished a blaze on a fuel tank at a depot near Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport.
CENTCOMMissile launches & testsAllies & partnersHouthi / Red Sea interferenceMiddle EastIranvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-19 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired one short-range ballistic missile ...
PACOMMissile launches & testsExercises & trainingSouth KoreaNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-19 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired one short-range ballistic missile ...
PACOMMissile launches & testsExercises & trainingSouth KoreaNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-19 · The Japan Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
North Korea fired off a second missile on Sunday evening, hours after it launched an apparent short-range ballistic weapon.
PACOMMissile launches & testsLaunchExercises & trainingNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-19 · The Japan Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9.5
The weapon was believed to have fallen into the sea shortly after launch, Japan's Defense Ministry said.
PACOMMissile launches & testsLaunchAllies & partnersNorth KoreaJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-19 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9.5
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired another unidentified projectile to...
PACOMMissile launches & testsLaunchExercises & trainingSouth KoreaNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-18 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 7.75
As the threat of Iranian-made drones grew, the Air Force rushed last year to equip F-15E Strike Eagles in the Middle East with a cheap, cost-effective way of defeating them. The service fielded the new capability in roughly a week.
CENTCOMCYBERCOMLaunchOrganization & peopleMissile launches & testsMiddle EastIran
2026-09-17 · Defense News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
The U.S. Navy awarded defense startup Castelion $200 million for the production of its Blackbeard hypersonic missile.
Acquisition & contractsCommercial integrationHypersonicvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-16 · USNI News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
The U.S. Navy awarded $200 million this week for the production of low-cost Blackbeard hypersonic missiles that will be fielded from the sea service’s carrier-based fighters. On Monday, the Portfolio Acquisition Executive Aviation office and low-cost missile start-up Castelion announced the delivery order investment. The $200 million will support production of additional Blackbeards beyond the 50 early operational capability missiles previously funded in June. According to Defense Department contracts, $43 million will go toward the production of 444 Blackbeard missiles. Castelion is looking to keep Blackbeard’s cost around half a million dollars to achieve mass affordable production. The award comes
Acquisition & contractsHypersonicCommercial integrationvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-14 · Stars and Stripes (Pacific) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
The Army’s remote Shariki Communications Site recently marked two decades of keeping an eye on the skies of East Asia for ballistic missiles that could threaten Japan, American forces or the United States.
PACOMAllies & partnersMissile launches & testsJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-14 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.25
The Air Force has erected an inert version of its LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., the service announced Sept. 14. Officials also confirmed at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber conference that they still expect to finish restructuring the long-troubled Sentinel program by the end of the year and conduct a first test launch in 2027.
STRATCOMSPACECOMMissile launches & testsNuclear & NC3Launchvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-14 · USNI News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 11
North Korea fired short-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and attack drones at an island in the Sea of Japan on Sunday as part of a “firepower attack drill,” state media reported. Subunits from five artillery and missile joint units participated in the drill, which involved new combat systems such as attack drones of various kinds, a tactical cruise missile, a large-caliber thermal-pressure multiple rocket launcher and a tactical ballistic missile, Korean Central News Agency reported on Monday. The drill occurred one day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan concluded multi-domain trilateral exercise Freedom Edge in the Western Pacific near
PACOMAllies & partnersMissile launches & testsExercises & trainingNorth KoreaJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-14 · The War Zone · score 12.75
The use of a Chinese-made DF-15A missile in Yemen would mark a major development for Riyadh’s shy ballistic missile arsenal.
CENTCOMPACOMMissile launches & testsDebris & reentryLaunchHouthi / Red Sea interferenceMiddle EastChina
2026-09-13 · Stars and Stripes (Pacific) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
North Korea said multiple ballistic missiles it fired were part of a coordinated attack drill involving drones and other weapons aimed at improving its ability to launch counterattacks.
PACOMMissile launches & testsLaunchExercises & trainingNorth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-11 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 5.5
[Sponsored] Throttleable systems, boost-phase interception, and new manufacturing capacity expand missile defense options.
NORTHCOMIndustrial base & supply chainMissile defenseGolden Dome
2026-09-09 · War on the Rocks · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.75
In 2019, Steve Fetter wrote “A Cheaper Nuclear Sponge,” in which he argued that building a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was unnecessary for strengthening U.S. land-based deterrence. After several years of changing defense budgets and strategic priorities, we asked Steve to revisit his arguments.Image: U.S. Air Force (John Ingle)In your 2019 article, you argued that building an entirely new ICBM was unnecessary and that the Pentagon could save tens of billions by extending the life of the Minuteman III instead. Nearly seven years on, how has that argument held up? What has the new ballistic missile program’s trajectory looked
STRATCOMNuclear & NC3Missile launches & testsBudget & policyvia TJFSCC Dailythink tank
2026-09-08 · Space Systems Command · score 9.75
Space Systems Command has completed the critical design review for the first two Epoch 2 orbital planes of its Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking Medium Earth Orbit program, advancing a capability designed to improve global missile tracking and expand battlespace awareness for the joint force and allies.
STRATCOMSPACECOMMissile defenseAcquisition & contractsProliferated LEOResilient MW/MT (Epoch, HBTSS)
ISR 0 items Space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance: tactical ISR from space (TacSRT), commercial imagery and RF sensing, NRO/NGA, SAR and EO constellations, adversary reconnaissance satellites.
2026-10-06 · Payload · score 5.5
The DoD wants to better understand what’s going on in orbit. HawkEye 360 ($HAWK) has the inside scoop.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsAI & autonomy
2026-10-05 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4.5
KSAT and Xoople have partnered to support Xoople's planned constellation, using KSAT's automated KSATlite ground segment to downlink high volumes of Earth observation data.
Allies & partnersAI & autonomySCN / R2C2 / ground
2026-10-04 · NASA news releases · score 10
A bright lens of anorthosite, a rock type prevalent on the lunar surface, is cradled within sheared rocks in the country’s south.
PACOMNORTHCOMLunar & cislunarAllies & partnersCommercial integrationAustraliaIndia
2026-10-02 · Via Satellite · score 4.25
Satlyt has been boosted by securing $8 million in seed financing led by non sibi ventures. The funding will accelerate development of its virtual Al data centers in space, expand […]
SPACECOMCommercial integrationBudget & policy
2026-10-01 · SpaceNews · score 3.5
Iceye is partnering with Nokia to develop secure broadband constellations for governments, with initial satellite deployments slated for 2028 as the Finnish radar imaging specialist expands beyond Earth observation.
Commercial integrationAllies & partnersEurope
2026-10-01 · NASASpaceflight · score 4.5
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is poised atop Launch Complex 39A once again, this time to launch…
NORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationOrganization & people
2026-10-01 · Spaceflight Now · score 6.75
The 14th Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to blast off on a clandestine mission from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 11:54 p.m. EDT (0354 UTC).
NORTHCOMSPACECOMLaunchCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsNSSL / launch programs
2026-10-01 · SpaceNews · score 8.5
SpaceNews reports China's ninth and tenth September launches carried Guowang and Yaogan-40 satellites ahead of a busy Q4 manifest. Launch Library logs Yaogan-40 Group 04 (three satellites) from Taiyuan on 24 Sep.
More Yaogan groups add PLA revisit over U.S. and allied forces in the Western Pacific.
Consider asking 18 SDS for custody and overflight data on the new Yaogan-40 group.
PACOMLaunchProliferated LEOYaogan / PLA ISR constellationsChinaAI-curated
2026-10-01 · NASA news releases · score 9
After days of torrential rain, the river rose to record-breaking levels in parts of Nepal and India.
PACOMAllies & partnersCyber & space systemsAI & autonomyIndia
2026-10-01 · Via Satellite · score 9.25
SpaceX launched 130 payloads on an Oct. 1 dedicated rideshare mission, including milestone first missions for a number of its customers. Transporter-18 is part of an attempt to launch three […]
SPACECOMNORTHCOMCommercial integrationLaunchAcquisition & contractsEuropeIndia
2026-10-01 · Defense News (Space) · score 14.75
The Pentagon announced Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly will build new ISR satellites in space, after admitting the U.S. already has weapons in orbit.
SPACECOMPACOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationMissile defenseGSSAP / Silent BarkerGolden DomeGuam & HawaiiUkraine
2026-09-30 · Breaking Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
Satellite imagery shows the new facility is built in part on a purported old US airstrip used during the Vietnam War.
PACOMExercises & trainingChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · NASA news releases · score 6
Surrounded by wetlands, Manitoba’s northernmost farmland near The Pas turns from green to brown over the 2026 growing season.
NORTHCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersCommercial integration
2026-09-29 · Via Satellite · score 4
Umbra has named Ashely Durmer as the company’s new COO to lead the company’s day-to-day operations as the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and space services company looks to grow. Durmer […]
Commercial integrationOrganization & peopleAcquisition & contracts
Mission-K Day 2 “Give Us Tactical ISR from Space”: Lessons from Ukraine and Three Defence Challenges
2026-09-29 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 6
From day two of Mission-K in Kalkar, Torsten Kriening reviews an intense opening day - real threats in orbit, Germany's Space Innovation Gateway, Stark Defence's call for tactical ISR from space, and why the story matters as much as the hardware - before three Space Defence Challenges get underway.
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersLunar & cislunarUkraineEurope
2026-09-29 · The Diplomat · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.75
A blueprint for building resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalaya.
PACOMAllies & partnersProliferated LEOChinaIndiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · NASA news releases · score 9.5
Hurricanes Polo and Nolo sent destructive effects ashore amid an active season in the northeastern and central Pacific.
PACOMNORTHCOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationAI & autonomyGuam & Hawaii
2026-09-28 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3
SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission will carry 130 payloads to orbit, including Star Catcher’s Protostar orbital power demonstrator, Google’s Project Suncatcher AI-computing test and Blackwing Space’s Baby Bird nanosatellite. The diverse manifest highlights how a single rideshare mission is becoming a platform for testing new approaches to power, computing, Earth observation and commercial space infrastructure.
SPACECOMCommercial integration
2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 5
Scientists captured rare observations of an ephemeral pileus cloud hovering over a smoke-infused cloud that rose above a wildfire in Montana.
AI & autonomyExercises & trainingIndia
2026-09-28 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.25
Written by Christophe Bosquillon US allegations that COSCO vessels have supported Chinese intelligence collection expose a difficult Western dependency. Christophe Bosquillon examines how space-based maritime domain awareness could help manage the security risk without disrupting critical global supply chains.
PACOMIndustrial base & supply chainChina
2026-09-28 · The War Zone · score 7.75
An unusual MANPADS raises questions about foreign weapons and Moscow’s military ties with Beijing and Tehran.
EUCOMPACOMOrganization & peopleMissile launches & testsLaunchRussiaChina
2026-09-27 · NASA news releases · score 6.5
A new map of the terrain beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet links hundreds of valleys that previous maps missed or left fragmented.
NORTHCOMEUCOMBudget & policyExercises & trainingCommercial integration
2026-09-27 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 8.25
Indian space startup TakeMe2Space is preparing to launch what it describes as India’s first orbital computing satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, as it seeks to process Earth observation data in orbit rather than send raw imagery back to Earth for processing.
SPACECOMPACOMCommercial integrationLaunchAllies & partnersIndia
2026-09-26 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
Homegrown technology to monitor the flammability of eucalypt forests could be Australia's first satellite mission for Earth observation, if scientists can raise the funds.
PACOMAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-25 · Via Satellite · score 3.5
At the Space Defense and Security in Summit (SDSS) in Paris last week, Via Satellite Senior Editorial Director Mark Holmes sat down with BlackSky CEO Brian O’Toole to talk about […]
Commercial integrationAllies & partnersEurope
2026-09-25 · SpaceNews · score 3.5
Finland’s Iceye launches new Polish satellite technology center, eyes $31 million investments
EUCOMCommercial integrationLaunchEurope
2026-09-24 · The War Zone · score 6.25
Recent satellite imagery shows a host of highly specialized features on the ship that's under construction, as well as a large cradle sitting beside it.
PACOMOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationChina
2026-09-24 · NASA news releases · score 8.25
Several ingredients came together off the Pacific coast of Mexico to generate one of the strongest storms the eastern Pacific basin has ever seen.
PACOMNORTHCOMLaunchBudget & policyAustraliaIndia
2026-09-23 · NASA news releases · score 8.5
A low-lying cloud layer brought autumn ambience to western Washington and Oregon, while mountainous areas near the coast remained above the pall.
PACOMExercises & trainingAllies & partnersAI & autonomyIndia
2026-09-22 · Payload · score 4.75
TRL11 has received a NASA contract to provide imaging systems for the Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) Freedom mission to Mars.
STRATCOMCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleLaunch
2026-09-22 · NASA news releases · score 7.25
Carpets of wildflowers burst from arid, ochre-colored land in Western Australia following winter rains.
PACOMBudget & policyAllies & partnersAustralia
2026-09-22 · Payload · score 9.5
HEO, the Australian non-Earth-imaging startup, announced Monday it closed a $25M Series B to expand its imaging network to GEO.
SPACECOMPACOMCommercial integrationAllies & partnersLaunchAustraliaJapan
2026-09-21 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 2.5
From ESA Industry Space Days at ESTEC, KappaZeta CEO Martin Jüssi joins Daniela Jovic to explain how Earth observation turns forests into measurable value, why the industry should start with user needs rather than technology, and how the company is now developing its own mission.
EUCOMCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-21 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3
Marble Imaging and msg systems have signed an MoU to develop sovereign European ISR solutions, combining satellite Earth observation with AI, open-source intelligence and secure digital infrastructure.
EUCOMAllies & partnersEurope
2026-09-21 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.25
Planet has opened its new satellite manufacturing facility in Berlin, bringing Pelican production to Europe for the first time. The move strengthens Planet’s role in European Earth observation while raising key questions around sovereignty, shutter control, resilience and future security applications.
EUCOMIndustrial base & supply chainCommercial integrationProliferated LEOEurope
2026-09-21 · Payload · score 5.5
InnerPlant, which was founded in 2018, has enabled plants to let humans know when they’re under stress.
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMCommercial integrationAllies & partnersNuclear & NC3Europe
2026-09-21 · NASA news releases · score 6
The tilt in Earth’s axis of rotation makes the apparent position of continents shift with the seasons in imagery from a NASA camera in deep space.
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMExercises & trainingLunar & cislunarDebris & reentry
2026-09-21 · The War Zone · score 10
A Chinese submarine now taking shape at Bohai Shipyard has a number of significant features and offers new insights into China's undersea ambitions.
PACOMSTRATCOMOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationNuclear & NC3DARC / Space Fence / SSNChina
2026-09-20 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.5
Written by Christophe Bosquillon From a Bengaluru student dormitory to US government contracts and a $100 million Series C, Pixxel bet early on hyperspectral Earth observation. Christophe Bosquillon asks what its trajectory can teach Europe as the hyperspectral market approaches a potential inflection point.
EUCOMAcquisition & contractsIndiaEurope
2026-09-20 · NASASpaceflight · score 5.25
Using NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a team of scientists has discovered the largest, newly formed…
Lunar & cislunarCommercial integrationDebris & reentryRussia
2026-09-20 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 6.75
Rocket Lab has launched Synspective's 12th StriX SAR satellite from Mahia, New Zealand, continuing a launch relationship that dates back to 2020.
PACOMLaunchBudget & policyCommercial integrationJapan
2026-09-18 · The Diplomat · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
EOS-05 is a single satellite that is part of a broader imitative of India to strengthen its ISR capabilities.
PACOMAllies & partnersIndiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-18 · Via Satellite · score 5.25
The Architecture for Resilient and Federated ISR in Sovereign Europe (ARISE), a European sovereign intelligence consortium led by Iceye, will conduct an architecture design study for the European Space Agency […]
EUCOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-09-18 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.25
An unusual vessel taking shape at a Shanghai shipyard has been assessed as a possible mothership for China’s large uncrewed submarines – a capability that, if confirmed, could enable Beijing to operate the drones far from its own coast for sustained periods. Open-source naval analyst H.I. Sutton said satellite imagery of the roughly 200-metre (656-foot) hull at Hudong-Zhonghua showed a large internal hangar and an opening at the stern that appeared designed to launch and recover...
PACOMLaunchOrganization & peopleChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-18 · The Diplomat · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
Here’s what satellite imagery and the IAEA are telling us.
PACOMSTRATCOMNuclear & NC3North Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-17 · SpaceNews · score 3
LEUVEN, BELGIUM and BILBAO, SPAIN – 17 September 2026—Simera Sense, a leading European provider of optical payload solutions for small satellites, today announced a strategic partnership with IDOM, one of […]
EUCOMAllies & partnersEurope
2026-09-17 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.75
ICEYE and Leonardo have been selected by the European Space Agency to lead parallel studies to develop architectural blueprints for the European Union’s planned Earth Observation Governmental Service. The contracts mark an early step toward defining a sovereign and secure Earth-observation capability for European government users.
EUCOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-17 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4
ESA signed two competing architecture studies for the EU's future Earth Observation Governmental Service - one led by Leonardo, one by ICEYE. Two hours later, a question from the floor exposed who wasn't in either consortium. From the final day of World Space Business Week and the Summit on Earth Observation Business.
EUCOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-17 · SpaceNews · score 5
PARIS — South Korean company Satrec Initiative is working with parent company Hanwha Aerospace to provide high-resolution Earth imagery for the synthetic-aperture-radar (SAR) constellation announced in July. Satrec Initiative, acquires 25-centimeter optical […]
PACOMCommercial integrationSouth KoreaEurope
2026-09-17 · Via Satellite · score 6.5
PARIS – New AI tools are opening the opportunity for more people to get involved when it comes to AI and space. Over the past year, AI has moved from a […]
SPACECOMEUCOMAI & autonomyCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-09-17 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 7.25
Synspective has signed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to launch two StriX satellites on Japan's H3 in the second half of 2027, alongside a new OMNIA programme sharing small SAR constellation capacity among multiple users.
PACOMLaunchAllies & partnersIndustrial base & supply chainJapan
2026-09-17 · DefenseScoop · score 12
As the Space Force prepares to launch the first Airborne Moving Target Indicator prototypes, it is also working on its Ground Moving Target Indicator constellation, now called the Resilient Radar System-Ground, per DefenseScoop.
Space-based AMTI/GMTI is the JSTARS-class tracking the joint force in the Pacific will depend on.
Consider tracking the AMTI prototype launch dates for the theater's ISR integration planning.
SPACECOMPACOMAcquisition & contractsProliferated LEOPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)ChinaRussiaAI-curated
2026-09-16 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 4.25
Separately, the Space Force plans to issue the first operational contracts for space domain awareness to commercial firms “very soon,” according to Space Force Col. Timothy Tremailo.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-16 · Payload · score 7
Very rarely can someone offer you the best of both worlds, but Hydrosat’s newest constellation claims to do just that.
SPACECOMEUCOMLaunchAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-16 · C4ISRNET · score 10.25
A Japanese Global Hawk drone nosedived into the Sea of Japan this week, instantly slashing the country’s fleet of these drones by a third.
PACOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersExercises & trainingJapanSouth Korea
2026-09-15 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.5
U.S. radio-frequency intelligence company HawkEye 360 is expanding its presence in Europe through a new partnership with Italian aerospace and defense company Leonardo and the establishment of its first European subsidiary in Luxembourg. The announcements mark a broader push by HawkEye 360 to establish a more direct and integrated presence in the European space and defense market, as European governments and defense organizations place greater emphasis on sovereign access to space-based intelligence and resilient multi-sensor capabilities.
EUCOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationProliferated LEOEurope
2026-09-15 · Payload · score 5.75
Kuva Space released data today from a pilot program that demonstrated its ability to monitor illegal crop farming from space.
CENTCOMAI & autonomyProliferated LEOBudget & policyEurope
2026-09-15 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.75
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) has been selected by U.S. space company Intuitive Machines to provide integrated mission services and operate the spacecraft for NASA’s EAGLE-VSWIR Earth-observation mission, which is targeted for launch in 2028. Separately, KSAT has signed a Letter of Intent with Indian space company PierSight to explore the integration of the latter’s synthetic aperture radar and automatic identification system data into KSAT's maritime surveillance platform.
Commercial integrationLaunchAcquisition & contractsSCN / R2C2 / groundIndia
2026-09-15 · Defense News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6
Russia has begun sending Iran upgraded munitions, satellite imagery and targeting data used against American forces in the Middle East.
EUCOMCENTCOMAllies & partnersRussiaIranvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · Defense News (Space) · score 7.75
The number of satellites launched to provide militaries and defense departments with ISR data from space is expected to increase more than fourfold.
SPACECOMEUCOMLaunchAllies & partnersCommercial integrationNSSL / launch programsEuropeUkraine
2026-09-14 · SpaceNews · score 3.25
Since raising more than $1 billion in a Series F funding round, Iceye has moved rapidly to address growing demand for sovereign space capabilities. In quick succession, the Finnish synthetic […]
Commercial integrationBudget & policyEurope
2026-09-11 · The War Zone · score 12.5
A new report from Anthropic presents a stark picture of how malign actors are using commercially available U.S. AI services despite safeguards.
CENTCOMPACOMCommercial integrationCyber & space systemsOrganization & peopleHouthi / Red Sea interferenceIranMiddle East
2026-09-10 · SpaceNews · score 6.75
Australian Earth observation satellite company LatConnect 60 (LC60) has strengthened its position in India with two strategic agreements announced at the Bengaluru Space Expo 2026 on September 7th, spanning satellite […]
PACOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationIndiaAustralia
2026-09-08 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 3.75
The largest MoD investment detailed in the new strategy is a planned £880 million between 2026/2027 and 2029/2030 for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and space control “activities.”
