The President, the Secretary of War, and the Chief of Space Operations are all saying it: We no longer have the luxury of time. This isn’t rhetoric. It is a direct response to a fundamental change in our strategic and geopolitical environment. The Department is on a wartime footing. For those in the business of […] The post Defining acquisition on a wartime footing appeared first on SpaceNews.
15/04/2026 22:45NASA plans to seek proposals for commercial communications services that can be backward compatible with the agency’s aging fleet of relay satellites. NASA issued April 10 a draft solicitation for Project NEXUS, a part of the broader Commercial Services Project. That is an effort by the agency to move from traditional government owned and operated […] The post NASA seeks proposals for commercial TDRSS replacement appeared first on SpaceNews.
15/04/2026 22:34AUSTIN, Texas (April 13, 2026) – Emerson announced the NI Channel Emulator System Software (CHESS) platform today at the 2026 Space Symposium conference in Colorado, introducing a new software-defined approach that enables aerospace and defense teams to validate mission-critical radio frequency […] The post Emerson Launches Innovative Software-Driven Method for High-Fidelity Aerospace RF Testing appeared first on SpaceNews.
15/04/2026 21:08‘Future Operating Environment’ and ‘Objective Force’ documents outline a contested space domain and call for a combat-ready force The post Saltzman unveils blueprint for Space Force’s future appeared first on SpaceNews.
15/04/2026 20:26Several senators are asking appropriators to increase funding for NASA’s robotic Mars exploration efforts, fearing “severe and irreversible harm” if funding is not restored. The post Senators seek increased funding for NASA Mars missions appeared first on SpaceNews.
15/04/2026 20:00Space domain awareness has a data problem. Not a shortage of data, but a shortage of the right data, delivered at the right time, with enough autonomy to act on […] The post The Infrastructure Layer U.S. Space Superiority Has Been Missing appeared first on SpaceNews.
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