The United States Space Force should pivot its focus to keeping pace with weaponry used in orbit by the nation's ...

China is practicing “dogfighting” satellites as part of its expanding capabilities in space, according to the United States ...

One of DARPA’s concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be capable of blinding hundreds of satellites.

US military officials believe Russia and China are aggressively testing new offensive space capabilities, pointing to a ...

The maneuvers, initially identified by commercial satellites, took place in 2024. They involved three Shiyan-24C experimental satellites and two Chinese experimental space objects, the Shijian-6 05A/B ...

Saltzman said the Space Force categorizes adversarial space weapons in six categories—three that are space-based and three ...

A senior official warned the U.S. risks losing its edge in space as strategic adversaries continue making gains at "an eye-watering pace." ...

Guetlein listed the satellite dogfighting ... its satellites from enemy attacks and through offensive measures of its own. “The purpose of the Space Force is to guarantee space superiority ...

The Space Force is looking at ways to integrate commercial capabilities and better partner with international allies on space ...

The Space Force will need to use AI in new ways to identify and track objects in space—also called “space domain awareness”—as space becomes increasingly congested, the service’s acting ...

China is also developing anti-satellite missiles and directed-energy attacks that use lasers or similar systems to attack other satellites. “This is a PLA space force that’s being built ...