EUCOMBudget & policyCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-08 · U.S. Space Force · score 4
In a fast-paced, two-week experiment, the Department of the Air Force continued to demonstrate that human-machine teaming, integrating artificial intelligence to handle heavy data processing so human operators can make faster and smarter decisions, can significantly accelerate the joint kill chain.
Acquisition & contractsAI & autonomy
2026-09-08 · Department of the Air Force · score 4
In a fast-paced, two-week experiment, the Department of the Air Force continued to demonstrate that human-machine teaming, integrating artificial intelligence to handle heavy data processing so human operators can make faster and smarter decisions, can significantly accelerate the joint kill chain.
Acquisition & contractsAI & autonomy
Electronic Warfare 0 items Space electromagnetic warfare: Counter Communications System and Meadowlands, Bounce and Remote Modular Terminal, uplink/downlink jamming, purposeful interference, spectrum operations.
2026-10-05 · Bloomberg (Politics) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
Get a jump start on the US trading day with Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." AI chips are surging as Altman backs Cerebras and Musk fuels a TSMC rally. Two mega deals hit the tape, while Brazil markets jump on a Bolsonaro upset. Plus, Michael J. Wolf breaks down the $110 billion Skydance and Paramount merger, Carley Garner makes the case for a gold bounce, and we track an $845B dollar boom for tech billionaires. (Source: Bloomberg)
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMIndustrial base & supply chainCommercial integrationBounce / RMTTaiwanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · NASA news releases · score 6.75
Dissolved organic matter and suspended sediment mingle in the southernmost extent of James Bay.
NORTHCOMEUCOMAllies & partnersCyber & space systemsEurope
2026-10-01 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 10.5
United States air forces are engaged in combat operations today, and not all the aircraft are modern stealthy platforms like the B-2, F-22, or F-35. The venerable Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon remains the backbone of the U.S. Air Force...
EUCOMPACOMOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationBudget & policyChinaRussia
2026-09-30 · The War Zone · score 7
As the war rages on, more than half of the aging fighters are reportedly grounded, while Western air-to-air missile stocks are also running low.
EUCOMExercises & trainingLaunchOrganization & peopleEuropeUkraine
2026-09-29 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9.75
In today’s newsletter: At Labour conference members are basking in the glow of the Burnham bounce. But beneath the enthusiasm lies a growing sense that delivery must follow hopeful messaging Good morning from Liverpool (and hello again to the newsletter subscribers I met in person, as I took First Edition on tour to Labour party conference). It’s the first gathering of the party faithful since Andy Burnham ousted Keir Starmer in July, in what I’ve heard delicately referred to as a “soft coup”, and the theme of this conference is “Hope again.” UK news | One of the five men arrested near RAF Fairford as part of a terror investigation that prompted fears of an Iran-backed plot called the police to report the incident . The call from the man, in his 20s and from London, was one reason armed police were scrambled to arrest the men. Football | The Premier League has confirmed Manchester City have been found guilty of all charges of breaching its financial rules over a nine-year period, with the club found to have boosted their income by a staggering amount of more than £900m. France | More than 400 people, most of them children, have been detained in France on Tuesday after teenagers…
EUCOMCENTCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersCyber & space systemsBounce / RMTEuropeIranvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · DefenseScoop · score 5
The Marine Corps plans to integrate an unspecified number of Pulsar-L systems into its Amphibious Combat Vehicle fleet at a time when armored vehicles have proven vulnerable to drone attacks and as the electromagnetic spectrum becomes an increasingly important factor in modern combat.
EUCOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleUkraine
2026-09-27 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6
Conference delegates grateful ousting Starmer has paid off, but relief tempered by fiscal headwinds ahead UK politics live – latest updates Even Andy Burnham’s closest allies accept that deposing Keir Starmer to install their man as leader was a huge political gamble. But if the mood at the Labour party conference in Liverpool is anything to go by, it is one that – so far – has paid off. The contrast with last year, when Starmer retained his grip on the party and Burnham slunk away from Liverpool early, could not be more stark. Their relief at their turn of fortune is tempered only by the fiscal headwinds ahead.
EUCOMAllies & partnersBounce / RMTSBIRS / Next-Gen OPIREuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-27 · RNZ Pacific · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
The head coaches of the Samoa and Tonga netball teams say Fiji will be back stronger after their World Cup qualification heartbreak in Nuku'alofa.
PACOMExercises & trainingBounce / RMTPacific Islandsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-24 · DefenseScoop · score 5
Tightening security on the southern border has been a top Defense Department priority since the start of the second Trump administration.
NORTHCOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingLaunch
2026-09-22 · Breaking Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
AI is reshaping the Army’s approach to cyber, electronic warfare and command and control. At TechNet Augusta 2026, leaders outlined how they’re turning emerging technology into capabilities for the battlefield.
CYBERCOMOrganization & peopleCyber & space systemsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-22 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6
China has just taken a quiet but critical step in space-based electronic warfare. A Lijian-1 Y18 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China at noon on Sunday, carrying nine satellites. Among them were three Diting-01 satellites, which successfully entered their planned orbit. The trio is named after Diting, a beast from Chinese mythology that crouches beneath the desk of Ksitigarbha, the bodhisattva of the underworld, and can identify all things simply by...
PACOMLaunchCommercial integrationChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-21 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 7
A remarkable cockpit photograph released by Ukraine last week captures far more than the destruction of a Russian Geran jet-powered attack drone. It illustrates both how far the Ukrainian Air Force has come—and the gap between the force it has today and the one it would need to become a major European air power in the future.
EUCOMLaunchAcquisition & contractsExercises & trainingUkraineEurope
2026-09-21 · GAO reports · score 8
What GAO Found The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has identified electromagnetic spectrum-related threats, including spoofing and jamming, to the National Airspace System (NAS) and international flight routes. However, FAA has not completed risk and mitigation assessments, and updated security documentation needed to address these threats. Additionally, FAA did not have a defined, real-time monitoring and detection capability for all spectrum-related threats. Without comprehensive risk and mitigation assessments, complete security documentation, and real-time monitoring capabilities, FAA may not have sufficient information to identify, prioritize, and respond to evolving spectrum-related threats. As a result, spoofing, jamming, and other attacks could disrupt aviation communications, degrade situational awareness, and increase the risk of operational disruptions. Potential Cyberattacks Impacting Aircraft Communications FAA participates in multiple collaborative efforts with other federal agencies as well as non-federal aviation industry stakeholders regarding cybersecurity. FAA's collaborative efforts fully addressed two of the eight leading practices and partially…
CYBERCOMCyber & space systemsBudget & policyGNSS interference
2026-09-16 · DefenseScoop · score 7.25
Defense officials have touted competitions as a way to test new systems, share tactics across the force, identify talent and grow an institutional focus toward small drones as the U.S. military races to adopt the technology.
NORTHCOMEUCOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingDebris & reentryRussia
2026-09-16 · DefenseScoop · score 11.5
“We have to assume from now on that our formations will be hunted by autonomous systems, jammed across the spectrum, and tracked in real time," Gen. Dan Caine said.
EUCOMCENTCOMAI & autonomyOrganization & peopleGNSS interferenceGPSRussiaIran
2026-09-15 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Wednesday announced revised rules for...
PACOMGNSS interferenceAllies & partnersSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · The War Zone · score 12.5
The War Zone reports new details on how the Space Force waged electronic warfare against Iran and the lessons the service drew about operations inside and outside the atmosphere from that campaign.
First extended public account of USSF space EW in a real fight; a template for the theater's EW units.
Consider reviewing the article's lessons against SPACEPAC's EW integration with the joint force.
CENTCOMSPACECOMExercises & trainingIRGC Aerospace Force / Iran spaceCCS / MeadowlandsIranMiddle EastAI-curated
Space Enterprise 0 items The service and the enterprise behind the mission areas: force design and organization, budget and acquisition, launch and NSSL, workforce and training, allies and partners, commercial integration, policy.
2026-10-06 · DefenseScoop · score 3.5
Billions of dollars are slated to be invested in the Arsenal-2 facility in Baltimore County, Maryland.
PACOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainAcquisition & contractsChina
2026-10-06 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists An 18-year veteran of the US Department of the Interior has resigned in protest from the sprawling federal agency, denouncing “a deeply troubling assault on the rule of the law” that took place at the department under Donald Trump. John Murdock, an attorney and self-described conservative Christian, began working for the agency’s legal office in 2002. In his resignation letter, first sent to his supervisor earlier this year and obtained exclusively by the Guardian and Public Domain, Murdock cites “glaring legal flaws” he witnessed within the agency during the course of the Trump administration, as well as concerns over offshore oil and gas drilling, the aggressive push to expand fossil fuels and the flouting of environmental regulation.
Exercises & trainingAcquisition & contractsBudget & policyvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-06 · NASASpaceflight · score 4.25
NASA has stacked the center segments of both Artemis III solid rocket boosters on Mobile…
EUCOMLunar & cislunarLaunchOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-10-06 · NASA news releases · score 5.5
A cauldron of cosmic creation is being revealed in a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Webb has unveiled numerous stars formerly hidden by clouds of dust in a stellar nursery known as NGC 7129, which resides about 3,300 light-years from Earth. Stars, the engines of elemental creation, have life cycles that begin […]
EUCOMLaunchAcquisition & contractsAI & autonomyEurope
2026-10-06 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.75
‘All deceased persons should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their financial circumstances,’ authorities say after Guardian Australia investigation Find more from the Unmarked graves investigation here Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has been urged to use national cabinet to stop the use of unmarked communal graves to bury impoverished Australians and address failings that are leaving family and friends blindsided. Guardian Australia’s revelations on Tuesday that unmarked, communal graves were being used, in some cases without notifying the families of the deceased, prompted widespread political condemnation on Tuesday, including from federal Liberal MPs, state Labor ministers, and the Greens.
PACOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-06 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
Jason Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner. For a company under intense scrutiny, there were no missteps Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to Sydney to give the company’s first in-person mea culpa after it admitted – in an unsigned email, to a public departmental inbox – that one of its AI agents had accessed a Services Australia website without authorisation and grabbed data related to Medicare. Kwon – polite, friendly, even-toned – got through a potentially dicey committee hearing unscathed, promising to do better and pledging assistance to Australia. No missteps, no viral moments, just delivering his answers helpfully, in a quiet and calm manner, sympathising with the questioner and the point they were making. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here
PACOMBudget & policyAllies & partnersOrganization & peopleAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-06 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9
Two combat-tested American drones could become part of Taiwan’s expanding unmanned arsenal as the island seeks to build a “drone shield” against the People’s Liberation Army. California-based defence technology company Aevex Aerospace is working with Taiwan’s Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corporation (CIRC) to produce its Vandal and Onyx drones locally, combining lessons drawn from the war in Ukraine with the island’s electronics and manufacturing capabilities. Both aircraft have been tested...
PACOMNORTHCOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainProliferated LEOTaiwanUkrainevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-06 · Payload · score 10
During the 2026 IAC in Antalya, representatives from Turkey are leveraging the opportunity to showcase the country’s prgoress in space.
EUCOMPACOMBudget & policyLunar & cislunarLaunchChinaRussia
2026-10-05 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 2.75
Written by Torsten Kriening IAC 2026 opened with a promise of international cooperation, but the message underneath was sovereignty. From Türkiye's lunar ambitions and Europe's crewed autonomy debate to NASA's reshaped Artemis plans and China's planetary defence push, Torsten Kriening reflects on the signals from day one in Antalya.
PACOMEUCOMLunar & cislunarAI & autonomyChinaEurope
2026-10-05 · SpaceNews · score 3
Open Cosmos has built at least 50 of the more than 96 ConnectedCosmos connectivity satellites the British company said Oct. 5 it plans to deploy before the end of 2028, CEO Rafel Siquier told SpaceNews.
EUCOMCommercial integrationLaunchEurope
CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days- Fiammetta Diani on Building a Space Market, Not Just Space Technology
2026-10-05 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.25
From the CASSINI Entrepreneurship Days in Prague, EUSPA's Fiammetta Diani joins Daniela Jovic to chart the event's growth from four investors in a lobby to hundreds of startups, explain why excellent technology is no longer enough, and introduce Make It With Space - a new demand-driven scheme for European scale-ups.
EUCOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainEurope
2026-10-05 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.25
Voyager Technologies has won a $22.4 million agreement with the US Department of War's Strategic Capabilities Office to build flight-ready small-satellite dispensers that make use of launch capacity which would otherwise go unused.
Acquisition & contractsCommercial integrationLaunch
2026-10-05 · SpaceNews · score 3.75
As evidence grows of a launch bottleneck in the space industry, government officials are reticent to address it out of concerns about making the problem worse.
LaunchIndustrial base & supply chainCommercial integration
2026-10-05 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 4
Northrop Grumman’s Talon Blue YFQ-48A Collaborative Combat Aircraft took its first flight Oct. 3, heightening the competition for the Air Force’s future combat fleet.
Acquisition & contractsCommercial integrationOrganization & people
2026-10-05 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
The US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford after an investigation into an alleged planned terrorist attack on the base. At least 10 B-1 bombers used by the US military in the Iran conflict flew out of Fairford on Sunday, suggesting US officials were taking the threat seriously. Last week, five men in three vans near the military base were arrested, followed by a sixth British-Iranian national. All were released on bail, drawing criticism from the Pentagon. Lucy Hough speaks to Dan Sabbagh, the Guardian’s defence and security editor – watch on YouTube
CENTCOMEUCOMOrganization & peopleIranEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · SpaceNews · score 4.25
The Exploration Company is considering spaceports in the Middle East for a large reusable launch vehicle it plans to develop.
CENTCOMLaunchCommercial integrationEuropeMiddle East
2026-10-05 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 4.75
Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians and officers will soon join an exclusive club of troops allowed to sport a beret marking their special community and service.
Organization & peopleExercises & trainingDebris & reentry
2026-10-05 · Via Satellite · score 5
German launcher in development Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has made another change to its CEO leadership, after naming a new CEO last year. RFA has appointed Alexander Dahm, COO of […]
EUCOMLaunchIndustrial base & supply chainOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-10-05 · NASA news releases · score 5
Written by Alex Jones, Ph.D. candidate at Imperial College London Sept. 29, 2026 After spending the last six months exploring “Lac de Charmes,” a region of ancient rock beyond Jezero crater’s western rim, Perseverance has stumbled upon a vast field of light-toned rocks peppering the Martian surface. Light-colored rocks are a strange sight on Mars, […]
Commercial integrationOrganization & peopleIndustrial base & supply chainEurope
2026-10-05 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.5
On day two of IAC 2026, Türkiye named the companies behind its space ambitions. Aselsan is building a 198-satellite military LEO constellation, Baykar's Fergani a navigation network at 1,200 km, a Somalia spaceport will open to foreign users, and TÜBİTAK UZAY is heading to the Moon. Torsten Kriening on Ankara's sovereign space stack.
SPACECOMLaunchProliferated LEOLunar & cislunar
2026-10-05 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.75
Exclusive: Guardian Australia investigation reveals state governments use shared graves to bury those deemed too poor to pay for funerals. ‘It’s unspeakable,’ one relative says Find more from the Unmarked graves investigation here Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Vietnam veterans, rough sleepers and other impoverished Australians are being buried in unmarked communal graves often holding four or more people, a practice relatives have described as “unspeakable” and “a disgrace”. A Guardian Australia investigation has identified more than 100 unmarked graves across New South Wales, and some in Queensland, that are being used by state governments to bury those deemed too poor to afford their own funerals.
PACOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · The Guardian (Australia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.75
Exclusive: Authorities are failing to notify family, friends and outreach workers before burying strangers in shared plots, a Guardian Australia investigation reveals Find more from the Unmarked graves investigation here Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The track marks have dried in the mud beside Peter Giesel’s unmarked grave. The digger is long gone, although other signs of work remain. A disused shovel. A traffic cone. A stretch of earth where the soil is yet to settle, sandwiched between an old set of headstones and a dirt walkway at Sydney’s Rookwood general cemetery.
PACOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · C4ISRNET · score 6.25
Germany plans to stand up its first dedicated drone regiment next year, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has announced.
EUCOMExercises & trainingAllies & partnersAcquisition & contractsUkraineEurope
2026-10-05 · Payload · score 6.25
The capital will fund EO, telecoms and other strategic capabilities, according to Nebex.
NORTHCOMEUCOMIndustrial base & supply chainCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-10-05 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 6.25
The Space Force is looking for industry feedback on its plans to create a new “Mission Development Zone” at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., to support launch providers with space for additional payload processing capacity, test and assembly facilities, and potentially rocket and spacecraft manufacturing infrastructure.
SPACECOMLaunchIndustrial base & supply chainOrganization & peopleNSSL / launch programs
2026-10-05 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
Conservative Senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise on Sunday in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election by finishing ahead of the incumbent left-wing President Lula, whom he will face in the runoff on October 25. Suspicions of U.S. interference have been hanging over the campaign, even as Donald Trump has never hidden his closeness to the far-right former president Bolsonaro - Flavio’s father - and his animosity toward Lula da Silva. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMEUCOMGNSS interferenceBudget & policyOrganization & peopleEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · Industrial Cyber · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.75
Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Health-ISAC) announced that Vasileios Mingos, Health-ISAC’s European Operations Director, has been elected...
EUCOMCYBERCOMCyber & space systemsProliferated LEOAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · Via Satellite · score 7
Open Cosmos’ is targeting 192 satellites for its ConnectedCosmos Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). The company is building toward more than 96 satellites in orbit by the end of 2028, putting it […]
SPACECOMEUCOMCommercial integrationProliferated LEOAllies & partnersEurope
2026-10-05 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
Opposition leader says Coalition would reduce net overseas migration to 100,000 for two years Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Angus Taylor says a Coalition government would cut net overseas migration to 100,000 for two years, calling the plan “the biggest cut to immigration in the history” of Australia. Following moves by One Nation and Labor to capitalise on growing anti-migration sentiment, the opposition leader announced plans by the Liberal and Nationals on Tuesday, promising net overseas migration rates of 130,000 in the third year and 160,000 in the fourth. tougher screening of visa applicants; revising the temporary skilled priority list; establishing a strike force to clear the backlog of skilled construction applications to address workforce shortages; doubling the talent and innovation allocation to 7,000 places, through a new Aukus and Five Eyes visa; linking each student visa to the enrolling institution; introducing a new Agriculture Visa from 2030 Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here
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2026-10-05 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 7.75
The Air Force’s plans to field 1,000 semi-autonomous fighter and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance drones in the coming years made headlines at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber conference last month. But beyond the service’s signature Collaborative Combat Aircraft and Massed Modular Aircraft programs, a half-dozen or so firms are pitching another kind of autonomous aircraft: cargo drones to solve some of the service’s thorniest logistical problems.
PACOMNORTHCOMCommercial integrationExercises & trainingAI & autonomy
2026-10-05 · NASA news releases · score 7.75
Written by Michelle Minitti, MAHLI Deputy Principal Investigator Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 1, 2026 The majority of Curiosity plans involve mosaics from Mastcam and ChemCam, chemistry analyses from ChemCam and APXS, images from MAHLI and MARDI, and systematic measurements from REMS, RAD, and DAN. It is only when we stop to drill that we […]
SPACECOMEUCOMBudget & policyExercises & trainingCommercial integrationEurope
2026-10-05 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 8.25
Written by Torsten Kriening Away from the IAC 2026 main stage, the Global Networking Forum revealed another side of international space cooperation. From China's opening of Tiangong and expanding lunar partnerships to Russia's return to the international stage and the UK's sovereignty-through-partnership approach, Torsten Kriening reports from the side rooms where cooperation becomes concrete.
PACOMEUCOMAllies & partnersLunar & cislunarChinaRussia
2026-10-05 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9.5
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers Fuel is being shipped from South Korea to Russia via sanctioned tankers as Moscow scrambles for supplies amid the war in Ukraine, a move one expert said “undermines” Seoul’s public backing for Kyiv. Guardian analysis of port records and ship-tracking data found that in July and August over 176,000 tonnes of fuel, mostly diesel, was loaded at several South Korean ports on to seven tankers that made 14 voyages to Russia’s far east.
EUCOMPACOMAllies & partnersDebris & reentryOrganization & peopleUkraineSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-05 · Payload · score 11.5
On Oct. 1, 600+ soldiers swapped their old jobs for the new 40D Tactical Space Operations Specialist military occupational specialty (MOS).
PACOMSPACECOMOrganization & peopleAcquisition & contractsExercises & trainingCCS / MeadowlandsEuropeMiddle East
2026-10-05 · DefenseScoop · score 11.5
The RFI release comes amid growing concerns about North Korea’s drone arsenal.
PACOMEUCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersAcquisition & contractsSouth KoreaNorth Korea
2026-10-04 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 2.5
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 7 October for Crew-12's departure from the ISS, beginning the four astronauts' return after more than seven months in orbit.
SPACECOMCommercial integration
2026-10-04 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4.25
ESA has awarded contracts to two European consortia, led by Airbus and OHB, for preliminary studies into a European-led orbital outpost in low Earth orbit as the agency plans for the post-ISS era.
EUCOMSPACECOMAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-10-04 · The Straits Times (Asia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 - Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan have started a long march to Islamabad to demand his release, his party said on Monday, amid deep divisions with the Pakistani leadership.
CENTCOMLaunchOrganization & peopleChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-04 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.25
Artificial intelligence insiders are quitting their jobs, saying the technology could mean the end of humanity. Pope Leo in France warned of a “paradise of machines”. And the New York Times reported this week that one of AI firm Anthropic’s co-founders spent months lobbying religious thinkers on the possibility that AI could be conscious.
SPACECOMEUCOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationAI & autonomyEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-04 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 7
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of October 4-10, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess […]
NORTHCOMEUCOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleLaunchRussiaEurope
2026-10-04 · War on the Rocks · score 7.5
On Oct. 1, 2026, Beijing celebrated the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the beginning of the end for the U.S. Air University’s China Aerospace Studies Institute. The institute was one of several centers of excellence established across the U.S. military’s professional military education programs, with the Army, Navy, and Air Force each running a center focused on its own service’s needs. The China Aerospace Studies Institute, however, was more than just a U.S. Air Force and Space Force research center that provided open-source insights on their Chinese counterparts. The in-house analysts and the
PACOMBudget & policyExercises & trainingOrganization & peopleChinathink tank
2026-10-04 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 8
All 12 American bombers deployed in Britain rapidly returned to the U.S. on Oct. 4 following security concerns about a potential Iranian threat to their base in the U.K.
EUCOMCENTCOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingLaunchEuropeIran
2026-10-03 · NASASpaceflight · score 6
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently started investigating options for a European-led space station. The…
EUCOMSPACECOMLaunchAllies & partnersCommercial integrationEurope
2026-10-03 · The Guardian (Australia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.25
Exclusive: Images show deep cuts and damage to tails and fins, as experts warn the migrating species often aren’t able to avoid a collision Gruesome images of adult and juvenile humpback whales along Australia’s east coast with slash and gouge injuries from boat and propeller strikes highlight what experts say is a growing problem, as the population booms 60 years after the ban on whaling. Missing tail parts, deep red lacerations and shocking injuries to the spine of a whale calf can be clearly seen on the images, gathered by WWF Australia and shared with the Guardian.
PACOMAllies & partnersDebris & reentryBudget & policyAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · SpaceNews · score 3.5
Nordic launch race heats up as Sweden secures 2028 orbital launch at Esrange
SPACECOMEUCOMLaunchEurope
2026-10-02 · SpaceNews · score 4
Both SpaceX and outside analysts appear largely satisfied with the first orbital flight of Starship despite some technical issues during the mission.
SPACECOMLaunchCommercial integration
2026-10-02 · The Globe and Mail (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Four astronauts pulled up at the International Space Station on Thursday after launching on an eight-hour express that set a United States speed record. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carried NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov.
NORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationRussiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · The War Zone · score 4.25
Otto's extremely efficient airframe design philosophy, tested by the Celera 500L, could make for an attractive Reaper follow-on, but it is facing stiff competition.
NORTHCOMOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chain
2026-10-02 · SpaceNews · score 4.25
A German company has secured a license to launch from a Scottish spaceport while another company that planned to use the site has had its assets sold.
LaunchBudget & policyCommercial integrationEurope
2026-10-02 · Via Satellite · score 5
For those who follow the National Football League (NFL), it has often been described as a copycat league. In other words, one team does something new, and a number of […]
NORTHCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersCommercial integration
2026-10-02 · NASA news releases · score 5.25
The Wildhorse grass fire in eastern Idaho erupted with a massive pulse of smoke. No one had expected it, but the wildfire had launched what’s known as a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, or pyroCb. It was an elusive weather phenomenon that scientists on NASA’s INSPYRE (INjected Smoke and PYRocumulonimbus Experiment) campaign spent weeks this summer hunting across […]
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2026-10-02 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 5.25
The Air Force adjusted its fiscal 2026 recruiting goal down by a few hundred enlisted Airmen due to higher-than-expected retention and the number of available training slots—but it is aiming high in fiscal 2027 with its biggest goal for the Active-Duty Air Force in nearly 25 years, and the Space Force is shooting for its biggest goal ever.
CYBERCOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyExercises & training
2026-10-02 · NASA news releases · score 5.5
As part of NASA’s ongoing Inspiration Tour, NASA astronaut Christina Koch will highlight America’s strengths in space exploration and aeronautics innovation at the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Los Angeles Rams game in Philadelphia on Sunday, Oct. 4. A self-proclaimed Philadelphia sports fan, Koch is an explorer and engineer who spent a total of 338 days in […]
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2026-10-02 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought is confident congressional Republicans will muster the support needed to fund all or most of the Pentagon's $1.5 trillion budget request when they return for a lame-duck session following the November midterm elections. “We're not planning on failure. In fact, I would say that we believe that's the most likely success is a reconciliation path,” Vought said today during a Hudson Institute event when asked if the Defense Department is preparing for the possibility that $350 billion in mandatory funding might not materialize. The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 defense request is split into two parts, seeking $1.15 trillion in discretionary spending through the regular appropriations process and another $350 billion through a partisan budget reconciliation measure. The latter package contains many of the Pentagon’s top-priority initiatives, including the Golden Dome missile-defense system along with funding to procure drones and refill depleted stocks of critical munitions. In Congress, however, a thin Republican majority has struggled to find support for the full request. The White House has pivoted to a…
NORTHCOMBudget & policyMissile defenseGolden Domevia TJFSCC Daily
Between 'frustration' and 'good news', RTS Link delay triggers contrasting reactions across Causeway
2026-10-02 · CNA (Asia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.75
The Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS Link is now expected to launch in February 2027, putting it at risk of missing the busy travel and shopping period before Chinese New Year.
PACOMLaunchSCN / R2C2 / groundChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · Payload · score 6.5
The Department of Energy is super-charging research into bleeding edge energy tech.
SPACECOMSTRATCOMOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chain
Partner to Win: Space forces Japan Integrates Regional Space Advisors to Deepen Japanese Partnership
2026-10-02 · U.S. Indo-Pacific Command · score 7.5
U.S. Space Forces-Japan at Yokota AB has integrated Regional Space Advisors into its daily operations to deepen cooperation with Japan (USINDOPACOM).
This is a working model for the combined space integration that SPACEPAC pursues with partners.
Consider reviewing the SPACEFOR-J RSA model for other SPACEPAC partner lines.
PACOMAllies & partnersJapanAI-curated
2026-10-02 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
Despite Boeing down-select, Navy's sixth-gen fighter still faces an uncertain future Pentagon to launch new Autonomous Warfare Command OMB director confident lame-duck Congress will meet defense reconciliation request Saronic to break ground on futuristic Port Alpha shipyard Skillman nominated to become next vice CNO Navy awards RTX multiyear SM-6 contract worth up to $24 billion Raytheon wins $20.7 billion AMRAAM deal as U.S., allies ramp production Navy awards over $20 billion to Boeing for F/A-XX Cotton calls for review of military shipping channels after F-35 parts landed in Hong Kong CBO gets first look at Golden Dome architecture behind trillion-dollar cost dispute Navy advances companies following MUSV testing, awards three with production OTAs DOD launches third drone competition phase as stopgap funding looms JIATF 401 planning to hold directed-energy shoot-off in December Counter-drone task force awards contracts with $7B ceiling for Domestic Shield initiative Pentagon establishes new team to target waste, bureaucracy across DOD Hegseth taps Musk, Luckey and Gingrich for new 'future of warfare' panel HII awarded $5 billion for CVN-75 refueling and complex overhaul Ennis…
NORTHCOMAcquisition & contractsBudget & policyCommercial integrationGolden DomeChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-02 · DefenseScoop · score 8.5
Ten warrant officers graduated from the Robotics Technician Integrator (390A) course in a ceremony at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Friday, marking the official start of the new job skill and culmination of an initial pilot program the rest of the Army is eyeing.
EUCOMCENTCOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyExercises & trainingRussiaIran
2026-10-02 · The Guardian (Australia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
Greens party elders describe her obvious talent and determination to change things for the better, while political rivals’ verdicts vary wildly Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast It was during a visit to Samoa, soon after her mum was killed in the 2009 tsunami, that Steph Hodgins-May decided she could no longer work as a corporate lawyer. Born in Ballarat to a fifth-generation farmer and school teacher, the new deputy leader of the Greens says she had always been passionate about the climate crisis, and talking politics at the dinner table with her dad, an organic farmer, a local councillor and later, mayor. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here
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2026-10-02 · NASA news releases · score 9
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is ending, with the crew scheduled to return in early October. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will head home from the International Space Station after supporting research that benefits life on Earth and prepares humans for missions […]
EUCOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationBudget & policyOrganization & peopleEuropeRussia
2026-10-02 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 9.25
After a two-year experiment that created F-16 “Super Squadrons” at Osan Air Base just 50 miles away from North Korea, the U.S. Air Force has returned some of the fighters to its other base on the peninsula.
PACOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersLaunchSouth KoreaJapan
2026-10-02 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 9.5
Some lawmakers in the Senate are advocating for a more bipartisan approach to paying for the Pentagon’s $185 billion Golden Dome missile defense project, arguing that the effort’s goal of bolstering homeland defenses has support across ideological lines but the process for funding it has been politically charged—leaving the program’s near- and long-term future uncertain.
NORTHCOMSPACECOMBudget & policyMissile defenseExercises & trainingGolden Dome
2026-10-01 · C4ISRNET · score 2.5
Two companies scored highest during the second phase of a Pentagon competition to find companies that can produce high-quality, low-cost commercial drones.
EUCOMNORTHCOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationAI & autonomyRussiaUkraine
2026-10-01 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 2.5
Written by Joshua Faleti TanzaniteSat-1 is more than a first satellite mission. Tanzania and Côte d'Ivoire are using KiboCUBE to build skills, infrastructure, commercial opportunities and regional partnerships that could support lasting national space capabilities.
Allies & partnersCommercial integration
2026-10-01 · SpaceNews · score 2.75
Two companies with plans for space-based solar power systems have secured agreements to further their development.
Acquisition & contractsAllies & partners
2026-10-01 · U.S. Indo-Pacific Command · score 2.75
YOKOSUKA, Japan — Ticonderoga class guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls (CG 62) departed Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka today for a permanent homeport change to San Diego.
PACOMAllies & partnersOrganization & peopleJapan
2026-10-01 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 3
The Air Force will officially kick off a major overhaul of maintenance career field next year with a pilot program, but the plan for the revamp is still evolving—while officials once intended to condense 50 aircraft maintenance specialties down to just seven, now they are targeting 14 Air Force Specialty Codes, according to Lt. Gen. Kenyon K. Bell.
Organization & peopleBudget & policy
2026-10-01 · Department of the Air Force · score 4
The Air Force Recruiting Service closed out fiscal year 2026 having met its recruiting goals, enlisting 31,950 U.S. Air Force Airmen and 730 U.S. Space Force Guardians.
Organization & peopleBudget & policy
2026-10-01 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration has been awarded a $146.69 million Air Force contract for its Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System, according to a recent notice . Procurement of the electronic warfare hardware is associated with F-15EX Eagle II Lots 7 and 8, the service wrote in its Sept. 30 announcement. EPAWSS brings improved radar warning, geolocation, situational awareness, self-protection and jamming compared to the legacy Tactical Electronic Warfare System found on F-15E Strike Eagles. The Air Force on Sept. 29 meanwhile awarded Boeing a $2.38 billion contract to produce 22 F-15EX Eagle II's, making use of reconciliation money made available by last year's One Big Beautiful Bill. That contract covers Lot 7 of the program and brings the total number of aircraft Boeing is currently expected to produce for the service to 120. In its fiscal year 2027 budget request, the Air Force introduced a plan to nearly double its overall F-15EX buy -- from 129 jets to 267 -- to replace the older F-15E fleet. EPAWSS work is expected to be complete by Aug. 31, 2030. Roughly $58.8 million of procurement dollars from FY-25 and FY-26 have been made…
Acquisition & contractsBudget & policyCommercial integrationvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Four astronauts pulled up at International Space Station after eight-hour express flight led by Jessica Watkins Four astronauts pulled up at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday after launching on an eight-hour express that set a US speed record, and that created further history with the first Black woman to lead a crew to orbit. SpaceX launched commander Jessica Watkins and her crew for Nasa after a three-week delay to fix their Dragon capsule’s leaking fuel system. Thick clouds threatened all morning to halt the countdown but skies cleared enough to allow a safe liftoff from Cape Canaveral at 11.10am (1510 GMT).
NORTHCOMOrganization & peopleLaunchCommercial integrationvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · SpaceNews · score 4.25
We’ve spent eight years hacking satellites. Here’s what the space industry needs to know now.
CYBERCOMCommercial integrationCyber & space systems
2026-10-01 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.25
The Air Force will award software licenses to a single vendor to provide the initial Collaborative Combat Aircraft increment one mission autonomy one year before the program reaches initial operational capability, a service official told Inside Defense . “Mission autonomy capabilities required for initial fielding will be ready close to a year ahead of when the CCA [increment one] program reaches IOC,” the official said. The Air Force official would not disclose the specific IOC target date for the earliest tranche of CCAs, citing classification. The service is aiming, however, to select and award a contract to the initial CCA mission autonomy provider as soon as the summer of 2027, Air Force leaders told reporters in June. Anduril Industries and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems are meanwhile on track to begin producing the drone wingmen once the fiscal year 2027 budget is appropriated, as the service is pursuing separate contests for the first increment’s mission autonomy and air vehicle. The autonomy effort is taking a different, continuous approach than the traditional down-select process in which software vendors are constantly iterating and competing for integration…
Acquisition & contractsBudget & policyAI & autonomyvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 4.75
Seven F-22 Raptor pilots have recently been awarded one of the military’s highest decorations for their actions during operations in the Middle East. Six of the pilots were decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross for their role in Operation Midnight Hammer, the June 2025 strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.
CENTCOMEUCOMAcquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleNuclear & NC3IranEurope
2026-10-01 · Politico Europe · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
The Israeli president accused Britain of interfering in his country’s politics ahead of an election in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking another term.
EUCOMCENTCOMGNSS interferenceEuropeMiddle Eastvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · CNA (Asia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
More time is needed to complete testing, obtain independent safety certification and secure regulatory approvals before the cross-border rail service can open, Singapore and Malaysia authorities said on Friday (Oct 2).
PACOMExercises & trainingSCN / R2C2 / groundvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 5
Three T-7A Red Hawk trainer jets flew together at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, on Sept. 16—one physical aircraft in the air and two virtual ones controlled from simulators on the ground, all sharing one common operating picture.
NORTHCOMExercises & trainingOrganization & peopleCommercial integration
2026-10-01 · NASA news releases · score 5
In this Oct. 1, 2026, photo, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The spacecraft is carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov to the International Space Station for a […]
NORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationRussia
2026-10-01 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
Lockheed Martin subsidiary Terran Orbital today announced the appointment of Jamin Brown as chief operating officer. Brown will lead Terran Orbital’s "operational execution, focusing on increasing production capacity, strengthening operational performance and enabling it to deliver at greater speed, scale and cost efficiency," according to the company announcement. Brown joins Terran Orbital from Lockheed Martin Space, where he most recently served as vice president of missile defense programs and Huntsville Site general manager.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleIndustrial base & supply chainvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · ASPI The Strategist · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
The Australian Army doesn’t own many of the systems that its future combat power depends on. Ports, fuel supplies, freight networks, telecommunications, electricity, cloud computing, satellite services and skilled workforces sit largely beyond the Department ...
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2026-10-01 · Industrial Cyber · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) launched its 2026 Cybersecurity Awareness Month campaign under the theme...
CYBERCOMCyber & space systemsLaunchProliferated LEOvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · UK Ministry of Defence · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
MoD extends £190 million contract with Airbus to maintain the RAF's A400M Atlas fleet, boosting aircraft availability while sustaining over 350 UK jobs.
EUCOMAcquisition & contractsSpace C2 software (Kobayashi Maru, UDL)EuropeJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
In today’s newsletter: When a passenger plane plunges 17,000ft amid claims of terrorism, hijacking and geopolitical intrigue, Guardian journalists have to try and separate fact from fiction in real time Good morning. Shocking news of a cockpit stabbing. Graphic footage of bloodied crew members. Mid-air testimony from terrified passengers. This was the tenor of the heart-in-mouth reporting as the horrifying events unfolded onboard flight FZ 1073 to Tel Aviv: the early morning budget flight that plummeted 17,000ft in under two minutes before the courageous intervention of passengers and crew averted an apparent hijacking, potentially saving the lives of not just the 170+ passengers and crew on board, but many more. UK politics | Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a multibillion-pound package of support to get into work. Northern Ireland | Talks aimed at resolving the Drumcree parade dispute have broken up without agreement , with Northern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant describing the situation as being between a “rock and a hard place”. US news | Tennessee’s governor has…
EUCOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · U.S. Space Force · score 5.75
The visit provided an opportunity for Lohmeier to meet with command leaders and subject matter experts, who offered insights on current and future missions, challenges and opportunities.
EUCOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingAllies & partners
2026-10-01 · Department of the Air Force · score 5.75
The visit provided an opportunity for Lohmeier to meet with command leaders and subject matter experts, who offered insights on current and future missions, challenges and opportunities.
EUCOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingAllies & partners
2026-10-01 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.75
Omnidea has acquired key assets and intellectual property from British launch company Orbex, gaining access to technology and manufacturing capabilities developed for its orbital launch programs. The acquisition follows Orbex’s winding down earlier this year and the end of its launcher development efforts, while giving Omnidea a new set of capabilities to incorporate into its own launcher development.
EUCOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationLaunchAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-10-01 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.75
SpaceX has successfully launched its 18th Transporter rideshare mission, sending 130 payloads into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission demonstrates the scale of SpaceX’s recurring rideshare program, which provides commercial and institutional customers with regular access to orbit without requiring dedicated launches for individual spacecraft.
SPACECOMNORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationAllies & partners
2026-10-01 · U.S. Space Force · score 5.75
The visit provided an opportunity for Lohmeier to meet with command leaders and subject matter experts, who offered insights on current and future missions, challenges and opportunities.
EUCOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingAllies & partners
2026-10-01 · Department of the Air Force · score 5.75
The visit provided an opportunity for Lohmeier to meet with command leaders and subject matter experts, who offered insights on current and future missions, challenges and opportunities.
EUCOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingAllies & partners
2026-10-01 · The War Zone · score 6
The secretive AIM-260 air-to-air missile will give Australian fighters a much-needed boost in reach, especially against Chinese threats.
PACOMNORTHCOMExercises & trainingAllies & partnersAcquisition & contractsAustraliaChina
2026-10-01 · SpaceNews · score 6
British startup Foundational emerged from stealth Oct. 1 with nearly $11 million in funding to upgrade and commercialize Satellite Laser Ranging, a decades-old technology for pinpointing satellites in orbit used mainly by scientific and government groups.
SPACECOMEUCOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationEurope
2026-10-01 · The Globe and Mail (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6
A SpaceX rocket safely lifted off from Florida on Thursday, launching a crew of two U.S. astronauts, a Canadian astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut toward the International Space Station for a science mission devoted to human health and performance in orbit.
NORTHCOMSPACECOMLaunchCommercial integrationRussiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · NASASpaceflight · score 6.25
Canada Rocket Company (CRC) will build Canada’s first large-scale rocket engine test facility at London…
NORTHCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationLaunchEurope
2026-10-01 · Payload · score 6.25
First-mover advantage isn’t all it’s cracked up to be—at least, that’s the thought process for UK launcher Skyrora.
SPACECOMEUCOMLaunchBudget & policyCommercial integrationEurope
2026-10-01 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 6.25
German launch company HyImpulse has secured a UK launch operator license from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for its planned suborbital launch from SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland. The company is targeting spring 2027 for the first flight of its SR75 vehicle, which will carry research and technology demonstration payloads as HyImpulse continues development of its larger SL1 rocket for future orbital launches.
EUCOMSPACECOMLaunchBudget & policyCommercial integrationEurope
2026-10-01 · NASA news releases · score 6.5
NASA selected 16 companies to provide Enterprise Logistics Support Services under new agreements that will standardize requirements, improve reporting, and streamline the management of costs and resources. The $1.4 billion blanket purchase agreements will support equipment and property management, transportation, disposal, product support, flight hardware support operations, equipment maintenance and repair, export control, move operations, […]
Acquisition & contractsAllies & partnersDebris & reentrySpace C2 software (Kobayashi Maru, UDL)
2026-10-01 · Nikkei Asia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
PACOMLaunchAllies & partnersCommercial integrationJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 6.75
From Mission-K in Kalkar, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Frick, liaison officer between the German Space Command and the German Space Agency at DLR, joins Torsten Kriening to explain the Space Innovation Gateway — Germany's front door for space startups — and why innovation should be measured by impact, not activity.
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersLunar & cislunarOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-10-01 · Payload · score 7
You can bundle your home and auto insurance with the click of a button, but covering your spacecraft has traditionally been a little trickier.
SPACECOMSTRATCOMCommercial integrationAllies & partnersBudget & policyIndia
2026-10-01 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
Maker of Claude claims AI could transform economy but ABC and SBS say the technology should be subject to media regulations Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast AI giant Anthropic has urged the Albanese government to consider giving “conditional approval” for big tech to train its models on Australian copyrighted works under an opt-out model, after conceding it won’t secure a blanket copyright exemption. But Australia’s public broadcasters, the ABC and SBS, have strongly criticised AI firms, calling on the government to enact strict new rules to compensate media organisations and protect public interest journalism. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here
PACOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 7.25
With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space.
NORTHCOMSPACECOMLaunchCommercial integrationRendezvous & proximity
2026-10-01 · Payload · score 7.75
Satlyt was founded in 2024 by Afullo, an alum of SpaceX and Google who spent years trying to convince both companies to invest in in-space edge computing opportunities.
