September 19, 2024
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Space

US defense program seeks next-generation space monitoring tools

WASHINGTON — As the space race intensifies and geopolitical tensions rise, the Pentagon is looking to technologies to improve its understanding of activities in outer space. The Space Security and Defense Program (SSDP), a joint initiative of the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, issued a statement on September

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Discovery

Scout Space and Dawn Aerospace partner to conduct spaceplane surveillance demonstration

WASHINGTON — Scout Space, a Virginia-based startup specializing in space domain awareness, has signed an agreement with Dawn Aerospace to demonstrate the ability to observe objects in very low Earth orbit (VLEO) from an aircraft operating in suborbital space. Under the agreement announced Aug. 22, Scout will install its space domain awareness sensors aboard Dawn

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