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Keeping America first in space

Policymakers and industry are sharpening strategies to preserve U.S. leadership in space, emphasizing resilient launch options, strengthened defense and alliance cooperation, and prioritized funding for civil and military programs amid rising competition from China. The approach will shape procurement, commercial partnerships and national-security investments.

2025-11-13T05:49:42.988437-08:00

Space Intel Report

France commits $4.9B to military space, $18.5B to civil programmes; unveils Space Command and National Space Strategy

2025-11-12T12:15:40.315890-08:00

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ISRO's LVM3‑M5 to launch 4,410 kg CMS‑03 multi‑band communications satellite on Nov. 2

2025-11-01T21:13:31.234691-07:00

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OHB to join antitrust challenge to Airbus–Thales–Leonardo merger, CEO Marco Fuchs says

2025-11-06T21:12:35.721193-08:00

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DARPA launches cislunar tracking program to detect threats transiting lunar space DARPA has launched a new program to improve U.S. ability to detect and track potential threats and objects of interest originating from or transiting cislunar space, seeking persistent situational awareness beyond Earth orbit to inform defensive posture and support future lunar operations.

2025-11-13T08:06:43.814542-08:00

DARPA launches cislunar tracking program to detect threats transiting lunar space

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U.S. unveils partnership blueprint to counter China's 'Space Silk Road' in the Middle East A U.S. partnership blueprint proposes deeper cooperation with Middle Eastern governments and companies to counter Beijing's 'Space Silk Road', aiming to offer alternative space infrastructure, investment and strategic ties that blunt Chinese influence in regional civil and commercial space programs.

2025-11-13T06:01:02.735618-08:00

U.S. unveils partnership blueprint to counter China's 'Space Silk Road' in the Middle East

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Keeping America first in space Policymakers and industry are sharpening strategies to preserve U.S. leadership in space, emphasizing resilient launch options, strengthened defense and alliance cooperation, and prioritized funding for civil and military programs amid rising competition from China. The approach will shape procurement, commercial partnerships and national-security investments.

2025-11-13T05:49:42.988437-08:00

Keeping America first in space

Space Intel Report

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France commits $4.9B to military space, $18.5B to civil programmes; unveils Space Command and National Space Strategy President Emmanuel Macron announced a reshaped budget committing $4.9 billion to 2026–2030 military space programmes and $18.5 billion to civil space (including ESA/EU contributions), while inaugurating a French Space Command in Toulouse and unveiling a National Space Strategy to pursue strategic autonomy in orbit.

2025-11-12T12:15:40.315890-08:00

France commits $4.9B to military space, $18.5B to civil programmes; unveils Space Command and National Space Strategy

Via Satellite

Golden Dome: Cyber Resilience Must Be Built In, Not Added Later The Pentagon's Golden Dome missile‑defense concept will only deliver layered, survivable air‑and‑space protection if cyber resilience is integrated at the design stage. Reactive fixes after fielding risk operational compromise of sensors, networks and interceptors; acquisition and contractors must prioritise secure‑by‑design architectures.

2025-11-12T06:55:28.773863-08:00

Golden Dome: Cyber Resilience Must Be Built In, Not Added Later

SpaceWatch Global

Look Up completes operational testing of SORASYS 1 — France’s first startup-operated space surveillance radar Look Up has completed operational testing of SORASYS 1, France's first space surveillance radar designed and operated by a startup. The milestone demonstrates a commercial entrant's ability to field ground‑based sensing for observing and tracking objects in orbit, expanding France's space‑domain awareness toolkit.

2025-11-12T02:53:04.843673-08:00

Look Up completes operational testing of SORASYS 1 — France’s first startup-operated space surveillance radar

Via Satellite

European leaders at Global MilSatCom push for unified military satcom framework to boost interoperability At Global MilSatCom, senior leaders from the German and Swiss armed forces and the European Space Agency urged creation of a unified European military satellite‑communications framework to strengthen interoperability, streamline joint procurement and accelerate deployment of resilient satcom capabilities as satellites play a growing defence role.

2025-11-11T13:22:03.986052-08:00

European leaders at Global MilSatCom push for unified military satcom framework to boost interoperability

SpaceNews.com

'House of Dynamite': The Future of U.S. Missile Defense A newly framed 'House of Dynamite' assessment lays bare critical choices facing U.S. missile defense — from layered interceptors to distributed sensor networks — as policymakers weigh capabilities, costs and strategic posture. The debate will shape near-term procurement, budgets and industry competition across major defense primes.

2025-11-11T06:14:44.222738-08:00

'House of Dynamite': The Future of U.S. Missile Defense

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