SPACECOMSOUTHCOM / AFRICOMCommercial integrationAllies & partnersLaunchStarlink / StarshieldIndia
2026-10-01 · Spaceflight Now · score 7.75
Strapped into a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Crew 13 commander Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk blasted off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:10 a.m. EDT.
NORTHCOMEUCOMLaunchOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationRussiaEurope
2026-10-01 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 7.75
NASA’s 13th operational Crew Dragon mission arrived at the International Space Station today about 8 hours after launch. That’s the fastest trip on a SpaceX Dragon thanks to an opportune […]
NORTHCOMSPACECOMLaunchCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleRussia
2026-10-01 · NASASpaceflight · score 8
SpaceX plans to launch a Transporter rideshare mission aboard a Falcon 9 from California, on…
SPACECOMNORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainStarlink / StarshieldEurope
2026-10-01 · The Diplomat · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.25
As Washington’s reliability wavers, Tokyo and Canberra are learning to depend on each other.
PACOMAllies & partnersProliferated LEOAI & autonomyJapanAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9.25
Air Force expects deliveries of new deployable battle management centers by year's end Pentagon to launch new Autonomous Warfare Command Cotton calls for review of military shipping channels after F-35 parts landed in Hong Kong FY-27 funding purgatory puts CCA production at a standstill Miller nominated for head of SPACECOM L3Harris awarded $462M for executive airlift SATCOM connectivity Air Force SAB to hold closed meetings to begin FY-27 studies Lockheed awarded $15.7M for Next Gen OPIR-GEO Raytheon wins $20.7 billion AMRAAM deal as U.S., allies ramp production Stratolaunch adds 777 for hypersonic tests Space Force starting search for new PNT user equipment Northrop awarded $111M for Sentinel missile program EMD DOD launches third drone competition phase as stopgap funding looms Counter-drone task force awards contracts with $7B ceiling for Domestic Shield initiative Hegseth taps Musk, Luckey and Gingrich for new 'future of warfare' panel Anthropic weighs further review after appeals court backs DOD risk designation Pentagon establishes new team to target waste, bureaucracy across DOD BAE awarded $146.7M contract to add EPAWSS to Lot 7, 8 F-15EX Boeing awarded $2B for 22 F-15EX…
SPACECOMSTRATCOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleSBIRS / Next-Gen OPIRChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-10-01 · ChinaTalk · via AI feed · score 13.5
*[Paddy Stephens](https://paddyspublishing.substack.com/) writes about space, security, and energy for *The Wire China*, *Resilience Media* and others. He’s based between London, Nice and Taipei. This is Part 1 of his two-part investigation of China’s Starlink challengers!* --- The test lacked the cool confidence of the Falcon 9, SpaceX’s dependable workhorse rocket that slows itself down before landing gently on four legs. Nor was it as elegant as SpaceX’s super-heavy Starship rocket booster, which the company has managed to catch on three occasions with two “chopstick” arms. But as the…
PACOMSPACECOMLaunchCommercial integrationProliferated LEOCASC / CASIC (PRC state industry)Starlink / StarshieldChinaTaiwanvia AI feed
2026-09-30 · SpaceNews · score 2.5
Sophia Space and Redwire to work together to develop orbital data center infrastructure
SPACECOMCommercial integration
2026-09-30 · SpaceNews · score 2.75
Space Force Lt. Gen. David Miller expected to be tapped for U.S. Space Command
SPACECOMOrganization & people
2026-09-30 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3
Varda Space Industries has raised $251 million in a Series D to scale its in-space pharmaceutical processing and increase mission cadence, bringing total capital raised to $598 million.
Commercial integrationBudget & policyIndia
2026-09-30 · SpaceNews · score 3.25
Chinese electric-pump rocket startup Z-Trak raises new funding, targets 2027 debut for reusable Fission-A Chinese launch startup Z-Trak Space has secured a new funding round for a small reusable rocket and is targeting late 2027 for a first flight.
PACOMLaunchCommercial integrationBudget & policyChina
Mission-K 2026: Daniel Seidel of LiveEO on the INSPECTEO Award and Berlin Backing Its Own Satellites
2026-09-30 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.25
From Mission-K in Kalkar, LiveEO CEO and co-founder Daniel Seidel joins Torsten Kriening to discuss the company's INSPECTEO award fusing optical 3D modelling with SAR, a State of Berlin guarantee backing its satellite financing, and the unprecedented collaboration now visible across Europe's ecosystem.
EUCOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-30 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.5
Skyrora has successfully completed a 45-second static hot-fire test of a scaled-down version of its Skyrora XL orbital launch vehicle, marking another step toward the development of the company’s first orbital launch vehicle.
SPACECOMLaunchCommercial integration
2026-09-30 · DefenseScoop · score 3.75
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled AutoWarCom during his “State of the Force” address at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.
EUCOMCENTCOMOrganization & peopleAI & autonomyAcquisition & contractsUkraineRussia
2026-09-30 · Payload · score 4
The suborbital point-to-point logistics company announced $11M in funding today following its participation in the summer Y Combinator batch.
LaunchCommercial integrationDebris & reentry
2026-09-30 · SpaceNews · score 4
As Blue Origin continues to recover from a New Glenn pad explosion in May, the company wants to significantly increase the vehicle’s launch rate.
NORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationBudget & policy
2026-09-30 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 4.25
In a “State of the Force” address Sept. 30, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced plans for a new four-star command to lead the military-wide push to field autonomous systems, one of several initiatives meant to further his sweeping transformation of the Pentagon.
Organization & peopleBudget & policyAI & autonomy
2026-09-30 · DefenseScoop · score 4.25
The announcement comes less than a week after the service established a Robotic and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Center that’s expected to play a major role in shaping how the sea service fights with uncrewed platforms.
Acquisition & contractsBudget & policyOrganization & people
2026-09-30 · UPI (Defense) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
Pope Leo XIV, during a visit to France on Sept. 25, issued a stark warning: humanity risks losing itself amid a "paradise of machines."
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · Defense News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
If confirmed, Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. would take over command from Gen. Stephen Whiting after his upcoming retirement.
SPACECOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · Military Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
If confirmed, Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. would take over command from Gen. Stephen Whiting after his upcoming retirement.
SPACECOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 4.75
Overseeing the ongoing move of SPACECOM’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama will be one of the first tasks Lt. Gen. David Miller will face if he is confirmed to lead the command.
SPACECOMNORTHCOMBudget & policyOrganization & people
2026-09-30 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
Shield AI is planning to build its unmanned vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, called X-BAT, out of a new facility in Des Moines, WA, aiming to kick start production in 2029, the company announced today. “X-BAT is designed as a long-range, survivable, [artificial intelligence]-piloted strike fighter that takes off and lands vertically, so it can operate from ships, islands or remote sites without a runway,” the company wrote in a news release . “It will carry weapons up to the 2,000-pound class in internal bays comparable in size to the F-35 [Joint Strike Fighter’s], have an objective combat radius of 1,000 nautical miles and support power-intensive electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payloads.” The Navy’s Rapid Capability Office and portfolio acquisition executive for aviation alongside the Defense Innovation Unit last month announced plans to invest $50 million into Shield AI to “rapidly scale our unmanned aviation portfolio” for “runway independent maritime expeditionary strike capabilities,” the service said in a statement at the time . It is unclear if Shield AI has received a contract beyond that investment to back its new production…
STRATCOMIndustrial base & supply chainAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.25
From Mission-K in Kalkar, Tom Segert, CEO and co-founder of Berlin Space Technologies, joins Torsten Kriening to discuss why space has always been dual use, what the shift toward defence means for a civil Earth observation company - and the unsolved catch-22 keeping Germany's space startups out of defence contracts.
EUCOMCommercial integrationAllies & partnersAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-09-30 · SpaceNews · score 5.5
CAS Space targets early 2027 debut of reusable Lihong-2 suborbital rocket Chinese commercial launch firm CAS Space is targeting a first flight of the Lihong-2 suborbital rocket in early 2027, carrying pharmaceutical payloads.
PACOMLaunchCommercial integrationChina
2026-09-30 · NASASpaceflight · score 5.5
One veteran astronaut and three first-time flyers are ready to begin a six-month mission to…
NORTHCOMSPACECOMLaunchOrganization & peopleCommercial integration
2026-09-30 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
Boost for John Healey before budget as GDP figure shows UK economy grew faster than first estimated in second quarter Business live – latest updates UK household income grew at a stronger pace than previously estimated during the first six months of the year, according to revisions of official data. The rise in income per head to 1.1% between January and June followed an increase in the level of economic growth that illustrated the resilience of the UK economy since the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East more than seven months ago.
EUCOMCENTCOMProliferated LEOBudget & policyEuropeMiddle Eastvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · Deutsche Welle (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
Iran's nuclear program is entering a critical phase as Tehran debates dropping out of a nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Satellite images also show activity at known nuclear sites.
CENTCOMSTRATCOMNuclear & NC3Budget & policyIranvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6
Support for white Afrikaners, anti-communism and others reveals how US redefining what qualifies as human rights With hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that includes a huge $40m grant for an anti-communism fund, support for a group advancing white Afrikaner rights in South Africa, a campaign against Brazil’s supreme court, and programs that would reward ideological allies in Europe who protect “western civilizational norms”. Critics have focused on 43 awards of a combined $176.9m that will bolster rightwing and conservative causes around the world while probably angering US allies over interference in internal politics. The Guardian has seen a sample of the controversial grants, which make up most of the $205m in funding that Congress has appropriated for the entire human rights and democracy fund (HRDF).
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMEUCOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · NASA news releases · score 6.5
NASA, CSA (Canadian Space Agency), and the German Aerospace Center signed a joint statement of intent to begin coordinated, preparatory work toward an Earth-based demonstrator to learn how to grow crops on the Moon.
NORTHCOMAllies & partnersLunar & cislunarBudget & policyEurope
2026-09-30 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 6.5
The Air Force and Defense Innovation Unit have selected seven companies to move forward on a program meant to produce a low-cost, semi-autonomous drone to succeed the MQ-9A Reaper, multiple sources confirmed to Air & Space Forces Magazine.
CENTCOMCYBERCOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleIran
2026-09-30 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 6.5
U.S. Space Force Lieutenant General David Miller, Jr. has been nominated as the next Commander of U.S. Space Command, succeeding Gen. Stephen Whiting who will retire early next year. Yesterday, […]
SPACECOMCYBERCOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-30 · Via Satellite · score 6.75
The White House on Tuesday nominated U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David Miller for his fourth star as the head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM). Miller would replace Gen. Stephen […]
SPACECOMNORTHCOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyExercises & training
2026-09-30 · The Guardian (Australia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
Avoiding a rise in unemployment is important for the RBA – but apparently not a dealbreaker Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast And here we are again. Hello darkness my old friend. Interest rates up again and talk of a recession if needed. The Reserve Bank’s enacting legislation gives it a dual mandate – “price stability [ie stable inflation] and the maintenance of full employment in Australia.” But in reality the RBA seems to ignore the “full employment” aspect overall, and we now need to worry about a recession. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here
PACOMAllies & partnersOrganization & peopleBudget & policyAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · ASPI The Strategist · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.25
As much as the federal budget needs fixing, shifting more disaster risk onto Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia would be the wrong way to do it. These jurisdictions already carry some of the ...
PACOMProliferated LEOBudget & policyAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Dailythink tank
2026-09-30 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
President Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. David Miller to be the next head of U.S. Space Command. Miller -- currently the deputy chief of space operations for strategy, plans, programs and requirements -- would take over for Gen. Stephen Whiting. Prior to his current role, Miller was commander of Space Operations Command, which has since been renamed Combat Forces Command. The Senate confirmed Whiting in December 2023. In his time as commander, Whiting has advocated for more capabilities related to space domain awareness, on-orbit servicing and dynamic space operations.
SPACECOMOrganization & peopleRendezvous & proximityBudget & policyvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 8.75
The White House nominated Lt. Gen. David Miller to lead U.S. Space Command, replacing Gen. Stephen Whiting, who is expected to retire by January 2027.
SPACECOMCENTCOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyExercises & trainingIran
2026-09-30 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9
China’s ruling Communist Party is marking 90 years since the end of the Long March with exhibitions, tours, film and television productions as it tries to mobilise the nation to contribute to its vision for the future. Ahead of the October 22 anniversary, commemorative activities are under way to promote the history of the Long March and revive its “spirit”. The Long March was an epic retreat between 1934 and 1936 by the party’s Red Army to evade Kuomintang, or Nationalist, forces during the...
PACOMLaunchOrganization & peopleIndustrial base & supply chainChinaTaiwanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-30 · DefenseScoop · score 10.5
The President nominated Lt. Gen. David Miller Jr., the DCSO for strategy, plans, programs and requirements and a former SpOC commander, to lead USSPACECOM and succeed Gen. Whiting (DefenseScoop).
A new USSPACECOM commander will set space-control priorities that flow to the component.
Be aware of the confirmation timeline; Whiting is expected to retire by January 2027.
SPACECOMOrganization & peopleGPSAI-curated
2026-09-30 · NASASpaceflight · score 10.75
SpaceX made significant strides in the Starship program during Flight 14. Booster 21, despite losing…
PACOMSPACECOMLaunchCommercial integrationProliferated LEOStarlink / StarshieldGuam & Hawaii
2026-09-29 · SpaceNews · score 2.75
Electric-pump propulsion emerges as new front in China's commercial launch sector A cluster of new Chinese commercial launch companies are attempting to develop electric-pump-fed liquid engines, indicating a new emerging trend in the sector.
PACOMCommercial integrationLaunchIndustrial base & supply chainChina
2026-09-29 · SpaceNews · score 2.75
Parsons lands $85 million deal to oversee design and construction of Space Command HQ Parsons lands $85 million deal to oversee design and construction of Space Command HQ
SPACECOMOrganization & people
2026-09-29 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 3
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth plans to announce Sept. 30 that the Pentagon will slash the number of general and flag officers by 20 percent
Organization & peopleBudget & policy
2026-09-29 · C4ISRNET · score 3
Mykhailo Fedorov told Defense News he wants humanoid-like robots on the battlefield within six months and an assault without infantry within a year.
EUCOMCYBERCOMOrganization & peopleLaunchAcquisition & contractsUkraineRussia
2026-09-29 · SpaceNews · score 3.75
Terran Orbital Names Jamin Brown Chief Operating Officer
SPACECOMOrganization & peopleCommercial integration
2026-09-29 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 4
The Air Force awarded Boeing a $2.38 billion contract for 22 F-15EX Eagle II fighters on Sept. 29, narrowly meeting a deadline to use funds from last summer’s reconciliation bill or face cuts.
Budget & policyAcquisition & contractsCommercial integration
2026-09-29 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4
Space Florida and the UK Space Agency have opened a joint funding call, offering up to $200,000 and £150,000 respectively for collaborative R&D between Florida and UK space companies.
NORTHCOMEUCOMLaunchBudget & policyEurope
2026-09-29 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Applications opened yesterday for the penultimate phase of the Defense Department's mass-drone procurement initiative, as the fiscal year draws to a close and the department prepares to operate under a continuing resolution. "Our goal hasn't changed: get affordable, lethal drones to the warfighters at scale, built on a US supply chain," according to the Phase III launch announcement on the program’s website. Phase III allocates $450 million for the Pentagon to buy roughly 60,000 drones -- split evenly across two mission sets -- with options for the department to buy up to 40,000 more from standout vendors, DOD said. Phase III will be divided across two mission areas introduced in the prior Drone Dominance Program phase – deep-strike and close-quarter-battle capabilities -- at increased difficulty and an accelerated pace, the announcement states. Systems competing under both mission sets will be tested in Global Navigation Satellite System- and communications-denied environments. The deep-strike mission area requires systems to "find, fix, finish" targets at ranges of approximately 15-20 kilometers in contested environments, while the close-quarter-battle concentration requires…
Budget & policyLaunchAcquisition & contractsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · CNA (Asia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Artificial intelligence is changing how travellers plan their trips and challenging traditional travel search platforms, Skyscanner CEO Bryan Batista tells CNA’s Elizabeth Neo.
CENTCOMProliferated LEOAI & autonomyMiddle Eastvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · RNZ Pacific · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
Fiji's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has issued a defensive statement clarifying its role in managing drug exhibits.
PACOMDebris & reentryPacific Islandsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · Dark Reading · via Cyber Watch · score 5
Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-86950, an out-of-bounds write flaw, in an extremely sophisticated fashion, according to Apple.
Cyber & space systemsCounterspace threatvia Cyber Watch
2026-09-29 · CISA Advisories · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malformed messages which may lead to a denial-of-service condition. The following versions of Baicells Nova 430H are affected: Nova 430H eNodeB (model pBS3101SH) <=BaiBLQ_3.0.12 (CVE-2026-96274) CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities v3 7.4 Baicells Technologies Baicells Nova 430H Uncaught Exception Background Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Communications, Information Technology Countries/Areas Deployed: Worldwide Company Headquarters Location: United States Vulnerabilities Expand All + CVE-2026-96274 In Baicells Nova 430H, an unauthenticated device within radio range can send a malformed uplink message during connection setup that contains an invalid NAS payload. Because the eNodeB does not properly validate this payload, it forwards the message to the core network, which can trigger a shutdown of the signaling association for the cell. This results in a temporary service disruption until the eNodeB and core network re-establish connectivity. View CVE Details Affected Products Baicells Nova 430H Vendor: Baicells Technologies Product Version: Baicells Technologies Nova 430H eNodeB…
Commercial integrationCyber & space systemsAcquisition & contractsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · Department of War · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
Every seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and a third of U.S. Senate seats, some 470 contests in all, will be decided during the U.S. midterm elections Nov. 3, and the War Department will help ensure foreign actors don't meddle in the voting.
Budget & policyGNSS interferencevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · NASA news releases · score 5.5
In accordance with a contract on-ramp clause, NASA has added Blue Origin’s New Glenn 9×4 launch service to the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract. The New Glenn 9×4 launch service will be available to NASA’s Launch Services Program Office to use for future missions. The NLS II contracts are multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with an […]
NORTHCOMLaunchAcquisition & contractsCommercial integration
2026-09-29 · NASA news releases · score 5.5
Ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission launch, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft are vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in this Sept. 27, 2026, photo. NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey […]
NORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationRussia
2026-09-29 · UK Space Agency · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
The UK Space Agency and Space Florida call aims to stimulate collaborative innovation between UK and Florida space organisations, accelerating the development and commercialisation of cutting-edge space technologies.
NORTHCOMEUCOMAllies & partnersBudget & policyEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- The chief of South Korea's space agency said Wednesd...
PACOMLaunchAllies & partnersSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- The Asia Pacific (APAC) region, including South Kore...
PACOMProliferated LEOCommercial integrationSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · NASA news releases · score 5.75
NASA will participate in the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Antalya, Türkiye, from Monday, Oct. 5, to Friday, Oct. 9, highlighting America’s leadership in human exploration to the Moon and Mars, advancing responsible exploration under the Artemis Accords, world-changing science, and support for the commercial space sector. The IAC, organized by the International Astronautical […]
NORTHCOMOrganization & peopleLunar & cislunarBudget & policy
2026-09-29 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 5.75
The Pentagon on Sept. 28 announced a contract potentially worth $20.7 billion for RTX to build Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles used by Navy and Air Force aircraft and for ground-based interceptors.
EUCOMBudget & policyAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationGPS
2026-09-29 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.75
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has delivered findings on four of the six ongoing investigations into conflict investigations at Sydney Airport in recent months.
PACOMDebris & reentryAcquisition & contractsAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · Defense One · score 6
During its 10-month deployment, USS Frank Petersen Jr. warded off scores of Iranian missiles and drones.
PACOMCENTCOMOrganization & peopleLaunchMissile launches & testsGuam & HawaiiIran
2026-09-29 · NASA news releases · score 6
NASA’s 2027 Human Lander Challenge is seeking ideas from college and university students to help address one of the most critical needs for sustained lunar exploration: reliable communications. As NASA prepares for long-term human presence on the Moon through the Artemis and Moon Base programs, communications systems will be just as important as spacecraft and […]
SPACECOMLunar & cislunarLaunchProliferated LEO
2026-09-29 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 6.25
Space Force Maj. Alyson Gleason and Capt. Stephen Richard just gave their highly technical service a tougher image by becoming the first Guardians to endure 18 punishing days of training to graduate from the Jungle Operations Training Course in Panama.
PACOMExercises & trainingOrganization & peopleAllies & partners
2026-09-29 · Via Satellite · score 6.25
Satellite manufacturer Astro Digital plans to go public in a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger at a $587 million enterprise value. Astro Digital and blank check company Proem Acquisition […]
SPACECOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainAcquisition & contractsIndia
2026-09-29 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 6.25
So is SpaceX just being selfish or what?
SPACECOMCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleIndustrial base & supply chainIndia
2026-09-29 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 6.5
For the past four years, the idea of autonomous drone warfare like Collaborative Combat Aircraft has been discussed as a future concept, rather than near-term reality. But now that promised vision appears imminent, with the Air Force promising at least 1,000 such drones by 2032.
NORTHCOMSTRATCOMCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleAI & autonomy
2026-09-29 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 On Sept. 29, 2026 the Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee held a hearing on the Golden Dome missile defense system. Includes the prepared testimony of David Mosher from the Congressional Budget Office, Thomas Karako from the Center for Strategic and International Studies and David Trachtenberg from the National Institute for Public Policy. Featured: Related Documents Tags: Golden Dome SASC
NORTHCOMSTRATCOMBudget & policyMissile defenseGolden Domevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · SpaceNews · score 6.75
Space Network has secured a $50 million binding pre-order from a renewable energy infrastructure developer in the Philippines for capacity from its planned network of independently owned broadband satellites, the startup announced Sept. 29.
