Tag: Pentagon

  • Space Force Gets $71B in Trump’s $1.45T Defense Budget

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    What does the Pentagon’s $1.45 trillion defense budget mean for Space Force? The U.S. Space Force will receive $71 billion under President Trump’s proposed $1.45 trillion defense budget for fiscal year 2027, Pentagon officials confirmed today. This represents a substantial allocation for military space operations as the service continues expanding its satellite constellation capabilities and…

  • Pentagon Drone Tests Hit by Starlink Outage Shows DoD SpaceX Risk

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    Pentagon Drone Operations Face Critical Risk from SpaceX Dependency A recent Starlink service disruption directly impacted Pentagon drone testing operations, underscoring the Department of Defense’s deepening reliance on SpaceX’s commercial satellite network for critical military communications. The outage affected unmanned aerial vehicle trials that depend on Starlink’s satellite constellation for beyond-line-of-sight command and control links.…

  • Pentagon Eyes Vulcan Issues for Next Launch Competition

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    How Will Vulcan’s Reliability Issues Reshape Pentagon Launch Strategy? United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket faces its second grounding in less than two years, and a Space Force three-star general confirmed Tuesday that these reliability issues will “absolutely” influence the Pentagon’s next launch services competition. Despite a backlog of nearly 70 missions, Vulcan has completed just…