


Defense officials advocate for diverse target-tracking architecture
Defense officials say a moving target indicator capability that includes both air and space assets is needed until the department defines its architecture.

Space
Varda lands third space capsule, carrying key hypersonic flight data
Funded by AFRL, Varda’s W-3 capsule landed May 13 at Koonibba Test Range in South Australia.

Attack drones at heart of ‘military partnership’ between Russia, Iran
“The relationship between Iran and Russia? That really started when they asked for them to provide the one-way attack UAS, specifically the Shahed-136.”

Space Force to upgrade sensors for in-orbit testing, training
Through a partnership with other Pentagon agencies, STARCOM plans to install new space domain awareness sensors on satellites in orbit as soon as 2025.

Marines head to Japan in test of cyber rotational force concept
“As the threat to our critical cyber infrastructure evolves, it is essential that the Marine Corps be able to defend our forward-deployed networks.”

Space Development Agency may hire companies to tow defunct satellites
SDA satellite are designed to deorbit, but the agency is exploring commercial services as a backup option.

Pentagon inks dozens of cloud contract orders, more in the pipeline
Cloud is often seen as a means to get the right data to the right people at the right time — a pillar of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control.

Space Force sends Congress $1 billion list of unfunded projects
The list includes $846 million in classified projects.

Orbit Fab ships first satellite refueling ports to Space Force
The company's RAFTI port is designed to be installed on satellites to allow them to receive propellant either in space or on the ground before launch.

Space Command seeks $1.2 billion to counter threats in orbit
The bulk of the request would support classified programs to develop capabilities aimed at fending off aggression from China and Russia.

Biden picks Army’s Sulmeyer for Pentagon cyber policy post
The move comes a little more than a week after the Defense Department rolled out its fiscal 2025 budget blueprint, which featured $14.5 billion for cyber.
