The Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) program was left out of the 2026 defense budget

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Parsing the Space Force’s budget each year is a difficult task. The FY2026 budget is more complicated and more difficult to grasp due in part to the reconciliation process lawmakers used as a way to pass President Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.”

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The strategy reflects a growing recognition that the U.S. cannot go it alone in orbit — especially as space becomes more congested, contested and militarized.

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The canceled program, known as Protected Tactical Satellite Communication-Resilient (PTS-R), was launched in 2020 to build anti-jam communications satellites

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The ESS satellites are central to U.S. nuclear command, control and communications

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“Maneuver is pretty critical to warfighting,” said Kelly Hammett, director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office

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The outcome of the review could impact the procurement of as many as 140 satellites for the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer Tranche 3 program

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The Pentagon has no backup plan if the massive reconciliation package fails to pass

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The Space Force would receive $29 billion under the HAC-D bill

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The panel moved forward with its own defense spending blueprint as the Trump administration has yet to submit a detailed defense budget

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Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said the delays are "not helpful" and could force Congress to act unilaterally on defense spending.

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In this week's episode of Space Minds Retired Space Force Lt. Gen. John Shaw explains what it was like building a new military branch, the risks of commercial integration and the race to protect U.S. satellites in orbit.

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Amentum (previously Jacobs Technology) was selected to provide engineering services at East and West Coast facilities

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Space Systems Command expands medium Earth orbit constellation to counter hypersonic threats

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The satellites are scheduled for delivery by 2031.

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The Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) is a critical software upgrade for the Global Positioning System (GPS) infrastructure and is now more than eight years behind schedule.

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'We signed a piece of paper that explains the roles and responsibilities of each organization'

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The United States Space Force, America’s newest military branch, executes its mission with roughly 9,400 military personnel and an additional 5,000 civilian employees. This is a fraction of the size […]

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The Golden Dome program represents one of the most ambitious missile defense initiatives in U.S. history.

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Booz Allen’s Chris Bogdan: If the Pentagon tries to develop Golden Dome through its traditional procurement system, it will likely fail

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Meink most recently served as deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office

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Auria Space and Sphinx Defense will develop competing versions of what the Space Force calls a “joint antenna marketplace"

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Last year’s release of both the Department of Defense (DoD) “Commercial Space Integration Strategy” and the United States Space Force (USSF) “Commercial Space Strategy,” marked, for the first time, the […]

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Dual-use space technologies underpin a new strategy to outpace rivals

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