As government and commercial customers push for more hybrid, resilient satellite constellations, companies are expanding their production capacity and diversifying their products to respond to those needs.
The Space Force is considering how it might incorporate the satellite and its technology into a future hybrid positioning, navigation and timing architecture.
The Space Force wants to move forward with a service life extension effort for the narrowband communications constellation that originated in the Navy.
New reports from the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Secure World Foundation survey global counterspace capabilities and point to an increase in the development and use of counterspace weapons.
The top two Air Force officials hinted at this year's Space Symposium that the U.S military would take offensive actions in space if needed to deter an enemy.
At a time when the Pentagon is heavily focused on space, this week stands out as a potential landmark in how the department will organize its approach to the war-fighting domain.