August 6, 2025

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Lockheed Martin is fast-tracking a command-and-control prototyping hub for the Golden Dome homeland defense shield—think Manhattan Project meets missile defense. Within 36 days, the company stood up its Suffolk, VA facility to test real-world capabilities from seabed to space.

USSPACECOM is amping up calls for new on-orbit mobility capabilities to allow satellites to dodge threats and even pursue enemy spacecraft — capabilities SPACECOM Commander Gen. Whiting stressed are necessary to achieving “space superiority.”

A new commission—backed by CSIS and Cyber Solarium 2.0—is skipping the debate over whether the U.S. needs a Cyber Force and diving straight into how to build one. With 17 experts on board and a September launch date, the Commission on Cyber Force Generation aims to preempt bureaucratic gridlock and sketch out the org chart before the ink dries.

GAO, Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI Use and Management at Federal Agencies. GAO-25-107653. July 29. 2025. (Source)

A Defense One op-ed calls for merging NORTHCOM and SOUTHCOM into a single “USAMERICOM” to close operational gaps exploited by adversaries. With threats like drug trafficking and cyber activity crossing borders, the author argues that a unified command could boost readiness, cut costs, and streamline coordination across the hemisphere.

The USSF, with support from the NRO and NGA, is preparing to launch satellites designed to enable and eventually support operational ground moving-target indicator (GMTI) capability, allowing the military to track vehicles and ships from orbit. Though Lt. Gen. Burt initially said these satellites would begin launching "within the next year," USSF officials later clarified that while supportive satellites will deploy soon, the first dedicated GMTI satellites won’t launch until 2028.

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With staffing shortages hobbling the National Weather Service, NOAA is leaning on startups to keep forecasts afloat. Critics warn that outsourcing core data collection could leave public safety blowing in the wind.

The EPA is preparing to revoke $7 billion in “Solar for All” grants meant to help nearly a million low-income households go solar. Critics say the move favors fossil fuels over clean energy—and leaves rooftop dreams in the dark. Lawsuits are likely, and the political heat is rising.

NASA’s interim chief has ordered the agency to fast-track a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor for the Moon by 2030—because solar panels don’t cut it during two-week lunar nights. With China and Russia planning a joint reactor by the mid-2030s, the U.S. is aiming to light up the moon first.

Zscaler just scooped up Red Canary to supercharge its AI-driven SOC capabilities. With 500B daily transactions and a decade of threat intel in play, the duo aims to cut response times and unify security ops.

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