Mikayla Easley

1 week ago | defensescoop.com | Mikayla Easley

Derek Tournear will be reinstated as director of the Space Development Agency after being placed on administrative leave in January, the Department of the Air Force announced Monday. “Effective 17 April, 2025, Dr. Derek Tournear will return to his duties as the Director of the Space Development Agency,” a DAF spokesperson said in a statement. The department announced Jan. 16 that Tournear was placed on administrative leave pending the results of an ongoing investigation and put Lt. Gen.

1 week ago | defensescoop.com | Mikayla Easley

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Following years of delays and technical challenges, the Space Force is confident its Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) will reach initial operational capability before the end of 2025. Under development by L3Harris, ATLAS is the Pentagon’s latest attempt to modernize antiquated systems used by the Space Force to track satellites, spacecraft and other objects on orbit.

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2 weeks ago | defensescoop.com | Mikayla Easley

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — After completing a successful pilot period, the Space Force is scaling its Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) program to enable more combatant commands to leverage space-based commercial imagery and analytical products. Initiated as a pilot effort in 2023, TacSRT established a marketplace where CoComs can directly purchase commercial imagery and related data analytics.

2 weeks ago | defensescoop.com | Mikayla Easley

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Space Force’s acquisition arm is now able to share unclassified information about on-orbit threats with hundreds of commercial space companies under a new program called “Orbital Watch,” the service announced Tuesday.