Theresa Hitchens is a Space and Air Force reporter at Breaking Defense. With a rich background that includes former roles as the editor of Defense News and director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, she covers a range of themes including aviation and aerospace, security, and international space topics such as the International Space Station and NASA. Theresa's insights have been featured in outlets like RealClearDefense, CauseACTION Clarion, and Space Today.
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By: Theresa Hitchens
The Defense Department will not decide whether to produce operational space-based interceptors until after industry demonstrates their feasibility, Gen. Michael Guetlein said. By Theresa Hitchens on August 12, 2026 6:01 pm Share Options Share a link to this article
The Army's space superiority efforts are focused on countering adversary ISR satellites, as well as conducting "stratospheric warfare," Col. Joe Mroszcyck told Breaking Defense. By Theresa Hitchens on August 13, 2026 4:32 pm Share Options Share a link to this article
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The new awards are aimed at demonstrating the ability of multiple satellite networks to connect to the Space Force's emerging Space Data Network. By Theresa Hitchens on August 17, 2026 9:17 am Share Options Share a link to this article
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The data from the hosted payloads on QZS-7 and its predecessor QZS-6 will feed into the US Space Surveillance Network operated by the 18th Space Defense Squadron. By Theresa Hitchens on August 17, 2026 2:57 pm Share Options Share a link to this article
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David Mosher, head of the Congressional Budget Office's National Security Directorate, stressed that the watchdog office was tasked with estimating the price tag for implementing Trump's January 2025 executive order, not any DoD plans.
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The Space Warfighting Environment 2040 is unique because it "was deliberately written to be warfighter-first, not technology-first," an official at SPACECOM's Joint Forces Development and Training team told Breaking Defense.
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"We have to have a better linkage between our acquisitions officers, or staff, and our operators," Col. Tim Trimailo, head of the Space Systems Command's Commercial Space Office, told Breaking Defense. By Theresa Hitchens on August 31, 2026 8:42 am Share Options Share a link to this article
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The space industry lauded a new Trump administration 1,000-launches-a-year space policy, but experts told Breaking Defense that the current space infrastructure doesn't have enough capacity and someone's going to have to pay, potentially a lot, to change that. By Theresa Hitchens on September 08, 2026 12:11 pm Share Options Share a link to this article
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The largest MoD investment detailed in the new strategy is a planned £880 million between 2026/2027 and 2029/2030 for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and space control "activities." By Theresa Hitchens on September 08, 2026 3:59 pm Share Options Share a link to this article
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The big question facing DoD is what happens if the Traffic Coordination System for Space program is scrapped: is US Space Command left holding the space safety bag in perpetuity?
