Courtney Albon
Courtney Albon is C4ISRNET’s space and emerging technology reporter. She has covered the U.S. military since 2012, with a focus on the Air Force and Space Force. During that time, she reported on some of the Defense Department’s most significant acquisition, budget and policy challenges, including the F-35 jet, hypersonic capabilities and the creation of the Space Force.
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Space Force must grow to counter China and Russia, lawmaker says
House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said the service is not sized to meet increasing threats from China and Russia.
Air Force Research Lab building momentum on cislunar projects
The increased focus on cislunar projects reflects a growing recognition of a near-term need for deep-space domain awareness.
Defense Innovation Unit partners with Orbital Insight to take on satellite spoofing
Under a new contract, Orbital Insight will use commercially available data and advanced algorithms to detect and alert operators to possible spoofing attempts.
New space modeling and sim environment to boost cooperation between scientists and force designers
The new workspace, which should be ready in April, will provide the Space Warfighting Analylsis Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory a shared environment where they can use digital tools to support the Space Force's future architecture designs.
Space Force missile-warning sensor passes environmental test
The tests are meant to demonstrate the payload's performance in space-like conditions.
White House recognizes hypersonics, directed energy as critical technologies
The Biden administration's update to the critical and emerging technologies list closely reflects the Pentagon's new science and technology vision, which was released earlier this month.
New Pentagon strategy wants to elevate software factories
The document envisions a future department-wide software factory ecosystem.
Top Pentagon officials met with industry executives about hypersonics. What comes next?
Experts say the Pentagon's call for progress on hypersonic weapons development must be backed up with fiscal 2023 investments in much-needed testing infrastructure.
L3Harris to lead integration of new space domain awareness system
The new system will modernize the U.S. Space Force's command-and-control capabilities and paves the way for the service to decommission the legacy Space Defense Operations Center.
New strategy will harness emerging tech to beat adversaries
The strategy will target 14 critical technologies ranging from emerging sciences to commercially available capability.