PACOMAllies & partnersCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainPhilippines
2026-09-29 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
Chinese researchers are drafting standards for autonomous satellite coordination and data sharing in a move analysts say could speed up military targeting and make People’s Liberation Army satellite networks more resilient. An expert panel convened by the Chinese Institute of Command and Control (CICC) in Beijing on September 21 approved work on 10 proposed voluntary standards, clearing the way for draft texts to be released for consultation. In an account of the meeting published last Thursday,...
PACOMProliferated LEOAI & autonomyOrganization & peopleChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · The Japan Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
E-truck sales surged almost 80% in the first half from a year earlier, amid the U.S.-Iran war and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries.
PACOMEUCOMProliferated LEOChinaRussiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-29 · NASA news releases · score 9.75
NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission to the International Space Station. Live coverage will stream through a variety of platforms. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live Crew‑13 is scheduled to launch at 11:10 a.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 1, from Space Launch Complex 40 at […]
NORTHCOMSPACECOMLaunchOrganization & peopleRendezvous & proximityRussia
2026-09-28 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 3.25
Active-Duty Airmen and Guardians have until mid-October to update their personnel records with their religious preference using the Pentagon’s new consolidated list of Religious Affiliation Codes, according to a recent Department of the Air Force announcement.
Organization & peopleExercises & training
2026-09-28 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.25
From Vaduz, Torsten Kriening explores why Europe's next move on secure connectivity was pitched in a country of 41,000 people - with Dr. Bianca Lins, Rafel Jordá Siquier of Open Cosmos and ESPI's Hermann Ludwig Moeller on spectrum as strategic infrastructure, and why federation, not another constellation, may be Europe's answer.
EUCOMBudget & policyCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-28 · Spaceflight Now · score 3.75
If the unpiloted test flight goes well, NASA and Boeing hope to launch a piloted Starliner flight in mid 2028, officials said Monday, incorporating redesigned propulsion system valves, more robust subsystems and other modifications expected to prevent the sort of failures that occurred in 2024.
Commercial integrationLaunchOrganization & people
2026-09-28 · SpaceNews · score 4
SpaceX launched its Starship vehicle Sept. 28 on its first attempt to reach orbit and deploy operational satellites.
SPACECOMLaunchCommercial integration
2026-09-28 · UPI (Defense) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
SpaceX's Starship rocket reached orbit on Monday in a first orbital launch attempt with the company's largest and most powerful rocket.
SPACECOMLaunchCommercial integrationvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · The Globe and Mail (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pope Leo led a candlelit procession, starting from the Grotto of Apparitions towards the esplanade of the Lourdes shrine in southern France, joining a nightly tradition on the pilgrimage site on Sunday.
SPACECOMEUCOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · The Globe and Mail (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pope Leo reaffirmed his commitment to ending abuse of children by Catholic priests in a meeting with French abuse survivors on Sunday, hours after the pontiff urged the Church to admit its own failings and heal its 'deep wounds.'
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Annette Young is pleased to welcome Victor GAETAN, Senior International Correspondent for the National Catholic Register. He sees Pope Leo XIV's visit to France as more than a successful pastoral journey. He says it offers a window into the intellectual and political character of Leo's nascent papacy. What has been particularly striking is the breadth of his appeal: Leo has been welcomed by people of different faiths and across France's political spectrum. He also sees a direct intellectual connection between the present Pope and Leo XIII, particularly through Rerum Novarum, which confronted the social consequences of technological and economic transformation at the end of the XIX century.
SPACECOMEUCOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
In recent years, the Catholic Church has taken a growing stance in favour of climate action, culminating with the Vatican's signing of the landmark Paris climate agreement in 2022. As Pope Leo wraps up his four-day visit to France, FRANCE 24's Valerie Dekimpe looks at where religion and the environment meet.
SPACECOMEUCOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
SPACECOMEUCOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pope Leo on Monday warned that relations between nations were becoming "increasingly uncivilised" with people boasting of "lies and deceit", and urged Europe to help "break this cycle"as he wrapped up what France 24's Angela Diffley says has been a "hugely successful" visit to France with a speech in Metz.
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · UPI (Defense) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Appearing Monday in Metz, France, Pope Leo XIV spoke of an "increasingly uncivilized world" and said that Europe can "help to break this cycle."
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
There's a new Pope in town and he's got very different ideas on what France's far-right calls the defense of Christian civilization. Leo the 14th concluding his trip to France in the eastern city of Metz, hometown of a founding father of present-day European federalism Maurice Schumann. There, the head of the world's largest organized religion proudly stated fact, that Europe’s roots are Christian, dating back to the Romans, all the while hailing an EU model that transcends 'us versus them' ideology, which brushes aside ‘might is right’ in favor of human rights and international law.
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Monday is the final day of Pope Leo'svisit to France and the trip has been marked not only by an outpouring of emotion from France's Catholics but also flurry of economic activity. The first figures are beginning to come in from the pope's trip, and unsurprisingly, they're showing a big boost in tourism activity related to his appearances - with hotels and restaurants in and around the cities he's visited getting a particular benefit.
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 4.25
A recent $21 million contract award to three software companies could give the Air Force’s airlift and tanker units real-time software updates in degraded environments, including aircraft fuel, logistics, and other mobility fleet data.
Acquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleAI & autonomy
2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
Pope Leo XIV urged Europe on Monday to draw from its Christian roots and tradition of dialogue to counter the "uncivilised" relations and "desire for domination" driving today's wars, as he wrapped up a four-day state visit to France that leaned heavily into politics and drew huge crowds at every turn.
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 5
The NASA ORBIT (Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology for the Workforce) Challenge invites university and community college students nationwide to work with real NASA intellectual property and mission challenges. Choose your path: develop commercial applications of NASA patents that solve problems here on Earth (ORBIT Earth), or design next-generation technologies for space exploration […]
Acquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleAllies & partners
2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 5
Kristie Foster paved her road to becoming a NASA civil servant with literal miles of dedication. Her work at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, supports NASA’s mission to return American astronauts to the Moon, build a Moon Base for an enduring presence on the lunar surface, and ensure American leadership […]
Lunar & cislunarAcquisition & contractsOrganization & people
2026-09-28 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
Anduril Industries and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems cannot begin Collaborative Combat Aircraft production without a fiscal year 2027 budget, both firms said this month as Congress' funding limbo extends into December. “What we communicate to the Air Force is that we have invested and have gone as far as we can,” Erin Simpson, Anduril’s vice president for strategy execution, told reporters this month at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber conference. “We will not have a cold start to start production in [20]27. We will have assets rolling through. That said, even a company like ours can only do so much without procurement dollars,” she added. Both firms were awarded production contracts in June to build the first three lots of the Air Force’s initial CCA increment, with the FY-27 budget proposal marking the first time the drone wingmen have been included in its procurement request. But CCA manufacturing cannot begin under the continuing resolution that lawmakers signed into law earlier this month, instead keeping government spending limited to FY-26 levels when the new fiscal year starts on Oct. 1. “The CCA program has been designed with flexibility…
CYBERCOMBudget & policyAcquisition & contractsIndustrial base & supply chainvia TJFSCC Daily
Signal faults, communication problems caused Indonesia's April deadly train collision: Investigators
2026-09-28 · CNA (Asia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
The driver of the long-distance train that crashed into a commuter train had not received training in situations which require emergency braking, said a report.
PACOMDebris & reentryExercises & trainingvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · Payload · score 5.25
NASA and Boeing officials announced Monday that they have upgraded and redesigned Starliner following a dicey crewed test flight in 2024, which left NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams stuck on ISS for nine months.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainLaunch
2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
Pope Leo XIV urged Europe on Monday to draw from its Christian roots and traditions of dialogue to blunt the “desire for domination” driving today's wars, as he wrapped up a visit to France by recalling the forces that contributed to the continent's peaceful integration and made his post overtly political message of his trip.
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersAcquisition & contractsEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
Pope Leo urged Europe to remember its Christian history in a speech delivered in Metz, the hometown of Robert Schuman, a founding father of the European Union, during his four-day visit to France. Speaking in French, he urged Europeans to recall the founding values of the EU, including the rule of law and the equality of all people without distinction of race, colour, class or profession.
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersAcquisition & contractsEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to remember its Christian history and appealed for peace and unity in a speech delivered in France's northeastern city of Metz on Monday, the fourth and final day of his visit. "Relations between individuals and states are becoming increasingly uncivilised. The value of keeping one's word is dismissed. Instead, people boast of lies and deceit," he said. "Europe can help to break this cycle through the respect for others that it has learned to cultivate and preserve."
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2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
French President Emmanuel Macron said that Europe must rediscover the “courage of its founders” and not give in to the “resurgence of nationalism" as he delivered an address alongside Pope Leo XIV in Metz on the last day of the pontiff's visit to France.
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2026-09-28 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
Erin Ogunkeye is pleased to welcome Colleen Dulle, Vatican correspondent for America magazine and author of "Struck Down, Not Destroyed". She came to Pope Leo’s visit to France expecting measured diplomacy but was struck by how deeply political the trip became. She observed a pope trying to articulate a vision of Europe shaped simultaneously by its Christian inheritance, its history of conflict, its encounter with other cultures, and its responsibility to pursue peace. His choice of Metz itself was significant. For Leo, this is a place where historic enemies transformed their relationship through reconciliation and cooperation, making Europe itself part of his message.
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2026-09-28 · Via Satellite · score 5.5
Star Catcher Industries (Star Catcher) prototype power node, Protostar, will likely launch next month on board SpaceX’s Transporter-18 mission. The Protostar mission aims to conduct a landmark power beaming demonstration […]
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2026-09-28 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 6
"We couldn't provide detailed pricing to the CLD suppliers."
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2026-09-28 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6
Mission goes ahead despite some fears an initial engine failure after the Texas launch would scupper the attempt SpaceX has sent its enormous Starship rocket into Earth’s orbit for the first time on a milestone flight intended to pave the way for future missions to the moon and Mars. The rocket, the largest and most powerful ever built, blasted off from SpaceX’s Starbase launch facility in Texas at 7.48am local time (1.48pm BST), marking its 14th test flight and first attempt to circle the planet before falling back to Earth.
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2026-09-28 · Payload · score 6.25
Star Catcher announced today that its prototype power node is prepped and ready for launch NET Oct. 1.
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2026-09-28 · NASASpaceflight · score 6.25
NASA and Boeing have laid out a revised path for Starliner that puts an uncrewed…
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2026-09-28 · Payload · score 6.5
After reaching orbit, Starship deployed 26 V3 Starlink sats over about 30 minutes using its ‘Pez dispenser’ system.
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2026-09-28 · DefenseScoop · score 6.5
Lt. Col. Jared “CLiF” Bindl was recently appointed to serve as U.S. Africa Command’s first-ever chief innovation officer.
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2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 6.75
On Sept. 30, 1946, five National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics (NACA) engineers arrived at Muroc Army Airfield in California’s high desert to achieve supersonic flight for the first time. In less than two years, NACA flew the X-1 aircraft faster than the speed of sound, marking an important milestone in aviation history. Fast forward 80 […]
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2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 7
Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated on Sept. 28, 2026, with ticketing information for the public. The four astronauts of NASA’s Artemis II mission will participate in an event hosted by industry and community partners at the University of Houston to discuss their mission around the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft. It will be the […]
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2026-09-28 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 7.25
Six U.S. Air Force F-35A fighters and 200-plus Airmen deployed to India on Sept. 26 for their first appearance in a large-scale exercise on Indian soil.
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2026-09-28 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 7.25
Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.
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2026-09-28 · Via Satellite · score 7.5
SpaceX successfully launched its massive Starship rocket into orbit for the first time and and deployed 26 V3 Starlink satellites during Monday’s Starship Flight 14 mission. However, the company was […]
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2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 8.25
Four crew members are set to launch to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to perform research, technology demonstrations, and maintenance aboard the orbiting laboratory.
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2026-09-28 · Spaceflight Now · score 8.75
The Super Heavy first stage booster, generating some 16 million pounds of thrust — twice the power of NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket — rapidly accelerated as it consumed propellant and lost weight, climbing out of the thick lower atmosphere along a southeasterly trajectory.
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2026-09-28 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 8.75
Starship has reached Earth orbit for the first time on its 14th flight test, deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites, though an early Raptor shutdown cut the orbital phase short before a controlled Pacific splashdown.
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2026-09-28 · The Neuron · via AI feed · score 9.5
Welcome, humans. So apparently DeepMind put 100 Gemini agents into a virtual math conference, and 24 of them became whistleblowers. One agent found a loophole in the automatic proof checker, the program that decides whether an answer counts. Eventually 38 agents noticed it: 14 used the exploit, while 24 refused and reported the bug. You gotta click to see this in action… Tiny problem: nobody was reading the feedback channel until after the experiment ended. *Apparently even robot society can invent both ethics complaints and an unattended support inbox.* DeepMind's point is the part worth…
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2026-09-28 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 9.75
Two years after Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft landed in the New Mexico desert without NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, Boeing and NASA said today it will not be ready to […]
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2026-09-28 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 10
The flight did not go exactly as planned, but SpaceX’s Starship Integrated Flight Test-14 did make it into orbit for the first time today and deployed 26 operational Starlink V3 […]
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2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 11.5
On Monday, NASA and Boeing provided an update on the company’s Starliner spacecraft, including adding additional crew missions and certifying a new rocket for crew transportation to low Earth orbit. “We are living through the most exciting era of space exploration since Apollo,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “As this domain continues to open, there […]
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2026-09-28 · NASA news releases · score 12
A commercial mission to boost NASA’s Swift observatory concluded without raising the spacecraft’s orbit, but the agency and industry vendor gained valuable experience that will benefit future in-space servicing programs.
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2026-09-27 · BBC News (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pope Leo spoke to bishops before leading a service attended by thousands of worshippers in France.
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2026-09-27 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pope Leo called on the Catholic Church to have the courage to face its past before he met with victims of child abuse by priests in France.
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2026-09-27 · The Globe and Mail (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the once staunchly Catholic and officially secular France has been marked by huge crowds
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2026-09-27 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pontiff also uses visit to Catholic shrine at Lourdes to criticise assisted dying as ‘false compassion’ The pope has called on the Catholic church to heal “deep wounds” and “painful errors”, before a meeting with survivors of child sexual abuse as he continues his four-day visit to France. Addressing a crowd in a large field near the Catholic shrine of Lourdes on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV called on the church to reckon with its past, without directly referencing sexual abuse scandals in France that affected at least 330,000 children over seven decades.
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2026-09-27 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pope Leo XIV continued his visit to France in Lourdes, at the major Catholic pilgrimage site in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where he celebrated mass before around 150,000 people. Hendro Munstermann, a Vatican correspondent for the Dutch newspaper Nederland Dagblad, joins us from Lourdes to share his impressions and tell us more about the Pope’s visit.
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2026-09-27 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Earlier on Sunday, British police evacuated nearby homes following a major incident at a British military base. Several men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences, while police said they believed the situation was contained. France 24 correspondent Benedicte Paviot tells us the latest from London.
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2026-09-27 · The Globe and Mail (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pope Leo XIV doubled down on Catholic teaching about life during a visit on Sunday to Lourdes, the French Catholic shrine associated with miraculous cures of the sick. Speaking to a crowd of 150,000, he emphasized all human life should be protected.
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2026-09-27 · The Japan Times · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
During his visit to France, the pontiff urged the Church to admit its own failings and heal its "deep wounds."
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2026-09-27 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.25
The Guardian spoke with surrogates across the US about what they think of the controversy surrounding the practice Surrogacy has been thrust into the national spotlight in recent weeks, with both the announcement of Lena Dunham using a surrogate to start a family and the ongoing legal battle surrounding McKenna West , a gestational surrogate who fled to Texas to avoid having an abortion that was requested by the child’s biological parents. With a renewed public interest on commercial, or compensated, surrogacy, the Guardian spoke with surrogates across the US who shared their experiences and how they feel about surrogacy being part of a global, public conversation.
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2026-09-27 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.25
Expanded police powers to search people in South Australian shopping centres will continue after dozens of weapons were seized over the past year, but the state's children guardian says "more transparent" data is needed.
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2026-09-27 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
After two days in Paris, where he drew hundreds of thousands of worshippers, Pope Leo XIV is continuing his visit to France in the southwestern pilgrimage town of Lourdes. There, he is due to meet privately with survivors of clergy sexual abuse. His four-day trip is the first official papal visit to France in nearly two decades. For more reaction, we can speak to Marc Artzrouni, the French representative for the global coalition “Ending Clergy Abuse”.
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2026-09-27 · Nikkei Asia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.25
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2026-09-27 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 6.5
SpaceX is preparing to launch Starship on its 14th flight test today, in what will be the rocket’s first attempt to reach Earth orbit after 13 deliberately suborbital missions. The mission will also mark Starship’s first deployment of satellites into orbit, with 26 next-generation Starlink V3 spacecraft scheduled for release during the orbital phase.
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2026-09-27 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
Developer Goodman Group says changes in government rules are behind decision to pull plug on ‘Project Mars’ in Lane Cove Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Plans for a controversial $1.2bn datacentre in Lane Cove in Sydney’s north have been withdrawn, with the developer blaming “emerging” regulations from the state and federal governments for the decision to pull the plug. The “Project Mars” plans were withdrawn from the NSW planning portal on Monday, with the developer, Goodman Group, posting on its site that the policy and regulatory environment for large-scale datacentres had “evolved significantly”. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here
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2026-09-27 · NASASpaceflight · score 7.25
After more than a decade of development in many forms, SpaceX’s Starship is slated to…
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2026-09-27 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
From Pope Leo XIV's historic first visit to France to US President Donald Trump meeting China's President Xi Jinping to flooded streets in Bangkok, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking pictures.
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2026-09-27 · The Guardian (Australia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.5
Federal cabinet will discuss the OpenAI breach on Monday as the AI giant pauses testing of latest models amid fallout Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Ageing computer systems used throughout Australia’s government and large sections of the economy are easily exploited by AI agents, increasing the risk that sensitive information could be compromised, Australia’s former chief UN cyber negotiator has warned. As the government urgently undertakes a forensic investigation into a rogue OpenAI agent accessing Medicare data, the AI expert and Tech Policy Design Institute executive director, Johanna Weaver, said huge vulnerabilities existed across older IT systems. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here
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2026-09-27 · The Guardian (Australia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.75
Company behind Claude chatbot expected to attend separate Australian government hearing on AI next week Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The chief executive of Anthropic will turn down an invitation to appear at a Senate committee hearing on AI this week, in the wake of the revelation that OpenAI agents had breached Australian government websites. However, the company will make an appearance before another committee early next week. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here
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2026-09-27 · Inside Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 10.5
A series of defense and national security events takes place in the Washington area this week, including discussions focused on the defense industrial base, Golden Dome and artificial intelligence. Monday Air Force Brig. Gen. Timothy Helfrich speaks at a virtual Mitchell Institute event on service plans for the development, production, fielding, sustainment, and modernization of the Air Force fighter portfolio . The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosts a webinar on the Trump/Xi summit . Tuesday The Senate Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee holds a hearing on Golden Dome . The Atlantic Council hosts a discussion on how allies are investing in the U.S. defense industrial base . Thursday The American Conference Institute hosts an AI for Industrial Security conference . CSIS hosts a discussion on Japan as a great maritime power . Friday White House Office of Management and Budget Office Director Russell Vought speaks at the Hudson Institute on " Revitalizing the Shipbuilding Industrial Base ."
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2026-09-27 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 11
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of September 27-October 3, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The Senate is in session this […]
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2026-09-26 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Crowds line Place de la Concorde on second day of pontiff’s first official papal visit to France in 18 years Hundreds of thousands of people lined the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris on Saturday to attend an open-air mass with Pope Leo, on the second day of his visit to France. The Vatican estimated 700,000 people turned out for the outdoor mass with the 71-year-old American pope – about 100,000 more than the number of people who had registered to attend.
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
More than 800,000 people filled the streets of central Paris to hear Pope Leo XIV say Mass on Saturday, according to Vatican estimates. The pontiff rounded out the second day of his four-day apostolic visit to France by praying at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, a renowned pilgrimage site for Catholics from across the world.
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
🇫🇷 🇻🇦 During #Pope Leo XIV's giant Mass at the Place de la Concorde in #Paris on Saturday, he spoke directly to Catholic youth, calling them the "Church of today". The pontiff made efforts to connect with young people during his visit, holding a youth vigil at the Stade de #France on Friday.
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
🇻🇦👀How do you get into one of the largest outdoor Mass in the world? Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air Mass in front of hundreds of thousands of faithful on Saturday, September 26, in Paris. France 24’s Stella Elgersma was there to tell you more! #Pope #France #LeoXIV
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Father Philip Larrey and Father Michael Baggott are on France 24.
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Luke Shrago talks to Father Grégoire Catta.
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
🇫🇷 🇻🇦 While #PopeLeo XIV rode down #Paris's iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to hold Mass, he took the opportunity to bless babies from the "popemobile
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
The Pope is making the first official papal visit to France in 18 years, during which he is expected to meet survivors of sexual abuse.
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Philip Turle is live from Paris.
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2026-09-26 · UPI (Defense) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pope Leo XIV continued an apostolic journey to France on Saturday by celebrating mass in front of 700,000 people at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
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2026-09-26 · The Globe and Mail (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Turnout of an estimated 800,000 points to church’s lasting influence despite France’s increasing secularization
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
After leaving Paris, Pope Leo XIV ended his second day in France in Lourdes, where he prayed at the Grotto of Massabielle, one of the Catholic Church’s major pilgrimage sites. He is the third pope to visit Lourdes, following Benedict XVI and John Paul II. On Sunday, the pontiff is due to celebrate another open-air mass before meeting privately with seven survivors of clerical sexual abuse. A French inquiry found that members of the Church had abused around 330,000 people as minors over seven decades. Catherine Viette reports.
