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Army

Army Receives First Nanosats Aimed At Improved Warfighter Communications

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Friday, May 1st, 2009

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Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT) this week took delivery of eight four-kilogram satellites at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., for a technology demonstration to examine improved warfighter capabilities from space. The first SMDC-ONE nanosatellite will be placed into orbit in this year and the remaining seven at a later date. Each of these nanosatellites can be placed into a Low Earth Orbit to receive data files from a ground command and control center. The nanosats were designed,…

Congress

House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature

The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]

Missile Defense

Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’

While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]

Missile Defense

Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]

Space

Space Force PAE For Infrastructure Completing Move To Colorado Springs

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) for infrastructure–a $4 billion contracting hub for SSC–is completing a move from Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. to […]