Tag: Space

UK and Germany strengthen ties in AI, quantum technology and space

The United Kingdom and Germany have agreed to deepen cooperation in AI, quantum technology, space and industrial innovation following a meeting between Prime Minister...

Space Weapons: Disclosure Isn’t Enough for Deterrence

On September 14, 2026, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink disclosed that the U.S. Space Force has “on-orbit space control weapons.” He did not specify...

How Commercial Industry Can Form the Bedrock of Space Superiority

Space superiority is the unstoppable momentum that propels the United States into space faster and farther, to boldly go beyond the reach of competition...

Trump’s Space Superiority Executive Order: The Stressors That Will Shape Deep Space Development

On December 18, 2025, an executive order—Ensuring American Space Superiority—was quietly released. Largely unnoticed outside the space community, the directive has potentially far-reaching consequences...

Space Force picks two companies to build new ‘space-to-space’ satellites by 2028

The Space Force and the Pentagon have commissioned two companies to build new reconnaissance satellites capable of delivering high-resolution “space-to-space imagery” of objects more...

Google to test AI computing chips in space with Project Suncatcher

Google’s Project Suncatcher is an early research effort to find out whether AI computing equipment could operate in space. It is Google’s ambitious project...

Washington rompe il tabù: le armi spaziali entrano nella deterrenza contro la Cina

Gli Stati Uniti hanno riconosciuto pubblicamente, per la prima volta, di aver schierato in orbita sistemi d'arma destinati al controllo dello spazio. L'annuncio del...

Europa, l’autonomia strategica passa anche dall’accesso indipendente allo spazio

L'Europa dovrà decidere entro la fine dell'anno se sviluppare una capacità autonoma per trasportare astronauti nello spazio, riducendo una dipendenza dagli Stati Uniti che...

Il sogno dell’Europa spaziale riparte con Spectrum

Pochi luoghi sono più adatti alla ricerca sulle aurore boreali di Andøya, ed è in questa isola norvegese nell’arcipelago delle Vesterålen che si sta...

Le manovre orbitali russe minacciano le capacità spaziali dell’Ucraina

da Royal United Services Institute - A fine maggio, quattro satelliti militari russi hanno modificato la propria posizione per allinearsi al piano orbitale del...

Musk incanta i mercati, è lui che detta le nuove regole

(Marzia Giglioli) Il 12 giugno Elon Musk ha suonato la campana di apertura del Nasdaq e di colpo SpaceX, al suo debutto in Borsa, ha...

Every country should understand space as a warfighting domain

(Philip Citowicki - ASPI The Strategist) Touring Normandy beaches shortly after D-Day in 1944, General Dwight D Eisenhower reportedly said, ‘If I didn’t have...

Five Priorities for Advancing NATO’s Space Mission (Anca Agachi, Shaan Shaikh, Bruce McClintock – RAND)

NATO has been throttling up its efforts in the space domain. In relatively fast order, the alliance has moved from recognizing the growing role...

The Route to Success for the SDR is Through Space (Matthew Savill – RUSI)

The presence in the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) of a section on space alongside the land, sea, maritime, and cyber & electromagnetic domains represents...

China tests quantum gear on rocket to build unbreakable, secure comms link (Interesting Engineering)

China has performed a key test on a quantum-based network that could provide ultra-secure communications from space. The test took place during the two-minute...

Amid Trump, Musk blowup, canceling SpaceX contracts could cripple DoD launch program (Theeresa Hitchens – Breaking Defense)

If President Donald Trump were to follow through on his threat today to cancel all government contracts with billionaire Elon Musk, it would likely...