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
Some 700,000 people are estimated to have packed the Champs-Élysées and Place de la Concorde in Paris on Saturday for Pope Leo XIV's open-air Mass, the high point of his first official visit to France. Scouts, nuns, families and curious onlookers told FRANCE 24 why they came, from quiet prayer to hopes of spotting Canadian singer Céline Dion.
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2026-09-26 · SpaceNews · score 5
Rocket Lab continued a rapid pace of Electron launches with another mission for Japanese radar-imaging company Synspective on Sept. 25.
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2026-09-26 · France 24 (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday described assisted dying as “not normal”, warning believers in the Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes to “reject the temptation to cause death under the guise of false compassion”. France's parliament passed legislation in June establishing a right to assisted dying for some adults suffering from an incurable condition. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.
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2026-09-26 · TAAFT · via AI feed · score 5.5
An AI built its own codebreaking machine, agents are skimming checkouts, YouTube reads comments for you, and more... Here’s a glimpse into what we have today: - An AI cracked a WWII code with one clue. - AI agents are robbing online checkouts. - YouTube will read the comments for you. - A “keep going” prompt broke a physics record. ###### Codebreaking ## AI Cracks a WWII Code [Source: Crypto Cellar Research](https://www.cryptocellar.org/bgac/the-mvueh-break.html) In July 1941, a radio operator punched a short message into an Enigma machine, the device armies used to scramble radio traffic in…
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2026-09-26 · The War Zone · score 7
With the job of launching giant tubes packed with explosives and extremely expensive national security payloads on top, if anywhere could use lasers, it's the Cape.
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2026-09-26 · Spaceflight Now · score 7.25
The three astronauts and one cosmonaut will spend roughly six months onboard the International Space Station. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than Oct. 1.
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2026-09-26 · The Guardian (Australia) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.25
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been invited to appear before the Greens-led inquiry into AI and datacentres Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The chief executives of OpenAI and Anthropic have been called to face a Senate inquiry after rogue OpenAI agents hacked Australian and US government websites. Sam Altman and Dario Amodei were requested to appear at the Greens-led inquiry into AI and datacentres as their companies negotiate with the Labor government for greater access to Australian content in exchange for a greater local presence. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here
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2026-09-25 · C4ISRNET · score 2.75
French firm Thales is “quite advanced” in discussions with a number of NATO countries about using its artificial intelligence-powered C2 system.
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2026-09-25 · Via Satellite · score 3
Vast, a next-generation space infrastructure company is launching a Lunar Programs division in a major strategic move for the company. Vast Lunar Programs will be dedicated to helping advance NASA’s […]
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2026-09-25 · U.S. Space Force · score 3.75
Airmen and Guardians must take action to update their RAC in the Virtual Military Personnel Flight and certify their Record of Emergency Data is accurate.
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2026-09-25 · Department of the Air Force · score 3.75
Airmen and Guardians must take action to update their RAC in the Virtual Military Personnel Flight and certify their Record of Emergency Data is accurate.
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2026-09-25 · SpaceNews · score 4
Britain can see the threats to its satellites. It still can’t stop them.
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2026-09-25 · NPR World · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pope Leo XIV raised existential concerns about scientific progress, life and human rights during a speech on his first papal visit to France.
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2026-09-25 · The Globe and Mail (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Pontiff decries world leaders who disrespect the rule of law as UN General Assembly continues in New York
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2026-09-25 · Politico Europe · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
At the Élysée, the pope defended freedom of conscience without naming the far right, as front-runner Marine Le Pen revives a proposed headscarf ban.
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2026-09-25 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 4.25
NASA's PRIMA mission will use spare parts from Webb to do major science at a lower cost.
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2026-09-25 · Mitchell Institute (Spacepower Advantage) · score 4.25
The Hill | September 16, 2026
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2026-09-25 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 5
"There is always a tension that comes with seeing the first of anything fly."
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2026-09-25 · The Diplomat · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
Projects developed within bilateral frameworks could form an international infrastructure that provides China with operational advantages in space.
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2026-09-25 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 5.25
New Air Force, Pentagon, and White House initiatives aim to chip away at an issue that has long frustrated leaders and families across the military: spouse employment. For years now, the percentage of unemployed military spouses has held steady at around 20 percent, experts say.
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2026-09-25 · Payload · score 5.5
When FUSE was founded in 2020, the goal was to bring the Bay Area VC experience to software firms in Seattle, WA. However, the VC firm has since found success among the stars and broadened its reach across the US, announcing its eighth space investment this week.
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2026-09-25 · NASA news releases · score 5.75
During a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28, NASA and Boeing leadership will discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights to and from the International Space Station. Learn where to watch online: https://www.nasa.gov/live The briefing participants include: Media already credentialed for Crew-13 may participate in person at NASA’s Kennedy […]
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2026-09-25 · NASA news releases · score 6
The Republic of San Marino became the 76th signatory to the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in the city of Rimini on Friday with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “San Marino joins a growing coalition of like-minded nations committed to the peaceful, transparent, and responsible exploration of space,” said NASA Deputy Administrator […]
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2026-09-25 · The War Zone · score 6
The missile deal would drastically expand Riga’s precision-fire reach as NATO’s eastern flank races to build up its conventional long-range strike capabilities.
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2026-09-25 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 6
The Anduril-built Barracuda cruise missile recently received certification as the Air Force’s first large-scale production munition compliant with open systems architecture.
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2026-09-25 · NASA news releases · score 6.5
Spacecraft propulsion traditionally relies on volatile fuels and separate, bulky systems for different types of maneuvering in space. NASA is working to change that paradigm. Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, recently completed a rigorous series of environmental and physical tests on a new small satellite designed to make spaceflight safer […]
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2026-09-25 · DVIDS — U.S. Space Command · score 7
U.S. Space Command held its third APOLLO INSIGHT Commercial Integration Wargame exercise on September 23, 2026.
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2026-09-25 · NASA news releases · score 7.25
For more information, contact Donald S. Parker, Kennedy Space Center, [email protected] Download the PDF version Improper casting and forging processes in the manufacture of aluminum alloy 2219 can lead to microstructural defects that result in a sub-optimal response to anodic surface treatments and an increase in corrosion susceptibility. This Technical Bulletin communicates the risks of […]
LaunchBudget & policyCommercial integrationCASC / CASIC (PRC state industry)China
2026-09-25 · Spaceflight Now · score 7.25
Liftoff of the USSF-385 mission atop a Falcon 9 is scheduled for 5:56 a.m. PDT (8:56 a.m. EDT / 1256 UTC) at the opening of a three-hour launch window.
SPACECOMNORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationProliferated LEOStarlink / Starshield
2026-09-25 · NPR World · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.75
Pope Leo XIV has warned that a "paradise of machines" could undermine humanity. He raises concerns about artificial intelligence, nuclear arms, and human rights during his visit to France.
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersNuclear & NC3AI & autonomyEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-25 · NASASpaceflight · score 8
With Flight 14 being Starship’s first intended orbital mission, a near-term manifest is already pointing…
SPACECOMNORTHCOMLaunchOrganization & peopleProliferated LEOStarlink / Starshield
2026-09-25 · Via Satellite · score 10.5
Arabsat announced Thursday that contracted China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) to build and launch a new satellite named ARABSAT-50. The new satellite coincides with the regional operator’s 50th anniversary. […]
PACOMSPACECOMOrganization & peopleLaunchAcquisition & contractsCASC / CASIC (PRC state industry)China
2026-09-25 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 12
The Air Force has invested $87.4 million to upgrade the F-16 Fighting Falcon's electronic warfare capabilities, bolstering the fighter's self-protection against increasingly advanced threats. Bringing the total program value to $1.92 billion, the move is expected to jump-start fielding by funding low-rate initial production of the AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite, or IVEWS.
CENTCOMPACOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleAcquisition & contractsHouthi / Red Sea interferenceIranMiddle East
2026-09-24 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 2.5
Voyager Technologies and Exobiosphere have added two research campaigns aboard the International Space Station, expanding their partnership as they work to establish a recurring model for pharmaceutical and biotechnology research in microgravity.
Commercial integrationAllies & partners
2026-09-24 · C4ISRNET · score 3
The CIA reportedly warned European nations of a suspected Russian plot to launch explosive drones from aboard commercial vessels in the Mediterranean.
EUCOMAllies & partnersBudget & policyExercises & trainingEuropeRussia
2026-09-24 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 3.5
Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.—a longtime hub for A-10 Thunderbolt II tactical training, operational testing and maintenance—ended nearly a half-century of flying the venerable Warthog on Sept. 22.
CENTCOMSTRATCOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingAllies & partnersIran
2026-09-24 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.75
Beyond Gravity is doubling annual output at its satellite dispenser facility in Linköping, Sweden, as constellation-scale deployment drives demand for higher-volume production.
SPACECOMEUCOMIndustrial base & supply chainEurope
2026-09-24 · DefenseScoop · score 4
The sea service released a call for solutions as it pursues medium unmanned surface vessels.
Acquisition & contractsCommercial integrationBudget & policy
2026-09-24 · SpaceNews · score 4
Starfish Space will launch its first Otter satellite-servicing spacecraft next month to test inspection and docking technologies.
LaunchRendezvous & proximity
2026-09-24 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
China’s next aircraft carrier could be longer than the US Navy’s largest warship, according to new satellite images that offer fresh clues about how far from home Beijing intends to operate its fleet – and the logistics it will need to do so. Captured on September 4, the images show that work has begun on the bulbous bow of the carrier under construction at Dalian Shipyard in northeastern China, defence intelligence company Janes reported last week. Measurements from the stern to the projected...
PACOMCommercial integrationChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-24 · GAO reports · score 4.75
What GAO Found Remote and isolated military installations are often away from population centers or located in austere environments, making the delivery of critical support services, such as health care or housing, challenging. GAO found that while remote and isolated installations consistently faced challenges in areas such as recruiting and retaining civilian personnel, the causes and severity of those challenges differed by location. For example, in Alaska, Eielson Air Force Base had the most vacant positions (428) while Fort Greely and Clear Space Force Station had no vacant critical support services positions. In 2024, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued guidance for designating installations as remote and isolated. As of May 2026, the Departments of the Army and Navy compiled lists of remote and isolated installations in accordance with this guidance. The Department of the Air Force has opted not to make a formal designation at this time. A DOD official stated that efforts to fully develop the risk assessment process outlined in the same guidance will begin once the initial designations of remote and isolated installations are complete. However, this guidance does not…
NORTHCOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policy
2026-09-24 · The Neuron · via AI feed · score 5
Welcome, humans. Okay, so Claude Opus 5.5 apparently has a rap career now. [A.J. released "No Samples"](https://x.com/aj_dev_smith/status/2102803889183736141?utm_source=www.theneurondaily.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=what-950-claude-agents-found), a rap single and music video where the audio and on-screen visuals were generated entirely with custom JavaScript written by the model. The weird part is the workflow. Claude was not only making creative output, it was writing the little production system used to generate and assemble that output. *Ableton, but the producer also writes…
LaunchOrganization & peopleNuclear & NC3SCN / R2C2 / groundvia AI feed
2026-09-24 · Payload · score 5.25
The round follows a $70M Series B in September 2025, and brings Hubble’s total financing to $300M to date.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainLaunch
2026-09-24 · Payload · score 5.25
Solar has become one of the space industry’s most consequential procurement decisions.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationLaunchAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-24 · NASA news releases · score 5.75
Côte d’Ivoire signed the Artemis Accords on Thursday, becoming the 75th signatory and marking a major milestone for this growing coalition. With the signing ceremony in the nation’s largest city, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire joined other like-minded nations and committed to the peaceful, transparent, and responsible exploration of the Moon, Mars, and beyond. “The United States […]
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMLunar & cislunarBudget & policyAllies & partners
2026-09-24 · Spaceflight Now · score 6
Once it goes through a confirmation review, the observatory can proceed into construction. The 5.9-foot telescope will be capped at a project cost of $1.2 billion, which excludes launch “and other non-project costs.”
EUCOMPACOMAllies & partnersLaunchOrganization & peopleEuropeJapan
2026-09-24 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 6.5
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington D.C. has been filled with signs of American airpower: U.S. Air Force B-1 and B-2 bombers and F-22 fighters have all performed flyovers Sept. 23-24.
PACOMNORTHCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersBudget & policyChinaRussia
2026-09-24 · NASA news releases · score 6.75
NASA announced the winners of the Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table Thursday, with the top $300,000 prize being awarded to Chinyere Ukeje of Philadelphia, Pa. for the Adaptive Nourishment Infrastructure (ANI) food system concept. This competition challenged solvers to explore innovative solutions for integrated space food systems that would provide safe, nutritious meals […]
NORTHCOMSPACECOMAcquisition & contractsIndustrial base & supply chainLaunch
2026-09-24 · The Guardian (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.75
Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity Newcastle University is facing a backlash from conservationists over the appointment of the heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who runs a controversial mega-zoo as a professor of sustainability. The university announced that Anant Ambani had been given a professorship of practice for “his work in conservation, biodiversity protection, animal welfare and environmental stewardship” and “significant contributions to advancing a more sustainable future”.
PACOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersSBIRS / Next-Gen OPIRIndiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-24 · Via Satellite · score 7
SSC Space and Saab are teaming up to explore potential areas of cooperation related to space and Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). These will include the use of Esrange Space Center as […]
EUCOMSPACECOMAllies & partnersLaunchProliferated LEOEurope
2026-09-24 · Payload · score 9
“There’s a lot of ingredients—so many ingredients—that need to come together for that landing, and we owe everybody an update,” he said. “There’s going to be an Artemis acceleration update…sometime in early October. Maybe it might even coincide with the [ISS] Crew 13 launch.”
PACOMSPACECOMLunar & cislunarBudget & policyOrganization & peopleChina
2026-09-24 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 10
The Pave Hawk has landed, for the final time: the Air Force’s HH-60G helicopter made its final flight earlier this month. The 129th Rescue Wing of the California Air National Guard had a divestment ceremony for the service’s last operational HH-60G on Sept. 10 at Moffett Air National Guard Base. The type is being replaced by the updated HH-60 Jolly Green II.
NORTHCOMPACOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyAllies & partnersJapanEurope
2026-09-24 · Payload · score 11
Isaacman is less than a year on the job, but he’s already upended the way the agency interacts with the rest of the world.
EUCOMPACOMAllies & partnersLunar & cislunarOrganization & peopleEuropeChina
2026-09-24 · NASA news releases · score 11.25
Four crew members from three space agencies will launch to the International Space Station no earlier than spring 2027 for a long-duration science expedition as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-14 mission. NASA astronauts Kayla Barron and Chris Birch will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Makoto Suwa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut […]
PACOMNORTHCOMOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationExercises & trainingJapanRussia
2026-09-23 · U.S. Space Force · score 2.5
Top leaders of the Air Force and Space Force, joined by their spouses, offered observations into the lives of military families and how that dynamic contributes in real ways to readiness and defense of the nation.
Exercises & training
2026-09-23 · Payload · score 3.25
A new partnership between Astrolab and Interstellar Mapping is one giant leap for mapkind.
Lunar & cislunarLaunchAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-23 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 3.25
“No one wants a war in space. We are positioned to deter this,” said Harv Symth, UK Chief of the Air Staff
EUCOMOrganization & peopleLaunchEurope
2026-09-23 · UK Ministry of Defence (space) · score 3.25
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting highlighting the importance of space to national security and daily life in the UK.…
EUCOMOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-09-23 · DefenseScoop · score 3.5
Senior defense officials provided an update on the department’s adoption of AI at DefenseTalks.
Organization & peopleAI & autonomyCommercial integration
2026-09-23 · UK Ministry of Defence (space) · score 4.5
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth delivered the opening keynote of the UK Space Power Conference, setting out how the UK will defend its interests in space .
EUCOMOrganization & peopleAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-09-23 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4.75
UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting closed day one of the UK Space Power Conference by placing control of space at the heart of British deterrence, and warned that adversaries use satellite disruption to fuel populism.
EUCOMSTRATCOMOrganization & peopleNuclear & NC3Europe
2026-09-23 · Focus Taiwan (CNA) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
Taipei, Sept. 24 (CNA) A former Taipei City social worker was ordered detained and held incommunicado Wednesday on suspicion of embezzling more than NT$12 million (US$377,079) from five elderly clients for whom she had been appointed guardian.
PACOMOrganization & peopleTaiwanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-23 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 5
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and Anduril Industries both say they’re ready to produce Collaborative Combat Aircraft at a rapid clip and even expand that production, as they wait for a fiscal 2027 budget to fund that work.
CYBERCOMBudget & policyAcquisition & contractsIndustrial base & supply chain
2026-09-23 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5
Italy will continue to chair the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) after consensus among COPUOS' 110 member states was reached to appoint Ambassador Mario Cospito, Special Commissioner of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), as Chair for the 2026–2027 biennium.
EUCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersBudget & policyEurope
2026-09-23 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5
The UK Space Agency is seeking a commercial Earth observation provider to deliver operational support to the International Charter: Space and Major Disasters under a procurement estimated at £546,693. The contract, scheduled to run from January 2027 through March 2029, is intended to support the provision of satellite data during Charter activations.
EUCOMAcquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-23 · NASA news releases · score 5.75
The Republic of Croatia became the 74th signatory to the Artemis Accords on Wednesday during a ceremony in the capital city of Zagreb with NASA and U.S. Department of State officials present. “It is my privilege to welcome the Republic of Croatia as the latest signatory of the Artemis Accords,” said NASA Deputy Matt Anderson […]
EUCOMLunar & cislunarBudget & policyLaunchEurope
2026-09-23 · Dark Reading · via Cyber Watch · score 6.25
Incoming email addresses automatically assigned to each user on the platform contain highly privileged access tokens that attackers can use.
Counterspace threatCyber & space systemsIndustrial base & supply chainvia Cyber Watch
2026-09-23 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 6.75
As the Space Force eyes a possible fivefold increase in the number of satellites it operates on orbit, defense officials are looking for ways to shore up the industrial base to support that growth, which is expected over the next three to five years.
SPACECOMEUCOMIndustrial base & supply chainAcquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-09-23 · NASASpaceflight · score 6.75
With Booster 21 and Ship 41 stacked at the launch site as of early morning…
SPACECOMLaunchDebris & reentryExercises & trainingIndia
2026-09-23 · Spaceflight Now · score 7.25
The inclusion of the upper stage, tail number Ship 41, comes ahead of a probable fueling demonstration planned in the days leading up to a launch attempt. Starship Flight 14 is scheduled for no earlier than Sept. 28, pending approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
SPACECOMNORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationProliferated LEOStarlink / Starshield
2026-09-23 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Thursday it has test-fired shells f...
PACOMMissile launches & testsLaunchNorth KoreaSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-23 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Thursday it has test-fired shells f...
PACOMMissile launches & testsLaunchNorth KoreaSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-23 · Via Satellite · score 7.75
Measat calls for sovereign space capabilities to be a national investment priority in the country’s 2027 budget process. The Malaysian regional satellite operator released five priorities for the budget process […]
SPACECOMPACOMBudget & policyCommercial integrationAllies & partners
2026-09-23 · Defense News (Space) · score 8
Spooked by U.S. restrictions on satellite data access during recent crises, European countries are scrambling to catch up on sovereign capabilities.
EUCOMCENTCOMCommercial integrationBudget & policyAllies & partnersStarlink / StarshieldEuropeUkraine
2026-09-23 · C4ISRNET · score 8
Spooked by U.S. restrictions on satellite data access during recent crises, European countries are scrambling to catch up on sovereign capabilities.
EUCOMCENTCOMCommercial integrationBudget & policyAllies & partnersStarlink / StarshieldEuropeUkraine
2026-09-23 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8
While major powers compete in militarised space races and state-led megaprojects, a group comprising a Russian astronaut trainer, Chinese science educators and Malaysian collaborators is laying the groundwork for an international youth space camp. Set to be held in Penang’s rainforest eco-park in late 2027 at the earliest, the week-long programme will gather youth from around the region to inspire future spacefarers, scientists and global citizens through physical exercises, immersion in space...
PACOMEUCOMExercises & trainingOrganization & peopleChinaRussiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-23 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 8.25
"Beijing's intended strategy is to dominate the high ground of the twenty-first century."
PACOMNORTHCOMBudget & policyLunar & cislunarAcquisition & contractsChina
2026-09-23 · NASA news releases · score 8.5
Shannon Lucid’s Record-Setting Mission Aboard Mir Three days before returning to Earth, Shannon W. Lucid—who joined NASA in 1978 as one of its first six female astronauts—checked in on wheat growing in the Svet greenhouse aboard the Russian space station Mir. For six months, Lucid lived and worked alongside two Russian cosmonauts conducting life science […]
EUCOMSPACECOMOrganization & peopleAcquisition & contractsBudget & policyRussia
2026-09-23 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 8.75
The Air Force is slashing all civilian positions at its premier research institute for Chinese military aviation, prompting concern among experts who say it will dilute the service’s focus on the Pentagon’s most significant long-term adversary.
PACOMCYBERCOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingChina
2026-09-22 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 2.5
Around 8,000 Airmen and Guardians currently have medical waivers exempting them from shaving—thousands less than just a few years ago but still about half of all the waivers across the U.S. military. The revelation comes shortly after the Department of the Air Force started directing commanders to consider separating those who have had medical shaving profiles for too long.
