Trump’s Air Force secretary nominee pledges ‘holistic look’ at service modernization efforts
Troy Meink also told lawmakers that the Department of the Air Force must move faster on innovating new technologies.
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Troy Meink appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination to be secretary of the Air Force in Washington, D.C., March 27, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom) Space -
Northrop Grumman’s first completed satellite for SDA’s Tranche 1 tracking layer. (Credit: Northrop Grumman) Space Supply chain woes further delay launch of SDA’s first operational satellites
The agency now expects to launch the first satellites in Tranche 1 of the PWSA later this summer.
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(Getty Images) Space GAO: Space Development Agency has not matured important laser link technology
On-orbit laser communications are a critical enabling technology for the Space Development Agency’s planned mega-constellation known as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
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A medium range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, as part of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a), held on March 30, 2023 in cooperation with the U.S. Navy. (MDA photo) Space Space Force stands up planning team to assess tech for Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’
The technical integrated planning team is currently analyzing technological maturity, cost estimates and capability gaps of space systems that could be part of the architecture, according to a senior Space Force official.
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(Image credit: Northrop Grumman) Space SDA solicits industry studies on potential capabilities for Trump’s Iron Dome for America
The Space Development Agency is interested in custody layer, HBTSS and other capabilities for the planned missile defense architecture.
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A Space X Falcon 9 rocket launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Feb. 14, 2024. The rocket was launched as part of classified mission USSF-124, sending six satellites to orbit – two for the Missile Defense Agency and four for the Space Development Agency. (U.S. Space Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Contreras) Space SDA gets new acting director amid investigation of Derek Tournear
The Department of the Air Force placed Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear on administrative leave in January.
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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he and First Lady Melania Trump prepare to depart the White House aboard Marine One on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) Space Trump revives push for space-based interceptors in ‘Iron Dome for America’ edict
The new executive order tasks Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to deliver a comprehensive plan for a next-generation homeland missile defense reference architecture in the next 60 days.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Transporter 12 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 14, 2025. Its payload includes Otter, an NPS CubeSat suite. (Credit: SpaceX) Space NRO, Navy launch experimental Otter CubeSat
The system is carrying primary and secondary payloads for space-based maritime domain awareness and communications.
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(Getty Images) Space SDA demos laser link between 2 vendors for future SATCOM, missile tracking network
The demonstration by York Space Systems and SpaceX marks a critical milestone ahead of the agency’s upcoming Tranche 1 launch.
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Northrop Grumman’s first completed satellite for SDA’s Tranche 1 tracking layer. (Credit: Northrop Grumman) Space Space industrial base racing to meet growing demand for military satellites
After supply chain woes delayed the launch of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 satellites, SDA and the space industrial base are working to mitigate risks in future tranches.