The new rules framework is due to Vice President Kamala Harris by March 7, said National Space Council Director of Commercial Policy Diane Howard.
By Theresa HitchensModernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
“Orbital debris remediation is one of the main areas where the US is falling behind other countries, and this bill would help put America back in a leadership position on making space more sustainable for all to use,” enthused Secure World Foundation’s Brian Weeden.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I’m happy to announce that with our partners at the DoD, we’ve signed a memorandum of understanding of agreement that will drive our mutual work,” Don Graves, Commerce deputy director, told the second public meeting of the National Space Council, chaired by Vice President Kamala Harris.
By Theresa Hitchens
Up to now, only Canada and New Zealand have joined the US in unilaterally pledging not to test destructive ASAT missiles, but diplomats expect others to join in.
By Theresa Hitchens
The White House announcement comes after the FCC indicated it was wading into the murky regulatory waters of space-space services like satellite repair and refueling.
By Theresa Hitchens The “National Orbital Debris Implementation Plan” issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy assigns DoD the lead for some 17 tasks.
By Theresa Hitchens
The Office of Space Commerce, in part, is trying to define the scope of what “basic” services it will provide for free, and what else it might do for a fee.
By Theresa Hitchens
A major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
“The space industry is evolving, expanding at an extremely fast pace. As new players come on board the number of risk rises but so does the number of opportunities,” said French Ambassador Philippe Étienne.
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Kendall’s memo was “a proactive effort by the department to support the Vice President, and ensure the Department of Defense can support Biden Administration efforts to foster a broader role for the commercial space sector in supporting a more resilient space capabilities,” an Air Force official told Breaking Defense.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Kinetic destructive tests,” White House nominee for ASD Space Policy John Plumb said, “pose a long term enduring problem to all spacefaring nations, including astronauts.”
By Theresa Hitchens
US leaders this year faced difficult decisions against a backdrop of rapidly growing challenges from potential adversaries, and a booming commercial space sector that innovation-wise is leaving the Defense Department and the Intelligence Community in the dust.
By Theresa Hitchens
Chiding Russia for its recent ASAT test, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said that “from the Defense Department’s perspective, we would like to see all nations agree to refrain from anti-satellite weapons testing that creates debris.”
By Theresa Hitchens
Harris will visit NASA Goddard to promote the criticality of space capabilities to climate change mediation.
By Theresa Hitchens
“I do not believe that our astronauts, upon returning to the Moon, will want to be welcomed by the Chinese and the Russians. Instead, we should be there to meet them whenever they arrive,” Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas says.
By Colin Clark