Organization & peopleBudget & policy
2026-09-22 · U.S. Indo-Pacific Command · score 3
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Inside the flooded ballast tanks of a Virginia-class submarine, where there is no natural light and spaces are tighter than shoulder-width, Royal Australian Navy divers are learning how to sustain one of the world's most advanced undersea platforms. Although the work is gritty, technical, and claustrophobic, it represents one of the clearest signs yet that AUKUS; the enhanced security partnership between Australia, the U.S. and the U.K.; is progressing and delivering results.
PACOMAllies & partnersAustraliaGuam & Hawaii
2026-09-22 · DefenseScoop · score 3.5
While ubiquitous connectivity is often taken for granted in today’s world, it will be essential to driving the Navy’s adoption of advanced technologies like autonomy and AI, even in degraded or denied environments, CIO Barry Tanner said.
PACOMCENTCOMProliferated LEOBudget & policyAllies & partnersMiddle East
2026-09-22 · Payload · score 4.25
The FCC will vote Sept. 30 on whether to narrow which commission activities face environmental review, and streamline the process for the ones that require assessment.
Budget & policyCommercial integrationDebris & reentry
2026-09-22 · UK Ministry of Defence (space) · score 4.25
The RAF stood up No. 3 Space Effects Squadron, its first unit to disrupt, degrade and deny threats to UK satellites; Nos. 4-6 are planned, per the Chief of the Air Staff on 23 Sep (UK MOD, Via Satellite).
A CSpO partner now fields a space effects unit, widening combined space control options.
Consider the new squadron in CSpO and Olympic Defender partner engagement.
EUCOMAllies & partnersOrganization & peopleCounterspace threatEuropeAI-curated
2026-09-22 · DefenseScoop · score 5.25
Technology leaders warn that legacy monitoring tools create critical blind spots across complex cloud architectures and are no longer sustainable to support autonomous and AI-dependent systems.
CYBERCOMAI & autonomyCyber & space systemsAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-22 · Via Satellite · score 5.25
Planet officially opened its new Berlin manufacturing facility on Tuesday, marking facility handover and cleanroom fit-out. The 5,700-square-meter facility, announced last year to double Pelican satellite production capacity, is expected […]
EUCOMIndustrial base & supply chainCommercial integrationAllies & partnersEurope
2026-09-22 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. J-50 design team reveals leapfrog tech for China’s next-gen stealth fighters China’s next-generation combat aircraft will be able to fly by themselves if a pilot loses consciousness, navigate without satellite signals and operate in self-reorganising large drone formations. 2. Chinese scientists develop oil...
PACOMOrganization & peopleChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-22 · NASA news releases · score 6
Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University New Brunswick, NB, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 This week we had two planning days (Tuesday and Friday), as Monday was Labor Day in North America, where many of the Curiosity team are based. Labor Day (the first Monday in September) marks […]
NORTHCOMLaunchAcquisition & contractsExercises & training
2026-09-22 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 7
"There was absolutely a time where we were trying to make everyone happy."
PACOMAllies & partnersLunar & cislunarLaunchChina
2026-09-22 · U.S. Pacific Command · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA — The U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC) Oceania Engagement Team (OET) and USARPAC Chaplain Directorate recently completed a two-week community mental health and religious leader engagement across all four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), working with local leaders to strengthen community resilience.
PACOMProliferated LEOOrganization & peoplePacific Islandsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-22 · NASASpaceflight · score 7.75
SpaceX rolled Ship 41 to the launch site for stacking with Booster 21, and the…
PACOMLaunchProliferated LEOCommercial integrationStarlink / StarshieldIndia
2026-09-22 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.75
Cutting-edge Chinese technology could gradually be becoming part of Serbia’s weapons systems with the appearance of robot dogs in a Serbian military drill on the weekend soon after the opening of a Chinese robotics factory in the Balkan country, according to observers. Robodogs equipped with machine guns, grenade launchers and rocket launchers were among the major weapons systems unveiled at Serbia’s Pobednik 2026 large-scale tactical live-fire exercise on Sunday. The event involved its army,...
PACOMEUCOMExercises & trainingLaunchBudget & policyChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-22 · NASA news releases · score 8
Students in New Hampshire will hear from NASA astronaut Anil Menon as he answers prerecorded STEM questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 11:35 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 24, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel. This event is hosted by the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, […]
PACOMOrganization & peopleAcquisition & contractsExercises & trainingJapan
2026-09-22 · The War Zone · score 9.25
The tanker deployment will support Saudi Arabia's defense against Houthi missiles and drones.
CENTCOMEUCOMCommercial integrationExercises & trainingAllies & partnersHouthi / Red Sea interferenceMiddle EastIran
2026-09-22 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 11
A new think tank report calls for a buildup of U.S. drones and munitions needed for a potential fight against the Chinese military over Taiwan, thought other experts argue the report is missing some nuance in the munitions equation.
PACOMCENTCOMBudget & policyIndustrial base & supply chainOrganization & peopleTaiwanChina
2026-09-21 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3
From World Space Business Week in Paris, SWISSto12's Fredrik Gustavsson joins Torsten Kriening to discuss a new partnership with Mitsubishi Electric, a profitable path toward around 200 million in revenue, and how 3D-printed payloads are unlocking faster, lower-cost satellites.
Allies & partnersJapanEurope
2026-09-21 · Payload · score 3.75
The return to the Moon is an infrastructure story, and Deloitte has created numbers to back it up. The number: A new report from Deloitte, Building the Lunar Economy: How a Sustained Presence on the Moon Could Transform Life, Industry, and Infrastructure on Earth and Beyond, puts the lunar economy’s cumulative economic value through 2050…
Lunar & cislunarAcquisition & contractsCommercial integration
2026-09-21 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.75
HEO has raised US$25 million in Series B funding to extend its commercial non-Earth imaging network into geostationary orbit, building AI-driven intelligence on spacecraft across orbital regimes.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationBudget & policy
2026-09-21 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4
Written by Jascha Langenberg Reaching maturity is not the end of a space start-up’s journey. Chapter 6 explores how companies shift from R&D to financial discipline, the realities of IPOs and M&A, and what a successful exit can look like in Europe’s space sector.
SPACECOMEUCOMCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-21 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 4.25
The Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing received its first F-35A Joint Strike Fighter on Sept. 13, becoming the latest unit to get its hands on the new fifth-generation jet.
NORTHCOMPACOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyExercises & trainingJapan
2026-09-21 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4.5
Terma has joined MDA Space's AURORA supply chain, providing ground support equipment for testing and checkout during satellite production and integration.
Space weatherMissile defenseIndustrial base & supply chain
2026-09-21 · Nikkei Asia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
PACOMAllies & partnersJapanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-21 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.5
Diamonds goalkeeper Sarah Klau is named in Australia's squad for the Constellation Cup, despite being sanctioned by the sport's national governing body.
PACOMAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-21 · Payload · score 5.25
Exolaunch signed an agreement to support customer payloads on a SpaceX Starfall reentry mission scheduled to launch on a Starship NET 2029.
Commercial integrationLaunchAllies & partnersIndiaEurope
2026-09-21 · NASA news releases · score 5.25
When NASA’s Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Mars’ Jezero Crater in September 2023, mission scientists were surprised by what they found. Called the “Margin Unit,” the geologic area stretches along the shoreline of an ancient Martian lake, so they expected sedimentary rocks, which would have formed as layers of sand piled on top […]
SPACECOMExercises & trainingOrganization & people
2026-09-21 · NASA news releases · score 6.25
2026 NAHF Enshrinement Ceremony 9.24.26.pdf An Evening with the Stars EWTS 9.16.26.pdf Maryland Space Business Roundtable 9.9.26 Virginia Aerospace Business Association (VASBA) Gala 9.24.26.pdf Roman Space Telescope Event 8.28.26.pdf The Planetary Society_Celebrating Viking 7.20.26.pdf Farnborough Airshow Events 7.18-19.26 University of Maryland Acres 7.14.26.pdf Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum_Blue Origin 7.14.26.pdf Space Business Roundtable_MSBR 7.22.2026.pdf […]
NORTHCOMCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleBudget & policyEurope
2026-09-21 · U.S. Space Force · score 6.25
Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force John F. Bentivegna visited Vandenberg Space Force Base Sept. 18, engaging with Guardians, Airmen and civilian personnel across multiple mission areas to reinforce the service's foundational priority to "Forge the Guardian Ethos."
SPACECOMLaunchOrganization & peopleAllies & partners
2026-09-21 · NASA news releases · score 6.75
NASA kicked off its State Hubs for Skilled Technical Workforce initiative Sept. 15, 2026 with awardees at Space Center Houston. Agency leadership convened State Hub partners to align strategy and build momentum while focusing on partnerships, small business engagement, and next steps. “The NASA State Hubs initiative is a top priority for the agency, because […]
NORTHCOMEUCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersIndustrial base & supply chain
2026-09-21 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7
Chinese researchers have tested a new way for spacecraft to navigate in deep space, putting a concept funded by Nasa into practice and paving the way for the country’s planned mission to Jupiter in 2030. Known as stellar aberration navigation, the approach uses tiny shifts in the relative position of stars to work out how fast a probe is moving and in what direction, allowing autonomous real-time navigation without constantly relying on tracking and commands from Earth. In a low-Earth-orbit...
PACOMOrganization & peopleAI & autonomyLunar & cislunarChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-21 · Via Satellite · score 7.25
As Europe works to move faster in its space defense capabilities, leaders at the Space and Defense & Security Summit say Ukraine accelerated a shift in institutional urgency yet challenges […]
EUCOMAcquisition & contractsRendezvous & proximityCommercial integrationEuropeUkraine
2026-09-21 · Spaceflight Now · score 7.25
The first planned orbital Starship mission is scheduled for launch from Starbase in Texas as soon as Sept. 28, pending final approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
SPACECOMNORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationDebris & reentryStarlink / Starshield
2026-09-21 · NASA news releases · score 7.5
The Republic of Albania signed the Artemis Accords Monday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, joining the coalition of like‑minded nations committed to the responsible and transparent exploration of space. “It is my privilege to welcome the Republic of Albania as the 73rd signatory of the Artemis Accords,” said […]
NORTHCOMEUCOMLunar & cislunarBudget & policyOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-09-21 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 7.5
From World Space Business Week in Paris, Dr. P. Anbalagan, Principal Secretary for the Government of Maharashtra, joins Laura Todd to explain how India's largest subnational economy is building a space ecosystem end to end - a 300-acre innovation city, 30,000 startups, shared facilities, and a 2027 Space Fest.
PACOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersCommercial integrationIndiaEurope
2026-09-21 · NASA news releases · score 7.75
On Sept. 12-13, NASA’s Johnson Space Center employees brought the excitement and wonder of space exploration to Houston’s Japan Festival at Hermann Park. For more than 30 years, the festival has immersed guests in traditional Japanese culture through food, dance, martial arts, music, and more, Johnson has supported the festival as an exhibitor for the […]
PACOMAllies & partnersLunar & cislunarBudget & policyJapan
2026-09-21 · NASASpaceflight · score 8.25
SpaceX’s disk-shaped Starfall reentry capsule, first flown on Falcon 9 in June, now has two…
EUCOMPACOMLaunchCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainEuropeIndia
2026-09-20 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.25
Dhruva Space and Thales Alenia Space have signed an MoU to explore collaboration on satellite constellations, space infrastructure and advanced systems, as India's private sector expands beyond its home market.
PACOMAllies & partnersEuropeIndia
2026-09-20 · ABC News Australia · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
A man in his 20s dies after hitting a goalpost while being towed by a quad bike at a recreation reserve in regional New South Wales.
Rendezvous & proximityAllies & partnersOrganization & peopleIndiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-20 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.75
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean space startup Innospace Co. said Monday...
NORTHCOMPACOMLaunchAllies & partnersCommercial integrationSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-20 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 9.25
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of September 20-26, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The Senate is in session this week. […]
PACOMEUCOMBudget & policyLaunchExercises & trainingChinaEurope
2026-09-20 · Focus Taiwan (CNA) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9.75
Taipei, Sept. 21 (CNA) Taiwan and other democracies must strengthen their resilience against the "sharp power" wielded by authoritarian regimes such as China and Russia to defend their shared democratic values, a visiting American scholar said Monday.
PACOMEUCOMProliferated LEOAllies & partnersTaiwanChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-19 · Focus Taiwan (CNA) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
Taipei, Sept. 19 (CNA) Taiwan should draw lessons from Ukraine's wartime experience, international experts said at a forum on resilience building in Taipei on Saturday, stressing the need for training to build a resilient society capable of recovery in a crisis.
PACOMEUCOMProliferated LEOExercises & trainingTaiwanUkrainevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-18 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3
From World Space Business Week in Paris, Franck Mouriaux, acting CEO of FADA, joins Laura Todd to share how the company went from a blank page in 2024 to operating its first satellite on orbit - and why, with technology increasingly accessible, the real differentiator is the ability to execute.
SPACECOMCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-18 · U.S. Space Force · score 3.5
Following the signing of Executive Order 14184, Tech. Sgt. Kandice Whitt returned to military service after previously being discharged under the COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Organization & peopleBudget & policy
2026-09-18 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 4.25
Air Force depots are not typically meant for quick repair jobs, but during Operation Epic Fury, the service moved some of its stateside heavy maintenance capability forward to fix battle-damaged aircraft closer to the fight.
EUCOMCENTCOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyAcquisition & contractsEuropeIran
2026-09-18 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 4.5
More than 130 Airmen and Guardians have returned to service after leaving the military rather than receive the COVID-19 vaccine. And more could follow, an Air Force official said.
CYBERCOMOrganization & peopleCyber & space systems
2026-09-18 · NASA news releases · score 5.75
To continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification.
SPACECOMAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationLaunch
2026-09-18 · Breaking Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.75
“An increasing share of power — and also vulnerabilities — will be concentrated in these spaces, which are largely invisible to citizens.” the document says.
EUCOMBudget & policyAllies & partnersCyber & space systemsEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-18 · SpaceNews · score 6.25
IRVINE, Calif. and TORINO, Italy – Sept. 17, 2026 – Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin company and a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, […]
EUCOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersEurope
2026-09-18 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 6.25
The 55th Wing officially retired the EC-130H Compass Call aircraft in a ceremony Sept. 18 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., while the 355th Wing there retired its final A-10 Warthog, another major transition for the base.
CENTCOMEUCOMOrganization & peopleAcquisition & contractsExercises & trainingMiddle East
2026-09-18 · Payload · score 6.5
European space startups have long wondered when big institutional buyers would stop handing large contracts exclusively to legacy A&D primes. During the last few weeks, it’s become clear that time is now.
EUCOMCommercial integrationAllies & partnersIndustrial base & supply chainSCN / R2C2 / groundEurope
2026-09-18 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 6.5
From World Space Business Week in Paris, Portal Space Systems CEO Jeff Thornburg joins Torsten Kriening to explain why he bought an entire SpaceX rocket, how solar thermal propulsion enables MEO-to-LEO transfers in under three hours, and why the future of deep space is nuclear.
SPACECOMSTRATCOMLaunchIndustrial base & supply chainOrganization & peopleEurope
2026-09-18 · CISA News & Alerts · via Cyber Watch · score 6.75
CYBERCOMCyber & space systemsProliferated LEOExercises & trainingvia Cyber Watch
2026-09-18 · Payload · score 7
Ever since President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 28 establishing a US Space Academy, states have been coming out of the woodwork to make the case for why the school should call it home.
NORTHCOMSPACECOMBudget & policyExercises & trainingLaunchEurope
2026-09-18 · NASA news releases · score 7.5
Using data from the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star’s outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source for strong X-ray flares. The research is part of NASA’s exploration of the extreme universe to better understand how the […]
PACOMAllies & partnersLaunchCommercial integrationJapan
2026-09-18 · Payload · score 7.5
Demand appears to be skyrocketing, thanks to a new wave of pharmaceutical companies and researchers realizing that microgravity can provide benefits in drug discovery and research.
EUCOMSPACECOMIndustrial base & supply chainLaunchAllies & partnersEuropeIndia
2026-09-18 · NASASpaceflight · score 7.5
As China integrates crewed and robotic missions to further its lunar exploration program, it is…
PACOMLaunchExercises & trainingLunar & cislunarChina
2026-09-18 · Defense One · score 8.5
The Florida facility is key to the Pentagon’s plans to launch a thousand rockets a year.
NORTHCOMSPACECOMLaunchOrganization & peopleCyber & space systemsNSSL / launch programs
2026-09-18 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8.75
China and the Philippines exchanged blame over a clash on Friday in disputed waters in the South China Sea, further fuelling tensions over the strategic waterway that has become a dangerous regional flashpoint. In a brief statement released on Friday afternoon, China’s coastguard accused a Philippine vessel of deliberately ramming a Chinese patrol vessel near the contested Sabina Shoal. “Philippine vessel No 3015 intentionally adjusted its course and suddenly accelerated to cut across the bow of...
PACOMDebris & reentryAllies & partnersBudget & policyPhilippinesChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-17 · U.S. Space Force · score 2.5
The panel addressed critical requirements across accession pipelines, mission infrastructure, and simulation training necessary to generate credible combat capability for the Joint Force.
Exercises & training
2026-09-17 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3
Written by K.-P. Ludwig As the world's spacefaring nations gather in Paris, one narrative dominates: that Europe is falling behind, in the race to the Moon, in the race for launch vehicles, in the race for constellations. This narrative is convenient, because it postpones action to some future date. It is also wrong.
EUCOMLaunchLunar & cislunarEurope
2026-09-17 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 3.75
ESA has signed 18 contracts worth €20 million in Madrid, bringing nearly 80 companies into Low-LEO studies that could expand IRIS² beyond its initial architecture.
SPACECOMEUCOMAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-09-17 · ASPI The Strategist · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
Sending Katherine Bennell-Pegg to space should be a small step forward for one woman that enables Australia to take giant leaps in the space sector. Australia has the chance to send Bennell-Pegg, its first female ...
PACOMAllies & partnersAustraliavia TJFSCC Dailythink tank
2026-09-17 · Via Satellite · score 4.25
SiriusXM’s latest satellite, SXM-11, has entered service after launching in June. It is now the satellite radio company’s most powerful satellite in its fleet. Intuitive Machines built the satellite based […]
NORTHCOMCommercial integrationLaunchProliferated LEO
2026-09-17 · U.S. Space Force · score 5
CMSSF Bentivegna detailed the service's "train, test and trust" approach to developing mission-ready cyber operators capable of defending critical space and joint infrastructure.
CYBERCOMOrganization & peopleCyber & space systems
2026-09-17 · Payload · score 5
Icarus Robotics completed a four-flight parabolic test campaign of its free-flying robot—named Joy—in preparation for its first ISS mission in 2027.
NORTHCOMCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleAllies & partners
2026-09-17 · Payload · score 5
It was the third nine-figure fundraise announced by a European company during the past two weeks, following Open Cosmos’ €300M ($348.6M) raise and The Exploration Company’s $450M Series C.
EUCOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainBudget & policyEurope
2026-09-17 · CISA Advisories · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.25
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized access to telemetry data and firmware. The following versions of Bransys ELD are affected: Android <11.00.00 (CVE-2026-86520, CVE-2026-86689, CVE-2026-77960) iOS <1.1.54 (CVE-2026-86520, CVE-2026-86689, CVE-2026-77960) CVSS Vendor Equipment Vulnerabilities v3 7.5 Bransys Bransys ELD Use of Hard-coded Credentials, Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Background Critical Infrastructure Sectors: Transportation Systems Countries/Areas Deployed: United States Company Headquarters Location: United States Vulnerabilities Expand All + CVE-2026-86520 The affected product is shipped with hardcoded MQTT credentials, which will grant read access to real-time data for every active device across a subset of carriers that were connected to the affected MQTT broker. View CVE Details Affected Products Bransys ELD Vendor: Bransys Product Version: Bransys Android: <11.00.00, Bransys iOS: <1.1.54 Product Status: known_affected Remediations Vendor fix Bransys recommends that users update their system through the app store. Android users should be on version 11.00.00 or newer. iOS users should be on…
Cyber & space systemsCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-17 · NASA news releases · score 5.5
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida […]
NORTHCOMAcquisition & contractsLaunchCommercial integration
2026-09-17 · DefenseScoop · score 5.75
U.S. Africa Command increasingly views the economic domain as a core security vector.
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMPACOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyAllies & partnersChinaRussia
2026-09-17 · Defense One · score 5.75
Fiscal 2027 program starts are already on hold until December.
SPACECOMBudget & policyAcquisition & contractsOrganization & people
2026-09-17 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 6
"They should fly their capsule. The government paid a lot of money for that."
Commercial integrationLaunchOrganization & peopleSpace C2 software (Kobayashi Maru, UDL)Japan
2026-09-17 · Focus Taiwan (CNA) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6
Taipei, Sept. 18 (CNA) Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) on Friday launched a new Taiwan-Matsu subsea cable, calling it part of the government's "preemptive preparations" to bolster communications resilience.
PACOMProliferated LEOLaunchTaiwanvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-17 · Via Satellite · score 6.25
Kymeta’s Kestrel u5 terminal has received certification for compliance with railway standards ahead of connectivity trials with some of Europe’s largest rail operators. The Kestrel u5 is a flat panel […]
EUCOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationExercises & trainingAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-09-17 · Defense One · score 7.5
CYBERCOMNORTHCOMOrganization & peopleCyber & space systemsAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-17 · Via Satellite · score 8
PARIS — Space launch competitors think it’s time for a new model of pricing in the launch market. Against the backdrop of SpaceX winding down the Falcon 9 launch program, […]
SPACECOMCENTCOMLaunchCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainStarlink / StarshieldEuropeMiddle East
2026-09-17 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 8.25
At AFA, USSF leaders detailed how the service plans to more than double in five years — about 10,000 additional Guardians per Defense News — with growth prioritized toward combat forces and space superiority.
