Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency: ‘We need the flight software for our satellites to be written in the U.S.’

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Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, head of Space Systems Command: ‘We're realizing there are true industrial base concerns’

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Concerns include single-source supplies and financial influence from ‘adversarial’ foreign entities or countries

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A recent SpaceNews report on the “growing pains” of the smallsat industry was a wakeup call to some, due to the critical importance of a healthy, vibrant space industrial base. […]

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The office is particularly interested in responses from companies and lenders working in 31 component areas identified in the 2024 NDAA

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In the six months since Russia invaded Ukraine, a litany of follow-on effects from the conflict have reverberated throughout the globe, many of which could achieve permanence as a new norm or standard.

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How pandemic and war dealt a double whammy to a supply chain already struggling to keep up.

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Supply chain disruptions continue to pose a challenge for the space industry, but some see those disruptions as an opportunity for new approaches and innovation.

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The Space Development Agency and its contractors have had to scramble to deal with parts shortages and other supply chain problems that have affected the entire space industry.

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Cybersecurity and supply chain integrity must become integral and elevated concerns for the space community, as well as space consumers and strategic stakeholders.

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While space companies are feeling the impacts of supply chain disruptions, traditional space companies are experiencing different effects than newer ones.

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Chinese investments in U.S. space startups and use of Chinese software by DoD suppliers are issues of growing concern at the Pentagon, officials said. 

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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Sept. 14 the country “must secure a strategic position in the space industry’s supply chain” by leveraging its competitive edge in semiconductor and precision engineering.

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The pandemic and resulting supply chain issues have forced satellite manufacturers to adopt new approaches, some of which they plan to maintain in a post-pandemic world.

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