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Pentagon's CMMC Pause Leaves Space Suppliers on the Honor System
Government/Military

Pentagon's CMMC Pause Leaves Space Suppliers on the Honor System

Post-Quantum by 2030: Why Satellites Are the Hardest Migration
Technology

Post-Quantum by 2030: Why Satellites Are the Hardest Migration

The Answer to GPS Spoofing: Authentication and Alt-PNT
Technology

The Answer to GPS Spoofing: Authentication and Alt-PNT

The GPS interference disrupting thousands of flights and ships exposes a design flaw satnav is finally fixing: the civilian signal was never built to prove it is real.

Jul 22, 2026
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Half of Scanned GEO Satellite Links Were Unencrypted, Study Finds
Cybersecurity

Half of Scanned GEO Satellite Links Were Unencrypted, Study Finds

Jul 15, 2026
AST SpaceMobile's Phone Satellites Are Also Becoming a GPS Backup
Connectivity

AST SpaceMobile's Phone Satellites Are Also Becoming a GPS Backup

Jul 10, 2026
Space Force's New Jammer Puts Its Own Command Link at Risk
Government/Military

Space Force's New Jammer Puts Its Own Command Link at Risk

Jul 10, 2026
IEEE Approves First International Standard for Designing Secure Space Systems
Technology

IEEE Approves First International Standard for Designing Secure Space Systems

Jul 10, 2026
Technology
The Answer to GPS Spoofing: Authentication and Alt-PNT
Technology

The Answer to GPS Spoofing: Authentication and Alt-PNT

The GPS interference disrupting thousands of flights and ships exposes a design flaw satnav is finally fixing: the civilian signal was never built to prove it is real.

Government/Military
Pentagon's CMMC Pause Leaves Space Suppliers on the Honor System
Government/Military

Pentagon's CMMC Pause Leaves Space Suppliers on the Honor System

The Pentagon's July 13 suspension of CMMC third-party audits reverts satellite and launch suppliers to self-attestation, just as attacks on the space supply chain climb sharply.

Cybersecurity
Half of Scanned GEO Satellite Links Were Unencrypted, Study Finds
Cybersecurity

Half of Scanned GEO Satellite Links Were Unencrypted, Study Finds

A $750 rooftop dish let researchers intercept 39 geostationary satellites. Half the IP links they scanned were unencrypted, exposing calls, military telemetry and utility control data.

Connectivity
AST SpaceMobile's Phone Satellites Are Also Becoming a GPS Backup
Connectivity

AST SpaceMobile's Phone Satellites Are Also Becoming a GPS Backup

AST SpaceMobile is carving out secure spectrum on its phone satellites to feed the Pentagon an alternative to GPS, and its ground segment has to keep that traffic separate from ordinary phone calls.

    Policy & Regulation
    EU Space Act Sets a 12-Hour Cyberattack Reporting Clock for Satellite Operators
    Policy & Regulation

    EU Space Act Sets a 12-Hour Cyberattack Reporting Clock for Satellite Operators

    Brussels' draft Space Act would give satellite operators serving EU markets just 12 hours to report a major cyberattack, tighter than the bloc's existing NIS2 deadline.

      Launch & Ground Segment
      ESA's CyberCUBE Satellite Opens an In-Orbit Testbed for Space Cyber Defenses
      Launch & Ground Segment

      ESA's CyberCUBE Satellite Opens an In-Orbit Testbed for Space Cyber Defenses

      ESA's CyberCUBE satellite, led by GMV Romania, launched July 7 to test jamming countermeasures, command-injection defenses and post-quantum cryptography in real orbit.

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        1. 1The Answer to GPS Spoofing: Authentication and Alt-PNT
          Technology

          The Answer to GPS Spoofing: Authentication and Alt-PNT

        2. 2Pentagon's CMMC Pause Leaves Space Suppliers on the Honor System
          Government/Military

          Pentagon's CMMC Pause Leaves Space Suppliers on the Honor System

        3. 3Post-Quantum by 2030: Why Satellites Are the Hardest Migration
          Technology

          Post-Quantum by 2030: Why Satellites Are the Hardest Migration

        4. 4Half of Scanned GEO Satellite Links Were Unencrypted, Study Finds
          Cybersecurity

          Half of Scanned GEO Satellite Links Were Unencrypted, Study Finds

        5. 5AST SpaceMobile's Phone Satellites Are Also Becoming a GPS Backup
          Connectivity

          AST SpaceMobile's Phone Satellites Are Also Becoming a GPS Backup

        6. 6Space Force's New Jammer Puts Its Own Command Link at Risk
          Government/Military

          Space Force's New Jammer Puts Its Own Command Link at Risk