What a Trump or Harris Election Win Means for the Space and Satellite Industry This week’s On Orbit podcast is a topical look at space policy in the U.S. election. Host Rachel Jewett is joined by fellow editor Jeff Hill for a conversation with Svetla Ben-Itzhak, assistant professor of Space and International Relations and… Read More Tournear: ‘Majority’ of DoD Systems Could Use SDA Acquisition Approach The commercial sector’s employment of firm, fixed price contracts — notably the approach of SpaceX founder and Trump insider Elon Musk — looks to upset the apple cart of DoD acquisition come January. Space Development Agency (SDA) Director Derek Tournear suggested on Tuesday that most Pentagon systems could… Read More A Frightening Future: Experts Outline the Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks Against Space Systems RESTON, VIRGINIA — Ransomware in space and the possibility of satellite kidnapping were just two of the scary future threats against space systems discussed at the CyberSat conference in Reston, Virginia, on Monday, Nov. 18. Read More |