Elara Nova: The Space Consultancy

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The concept, dubbed “Brilliant Swarms,” would consist of up to 2,000 small satellites operating as an interconnected network powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, according to company executives.

If the US wants to win a war against its adversaries, namely China, the Pentagon must get serious about implementing software-defined warfare, experts from the Atlantic Council said Wednesday.

What’s better than being able to launch satellites quickly to orbit? Having them there already—or so goes the thinking behind a new $60 million Space Force contract to develop an “orbital carrier.”

The Space Force budget needs a budget increase that could approach 20 percent, a “step function shift” necessary to fulfill USSF’s growing mission profile, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman said March 26.

The Space Force is creating a new document that will offer clarity regarding its approach and terminology related to offensive and defensive space activities, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said Wednesday.

The U.S. Space Force has certified United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket, allowing that vehicle to conduct national security missions.

The Space Force is readying a new “Space Warfighting” framework to explain service concepts and terms — such as “space superiority” and “orbital warfare” — both internally to its own operational planners and externally to Joint Force planners, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said today.

The U.S. military is preparing to award several high-stakes contracts for commercial satellite communications services this fall, signaling a growing reliance on private-sector capabilities for battlefield connectivity and global coverage.

Gravitics said the STRATFI will support work on Orbital Carrier, a derivative of commercial space station modules that the company has been working on. The spacecraft would carry multiple “maneuverable space vehicles” that could be deployed in orbit in response to threats.