Theresa Hitchens

Until today, the Pentagon had gone a year and a half without a confirmed comptroller. By Ashley Roque and Theresa Hitchens on August 07, 2026 2:21 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

Directed-energy and cyber weapons, as well as bombs targeted on communications hubs, all have potential to disable large satellite constellations, said Lt. Col. Rick Zellman, deputy commander of US Space Command. By Theresa Hitchens on August 11, 2026 4:39 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

Directed-energy and cyber weapons, as well as bombs targeted on communications hubs, all have potential to disable large satellite constellations

"We're a combatant command and we fight to win wars," US Space Command chief Gen. Stephen Whiting told the annual Army SMD conference. By Theresa Hitchens on August 12, 2026 11:56 am Share Options Share a link to this article

The Defense Department will not decide whether to produce operational space-based interceptors until after industry demonstrates their feasibility, Gen. Michael Guetlein said. By Theresa Hitchens on August 12, 2026 6:01 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

The Army's space superiority efforts are focused on countering adversary ISR satellites, as well as conducting "stratospheric warfare," Col. Joe Mroszcyck told Breaking Defense. By Theresa Hitchens on August 13, 2026 4:32 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

The new awards are aimed at demonstrating the ability of multiple satellite networks to connect to the Space Force's emerging Space Data Network. By Theresa Hitchens on August 17, 2026 9:17 am Share Options Share a link to this article

The data from the hosted payloads on QZS-7 and its predecessor QZS-6 will feed into the US Space Surveillance Network operated by the 18th Space Defense Squadron. By Theresa Hitchens on August 17, 2026 2:57 pm Share Options Share a link to this article

David Mosher, head of the Congressional Budget Office's National Security Directorate, stressed that the watchdog office was tasked with estimating the price tag for implementing Trump's January 2025 executive order, not any DoD plans.

The Space Warfighting Environment 2040 is unique because it "was deliberately written to be warfighter-first, not technology-first," an official at SPACECOM's Joint Forces Development and Training team told Breaking Defense.