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 first spacecraft from a U.S. Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office program to conduct space situational awareness are close to entering operation.
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office plans to deliver the first unit of a new phased-array antenna by year-end 2025, to support the Satellite Control Network.
If Gen. Stephen Whiting could knock only one capability need off of his wish list, it would be integrated space fires, the U.S. Space Command commander says.
