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Gen. Chance Saltzman outlines how the U.S. Space Force is using space capabilities in current conflicts and preparing for a future in which space itself could become a warfighting domain. The discussion highlights the service’s evolving role in national security and military operations.
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Gen. Chance Saltzman outlines how the U.S. Space Force is using space capabilities in current conflicts and preparing for a future in which space itself could become a warfighting domain. The discussion highlights the service’s evolving role in national security and military operations.
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The articles combine two separate U.S.-led initiatives: a Space Force space-domain-awareness payload launched aboard Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 7, and the FAA’s $74.3 million initial task order to AT&T under its multibillion-dollar Enterprise Network Services modernization program.
The U.S. Space Force has deployed a second space-surveillance sensor aboard Japan’s navigation-satellite constellation, strengthening its ability to monitor objects in geosynchronous orbit. The bilateral program uses allied spacecraft and launch systems to field U.S. military payloads, broadening surveillance capacity without relying solely on dedicated U.S. platforms.
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The head of U.S. Space Command says American space assets must be able to “shoot, move, and communicate” alongside the broader joint force, signaling a heightened emphasis on offensive and survivable capabilities in military space operations.
The U.S. Space Force is funding five companies to demonstrate interoperability across commercial satellite systems for its open-architecture Space Data Network, whose proliferated low-Earth-orbit backbone is being supplied by SpaceX. Separately, Impulse Space received a $28 million SBIR Phase III extension supporting two VICTUS SALO missions.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Impulse Space a $28 million SBIR Phase III contract extension for VICTUS SALO 2 and 3. The two missions will expand demonstrations of tactically responsive space operations, in-space maneuvering and space-domain awareness for military operators.
U.S. Space Command has identified offensive space capabilities and systems to counter proliferated low Earth orbit constellations as its two highest-priority capability needs for fiscal years 2029 through 2033. The ranking highlights perceived gaps in preparing for future conflict in space, according to Gen. Stephen Whiting.
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The Pentagon says President Donald Trump’s $185 billion Golden Dome missile-defense initiative has established its first operational site at Fort Story, Virginia, and completed two key tests. Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein warned that without continued funding—and a solution to a potential 2027 cliff—the program will stop.
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