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Nov- 2021 -

11 November

Artist rendeing of Northrop Grumman's Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor

Inder Singh Bisht

Northrop Completes Hypersonic Missile Tracking Sensor Review

Northrop Grumman has completed a critical design review of its Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor prototype

Oct- 2021 -

26 October

Space Force Staff Sgt. David Diehl II, 436th Communications Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of wing cybersecurity, displays his new uniform Space Force tapes and service branch patch at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 12, 2021.

Joe Saballa

L3Harris Wins Contract to Upgrade Secretive US Space Force Weapons

L3Harris has been awarded a $121 million contract to support the modernization of 16 secretive US weapons capable of jamming enemy communications.

6 October

Inder Singh Bisht

US Space Force Missile Warning System Ready for Launch

The US Space Force’s sixth and final Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite is ready for launch after completing production in early September.

4 October

Photo of Russia's President Vladimir Putin in an annual news conference in Moscow, on December 19, 2019.

Hercules Reyes

Russia to Deploy Laser Weapons in Space by 2025

Russia is set to deploy at least 12 new laser optical systems for monitoring missions in outer space by the year 2025.

Sep- 2021 -

23 September

45th SW supports successful first launch of United States Space Force

Hercules Reyes

US Space Force to Take Over Military Satellite Communications

The US Space Force announced the transfer of satellite communications billets, funding, and mission responsibility from the Army and Navy.

22 September

Hercules Reyes

USAF Official Warns China Might ‘Strike From Space’

In his keynote address at the Air Force Association Air, Space Cyber Conference, US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned that China has the potential “to actually put weapons in space."

15 September

Inder Singh Bisht

South Korea Announces Micro-Satellite Reconnaissance System

South Korea announced the development of an indigenous micro-satellite reconnaissance system beginning next year in a bid to lower the country’s reliance on US technology.

Aug- 2021 -

31 August

Inder Singh Bisht