Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale said that for commercial firms to gain substantial ground, ‘the processes have to be transparent and open and fair.’

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has initiated a review to identify offsets from the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal.

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California-based company specializes in manufacturing standardized small satellite buses

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California-based K2 Space manufacturers satellite platforms for commercial and defense applications

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Anduril entered the solid rocket motor market in 2023 following its acquisition of Adranos

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‘The PRC emphasizes the importance of space-based surveillance capabilities in supporting precision strikes’

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Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency: ‘We need the flight software for our satellites to be written in the U.S.’

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Infleqtion got an $11 million contract to speed up development of a rack-mounted atomic clock

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Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, head of Space Systems Command: ‘We're realizing there are true industrial base concerns’

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Concerns include single-source supplies and financial influence from ‘adversarial’ foreign entities or countries

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Refueling in orbit remains the most compelling service but more advanced services like component replacement or payload repairs have not yet won military buy-in

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The satellite, which covers the Americas, is now supporting the Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38 and the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment

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Director Chris Scolese said the NRO and DoD are resolving data integration issues as more satellites are deployed

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The Space Security and Defense Program is doing market research on advanced space domain awareness technologies available in the 2030-2040 timeframe

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'The defense tech industry as a whole is at a crossroads'

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Pentagon initiatives to integrate innovations from the commercial space sector remain a topic of heated debate

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Defense Science Board report: DoD should accelerate adoption of commercial space technologies

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The office is particularly interested in responses from companies and lenders working in 31 component areas identified in the 2024 NDAA

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DoD's 2024 Arctic strategy recommends investments in space-based capabilities to enhance communications, intelligence gathering and monitoring activities.

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The U.S. Indo-Pacific command plans to procure a wide spectrum of commercial data and AI-fueled analytics

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A DoD review identified the command and launch segment as a primary driver of cost growth.

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Watchdog agency says DoD remains ‘alarmingly slow in delivering new and innovative weapon system capabilities, even as national security threats continue to evolve’

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DoD official John Hill: "SpaceX has been very cooperative with the entire United States government and the government of Ukraine."

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The startup is developing a reusable capsule to store supplies in orbit and deliver them anywhere on Earth on demand

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