Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week. She has written about U.S. and international military and space tech for nearly a decade from Los Angeles, Washington and Stuttgart, Germany. Her byline has appeared in outlets including Defense News, Via Satellite, Foreign Policy, Defense Daily, National Defense Magazine and Business Insider.
The Space Force is redefining its vision for the National Security Space Launch program by bringing into the fold Impulse Space and its forthcoming kick-stage vehicle.
The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) is ordering 36 additional missile warning/tracking and missile defense satellites that build upon existing contracts for the next phase of the agency’s Tracking Layer.