Component field commands are where the growth lands; SPACEPAC's manning plan should track the timeline.
Consider capturing SPACEPAC's growth requirements before the FY28 build closes.
SPACECOMOrganization & peopleBudget & policyAI-curated
2026-09-17 · The War Zone · score 9
The AIM-260 was originally slated to enter service years ago and it is seen as critical to counter China's PL-15 air-to-air missile.
PACOMIndustrial base & supply chainAllies & partnersAcquisition & contractsAustraliaChina
2026-09-17 · Space Systems Command · score 9.25
Six pioneers whose contributions helped shape U.S. military space capabilities were inducted into Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Schriever Wall of Honor during a ceremony Sept. 10 at the command’s Los Angeles Air Force Base headquarters. SSC’s 2026 honorees included Maj. Gen. Robert A. “Rosie” Rosenberg, U.S. Air Force retired; Col. Gaylord B. Green, U.S. Air Force retired; Maj. Gen. Roger W. Teague, U.S. Air Force retired; Jeffrey S. Smith; S. Scott Gustafson; and Lt. Gen. John F. “JT” Thompson, U.S. Air Force retired. Their careers span generations of national security space, including the development of the Global Positioning System (GPS), global missile warning and defense, the transformation of SSC’s predecessor organization into the foundation of today’s Space Force acquisition-focused field command.
SPACECOMSTRATCOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingAcquisition & contractsGPS
2026-09-17 · NASASpaceflight · score 9.25
SpaceX is now targeting Starship Flight 14 no earlier than Monday, September 28, pending regulatory…
SPACECOMPACOMLaunchDebris & reentryCommercial integrationStarlink / Starshield
2026-09-17 · Payload · score 11
Impulse Space announced a $308M extension to its Series D round yesterday—bringing the round’s total to $808M.
SPACECOMNORTHCOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainLaunchNSSL / launch programsTactically Responsive Space (Victus)IndiaEurope
2026-09-16 · U.S. Space Force · score 2.75
CSO Gen. Douglas Schiess outlined three priorities for his tenure: forging the Guardian ethos, arming and growing the force, and integrating Guardian power at scale. He emphasized strengthening combat power and delivering space power directly to the Joint Force.
Organization & people
2026-09-16 · Breaking Defense · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
[Sponsored] Demand signals from leadership are shaping investments in design, engineering and manufacturing.
Industrial base & supply chainOrganization & peopleCommercial integrationvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-16 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
The Space Development Agency wants to wrap up its Tranche 1 launch campaign by the end of spring 2027, flying six more batches of satellites to build out its tracking and data transport constellations, according to Director Gurpartap Sandhoo.
Proliferated LEOLaunchPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)via TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-16 · Via Satellite · score 4.25
Vantor has selected EnduroSat and CACI to provide the satellite bus and payloads for its upcoming Pulse fleet, the company’s move into the smallsat imaging market. Bulgaria-based EnduroSat will build […]
Acquisition & contractsAllies & partnersCommercial integration
2026-09-16 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 4.5
German launch services provider Isar Aerospace has signed a Multiple Launch Service Agreement with U.S.-based space services company SEOPS covering five additional dedicated Spectrum launches between 2028 and 2030. The missions are intended to provide dedicated access to orbit under the latter's Waymaker program, allowing satellite operators to plan future missions with greater schedule certainty.
Allies & partnersLaunchCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-16 · DefenseScoop · score 5
“We want industry to understand the mission problem, bring their best ideas, and be prepared to deliver interoperable and adaptive capability," Brig. Gen. Joshua Williams said.
CYBERCOMAcquisition & contractsBudget & policyOrganization & people
2026-09-16 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.25
Yesterday's summit argued about sovereignty. Today's asked whether European industry can actually build it. From the Space Innovation Summit in Paris: Isar's scale-first bet, the first IRIS² satellites under contract, and two serious investors disagreeing in public about whether Europe's problem is capital or customers.
EUCOMAcquisition & contractsAllies & partnersCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-16 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.25
From SDSS at World Space Business Week in Paris, Major General Michael Traut, Commander of the German Space Command, joins Torsten Kriening to explain where the European Space Component Command really stands, why interoperability is the domain's biggest challenge, and how a German-led protocol stack could solve it.
EUCOMSPACECOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersEurope
2026-09-16 · Via Satellite · score 5.75
After achieving success on its second launch, Isar Aerospace signed a five-launch contract with rideshare provider SEOPS during World Space Business Week. This is in addition to an Isar launch […]
EUCOMNORTHCOMLaunchAllies & partnersCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-16 · NASA News Releases · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6
NASA recently awarded $10.5 million to seven organizations nationwide through its new State Hubs initiative. Space Florida was selected for Project ORBIT, which aims to expand opportunities for middle and high school students, boost enrollment in key career and technical programs, and create a statewide portal connecting skilled workers with aerospace employers. Elaine Ho, associate […]
NORTHCOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingAllies & partnersvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-16 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and U.S. troops have conducted joint ex...
PACOMDebris & reentryExercises & trainingSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-16 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · score 7
The Air Force will consider acquiring new F-16 Fighting Falcon jets to answer capacity shortfalls in its aging fighter fleet, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. These discussions are happening as the Air Force is building its proposed fiscal 2028 budget and the five-year spending plan that goes with it.
CENTCOMNORTHCOMCommercial integrationIndustrial base & supply chainBudget & policyIranMiddle East
2026-09-16 · Payload · score 7.25
Isar Aerospace became the first European launch startup to reach orbit less than two weeks ago, and already the market is demanding more.
EUCOMSPACECOMLaunchAllies & partnersCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-16 · Focus Taiwan (CNA) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.25
Taipei, Sept. 17 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Wednesday expressed gratitude for the European Parliament's recognition of Taiwan's resilience and technological strengths in its report titled "Findings and Recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (EUDS)."
PACOMEUCOMProliferated LEOBudget & policyTaiwanEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 2.75
Djibouti has joined the Artemis Accords as the eighth African signatory and 72nd globally, building on its transition from establishing a national space programme to operating satellites.
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMBudget & policyLunar & cislunar
2026-09-15 · Breaking Defense (Space) · score 3
“We’re thankful that we have a [continuing resolution] going into October [1], but I would really be more thankful if we had a budget,” said Chief of Space Operations Gen. Doug Schiess.
Budget & policyOrganization & people
2026-09-15 · U.S. Space Force · score 4
The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration announced the establishment of the Space Technology Portfolio Executive, anew leadership position designed to accelerate the delivery of critical emerging space capabilities to the warfighter.
Organization & peopleAcquisition & contracts
2026-09-15 · U.S. Space Force · score 4
The U.S. Space Force will open its FY27 Interservice Transfer application window Sept. 15 through Oct. 2, 2026, seeking experienced active-duty service members from across the joint force, particularly those with space-related expertise.
Organization & peopleBudget & policy
2026-09-15 · UK Ministry of Defence · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.75
The UK Space Strategy sets out the UK’s enhanced intentions for the space sector, focussing on defence, national security and economic growth, backed by £7.8 billion of investment to 2030.
EUCOMBudget & policyCommercial integrationEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · U.S. Space Force · score 5
In a keynote address at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference, CSO Schiess outlined core priorities to accelerate U.S. Space Force growth.
CYBERCOMOrganization & peopleCyber & space systems
2026-09-15 · DefenseScoop · score 5
“I'm excited about what CCAs have in store for the Air Force,” Lt. Gen. Jason Hinds told reporters.
EUCOMSTRATCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersMissile defenseEuropeRussia
2026-09-15 · BBC News (World) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
The BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale explains what an arms race in space might look like - and what it could mean for us on the ground.
NORTHCOMOrganization & peopleCounterspace threatvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · SpaceWatch.Global · score 5.25
Europe wants sovereign space capability, and Europe needs capability now. Those two sentences do not point in the same direction. From day one of the Space Defense & Security Summit in Paris: Germany's bid to become Europe's integrator, IRIS² built for crisis, and an industry quietly redefining what sovereignty means.
EUCOMAllies & partnersAcquisition & contractsCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-15 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 5.75
Reaching orbit would mark a significant milestone.
NORTHCOMLaunchCommercial integrationProliferated LEOStarlink / Starshield
2026-09-15 · NASA News Releases · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.25
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik (left) and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano view progress on the solid rocket booster integration in High Bay 3 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. Bresnik, Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio, and Bob Hines made […]
EUCOMNORTHCOMAllies & partnersLunar & cislunarLaunchEuropevia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · ASPI The Strategist · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.25
As AUKUS reaches its fifth anniversary, a strong navy has never been more important for Australia. But that recognition is not what is remarkable five years on. It is a persistent, if often misunderstood, feature ...
PACOMAllies & partnersProliferated LEOOrganization & peopleAustraliavia TJFSCC Dailythink tank
2026-09-15 · Defense News (Space) · score 7.5
The U.S. Space Force wants to double its uniformed ranks in the next five years.
NORTHCOMSPACECOMOrganization & peopleExercises & trainingBudget & policy
2026-09-15 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 7.5
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is the first NASA observatory designed for in-space refueling.
SPACECOMOrganization & peopleRendezvous & proximityLaunchIndia
2026-09-15 · Focus Taiwan (CNA) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.75
Taipei, Sept. 16 (CNA) The Presidential Office will hold an international forum on the weekend, with around 500 defense experts, officials, and business representatives expected to discuss the concept of whole-of-society resilience and to examine Taiwan's preparedness amid threats from China, according to a press release issued Wednesday.
PACOMProliferated LEOBudget & policyTaiwanChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · Air & Space Forces Magazine · via TJFSCC Daily · score 8
At AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, CAE takes Air & Space Forces Magazine behind the scenes of Valiant Shield 26, a Pacific exercise in June and July of 2026 focused on integrated air and missile defense and the defense...
PACOMCYBERCOMExercises & trainingMissile defenseCyber & space systemsvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-15 · DefenseScoop · score 8.5
Drafts of the FY2027 NDAA would repeal the laws that established the Space Development Agency, which hopes to keep certain decision authorities, per DefenseScoop; Defense One reports FY27 new starts are on hold until December for lack of full funding.
The agency delivering the Transport and Tracking layers may lose the authorities that made it fast.
Be aware that PWSA tranche schedules could shift if the conference bill changes SDA's status.
SPACECOMBudget & policyProliferated LEOPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)AI-curated
2026-09-15 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 9.75
SpaceX will attempt to put Starship into orbit for the first time next week pending regulatory approval. If all goes according to plan, Integrated Flight Test-14 or IFT-14 will orbit […]
SPACECOMSOUTHCOM / AFRICOMLaunchDebris & reentryCommercial integrationStarlink / StarshieldIndia
2026-09-15 · Spaceflight Now · score 9.75
The rocket carried an unspecified number of satellites to orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 6:07:56 p.m. PDT / 9:07:56 p.m. EDT on Sept. 16 (0107:56 UTC on Sept. 17).
SPACECOMPACOMLaunchCommercial integrationOrganization & peopleNSSL / launch programsStarlink / Starshield
2026-09-15 · The War Zone · score 10
With alarming incursions into NATO territory by Russian drones and missiles, and the possibility that worse is on the horizon, NATO is adapting its air defense playbook.
EUCOMSTRATCOMOrganization & peopleAllies & partnersMissile defenseEuropeRussia
2026-09-14 · Department of the Air Force · score 3.75
CSAF Gen. Ken Wilsbach said in a keynote address at the 2026 Air, Space and Cyber Conference that the service must draw on lessons from Operation Epic Fury to be ready to fight, built to endure and integrated to win, while making point defense a core function of air and spacepower.
CYBERCOMCyber & space systems
2026-09-14 · NASASpaceflight · score 4
SpaceX has completed multi-day catch-related testing with unflown Ship 42 at Pad 2, then rolled…
LaunchExercises & trainingCommercial integration
2026-09-14 · Department of the Air Force · score 4.25
SecAF Troy Meink announced the official names of the Air Force’s newest Collaborative Combat Aircraft at the Air and Space Forces Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference.
CYBERCOMCyber & space systems
2026-09-14 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 4.5
During Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip to Peru last week, the State Department announced a new Space Catalyst Partnership with Artemis Accords countries to expand commercial and civil space […]
SOUTHCOM / AFRICOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleLaunch
2026-09-14 · Space Systems Command · score 5
SSC’s System Delta 810, Space-Based Sensing & Targeting, has completed a successful Critical Design Review for the Muon Space FireSat-S mission, advancing dual-use environmental monitoring capabilities.
Acquisition & contractsOrganization & peopleCommercial integration
2026-09-14 · The Diplomat · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
The lack of explanation – or a new launch date – suggests critical challenges, not just bad weather.
PACOMLunar & cislunarLaunchChinavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-14 · Yonhap News (English) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's homegrown Nuri rocket will carry 15 sa...
PACOMLaunchAllies & partnersSouth Koreavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-14 · Spaceflight Now · score 6.25
The mission, with the shorthand VV30, is the second launch of a Vega-C rocket managed solely by Avio without Arianespace. Liftoff from Ensemble de Lancement Vega at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana happened at 10:21 p.m. local time (9:21 p.m. EDT / 0121 UTC / 3:21 a.m. CEST).
EUCOMSPACECOMLaunchCommercial integrationAcquisition & contractsEurope
2026-09-14 · Payload · score 6.5
“We deliberately wanted strong European representation because we’re building strategic infrastructure in Europe, while also bringing in investors from elsewhere where it made sense,” Open Cosmos cofounder and CEO Rafel Jorda Siquier told Payload via email.
EUCOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationBudget & policyIndustrial base & supply chainEurope
2026-09-14 · Department of the Air Force · score 6.75
SecAF Troy Meink said in a closely watched keynote address at the 2026 Air and Space Cyber Conference, the Air Force and Space Force must confront and defeat rapidly changing, AI-enabled threats while navigating a budget process built for a different pace of warfare.
CYBERCOMCyber & space systemsBudget & policyAI & autonomy
2026-09-13 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 4.5
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of September 13-19, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session […]
Budget & policyDebris & reentryOrganization & people
2026-09-13 · UK Space Agency · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5
The UK Space Agency seeks nominations for membership of its Space Exploration Advisory Committee (SEAC).
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2026-09-13 · ASPI The Strategist · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.5
As Australia identifies national resilience and civil preparedness as key to national defence, it should learn from Norway, which has been living those concepts for decades. For Norway, preparedness extends well beyond its armed forces. ...
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2026-09-13 · War on the Rocks · score 8.75
The space economy has surpassed $600 billion in annual value, with some projecting it will reach a trillion by the 2030s. Jonathan Panter is joined by Joseph Yaffe (Cowboy Space), Brian Weeden (The Aerospace Corporation), and Dan Wald (Booz Allen) to weigh where the real growth is. They discuss how AI infrastructure is blurring the line between the space economy and the regular economy, the regulatory tangle, the leap toward autonomous constellations of hundreds of thousands of satellites, competition with China, and the dual-use risks of data centers in orbit.Image: Giuseppe Donatiello via Wikimedia Commons.
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2026-09-13 · South China Morning Post (China) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 9
Last month, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) released footage showing its H-6N bomber flying with a nuclear-capable Jing Lei-1 (JL-1) air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM), offering a rare look at China’s airborne nuclear strike capability. The H-6N is one of the latest modernised variants of the H-6, the country’s only strategic bomber. Its flight carrying the ALBM during a joint anti-ship exercise was featured in a documentary by state broadcaster CCTV for the PLA’s 99th anniversary. The...
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2026-09-13 · NASASpaceflight · score 9.25
Avio S.p.A., the Italian prime contractor, launch service provider, and launch operator for the Vega…
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2026-09-12 · NASASpaceflight · score 7
The European space sector is enjoying a run of advances in September, highlighted by Isar…
EUCOMSPACECOMCommercial integrationLaunchAcquisition & contractsNSSL / launch programsEurope
2026-09-11 · The War Zone · score 4
The new Enduring Shield system paired with AIM-9X Sidewinders already gives the Army its first mid-range air defense capability in decades.
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2026-09-11 · Defense News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4.25
The Pentagon is seeking artificial intelligence that can cut through the confusion of missile defense.
Budget & policyMissile defenseAI & autonomyvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-11 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 6
"Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions."
EUCOMLaunchAllies & partnersCommercial integrationStarlink / StarshieldEurope
2026-09-11 · The Register — security · via Cyber Watch · score 6
Manufacturers must now disclose actively exploited flaws and severe security incidents through ENISA's new reporting platform
CYBERCOMCyber & space systemsProliferated LEOIndustrial base & supply chainEuropevia Cyber Watch
2026-09-11 · Defense One · via TJFSCC Daily · score 7.5
AI companies are sounding alarms, but the Trump administration isn’t acting on them.
EUCOMCYBERCOMCounterspace threatCyber & space systemsRussiavia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-10 · C4ISRNET · score 3
Bone fragments from the sword hand of a medieval Russian prince who won a famous victory over the Mongols have been sent to the front in Ukraine.
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2026-09-10 · C4ISRNET · score 3.25
Iran will almost certainly try to pry open the captured drone’s hardware, but the platform's software does carry built-in defenses, analysts say.
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2026-09-10 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 6
NASA issued a Request for Information today inviting governors to indicate interest in hosting and sponsoring the new U.S. Space Academy proposed in President Trump’s recent Executive Order. Responses are […]
SPACECOMBudget & policyOrganization & peopleExercises & training
2026-09-10 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 10.25
Europe is looking inward, and perhaps to China, as the White House tries to cancel some NASA partnerships.
EUCOMPACOMLaunchAllies & partnersBudget & policyEuropeChina
2026-09-09 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 4.75
"We will not be relevant without a massive rocket at a massive cadence."
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2026-09-09 · Dark Reading · via Cyber Watch · score 5.25
Starting Friday, European organizations will have just 24 hours to notify the EU government any time they discover serious product security incidents.
CYBERCOMEUCOMCyber & space systemsProliferated LEOEuropevia Cyber Watch
2026-09-09 · NASASpaceflight · score 6.75
SpaceX has rolled Super Heavy Booster 22 out of Mega Bay 1 to Massey’s for…
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2026-09-09 · Spaceflight Now · score 9.25
The mission, dubbed USSF-153 mission, launched an undisclosed number of satellites for the U.S. Space Force. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 8:42 a.m. PDT (1142 a.m. EDT / 1542 UTC).
EUCOMSPACECOMLaunchProliferated LEOCommercial integrationNSSL / launch programsPWSA (SDA Transport/Tracking)Europe
2026-09-08 · UK Space Agency · via TJFSCC Daily · score 4
A government consultation on a range of issues relating to orbital liabilities and insurance, in response to the June 2022 call for evidence.
SPACECOMExercises & trainingvia TJFSCC Daily
2026-09-08 · UK Ministry of Defence (space) · score 4.75
…New UK space strategy to bring government's investment and activity under one plan to drive growth, strengthen security and back everyday technologies…
EUCOMBudget & policyCommercial integrationEurope
2026-09-08 · C4ISRNET · score 5
Hanwha representatives said the vehicle is fitted with a more powerful version of the stationary Cheongwang laser that protects the presidential compound.
EUCOMPACOMAllies & partnersBudget & policyCommercial integrationSouth KoreaEurope
2026-09-08 · U.S. Space Force · score 5.25
CMSSF Bentivegna visited the National Space Defense Center to engage with Guardians.
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2026-09-08 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 5.25
The space economy will grow exactly as fast as we can launch rockets.
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2026-09-08 · Stars and Stripes (Pacific) · via TJFSCC Daily · score 6.75
Space Force personnel recently helped elementary school students in South Korea launch paper rockets and explore how satellites work during a five-day program aimed at cultivating the next generation of scientists and engineers.
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2026-09-07 · USNI News · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
The U.S. Navy trialled a robotic towed connector to repeatedly capture, refuel and release an unmanned surface vessel (USV) last month as the sea service seeks to enable persistent unmanned operations at sea, according to a Tuesday news release. The trial, which occurred Aug. 11, involved an underway refueling demonstration designed for USVs carried out by Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCD) Blue Water Instrumentation (BWI) and BWI’s Future Capabilities Office fleet management team and industry partners Maritime Tactical Systems Inc (MARTAC) and Sealartec. The trial took place in the waters off Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Va.,
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2026-09-06 · War on the Rocks · via TJFSCC Daily · score 5.5
When Israeli warplanes struck the Abu al-Duhur airbase in Syria on Aug. 18, 2026, the smoke rose over the demolition of an old geopolitical assumption about the Middle East. This time, Israel directly targeted a strategic sphere of influence where the Turkish military had been working to build local security capacity.Turkey rapidly filled the power vacuum in post-Assad Syria, expanding its military and intelligence footprint southward and positioning itself as a founding actor in the Levant’s new security architecture. With this military move, Israel aimed to draw a new line of engagement on the ground for both Ankara and Damascus.
CENTCOMEUCOMDebris & reentryExercises & trainingIndustrial base & supply chainMiddle Eastvia TJFSCC Dailythink tank
2026-09-06 · Ars Technica (Space) · score 7.25
"We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before."
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2026-09-06 · SpacePolicyOnline · score 11.75
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of September 6-12, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess […]
EUCOMPACOMBudget & policyAllies & partnersCyber & space systemsEuropeChina