Good Afternoon! Space developments have kept a steady pace these past two weeks. NASA terminated $420 million in contracts to align with DOGE’s cost-cutting push. The U.S. Space Force plans to launch 100+ satellites in...more
Good Afternoon! U.S. Chamber launches space leadership council, Crew 9 has to stay…just a little bit longer, and new executive orders spur reviews, revisions and other activity across U.S. space agencies, and Akin’s Micheal...more
Good Afternoon! Forget the past two weeks, it’s been a busy week in the business of space. Since President Trump’s inauguration, Washington has been busy shuffling the deck on U.S. space leadership and priorities. Outside...more
Good Afternoon! NORAD may not have fired up the Santa Tracker just yet, but the first two weeks of December have been chock full of presents for the space industry, with the FAA digging into licensing reform, NASA deciding...more
Good Afternoon! The past couple of weeks have been much busier on the ground than in orbit – or at least it seems that way - with big space policy announcements around the globe. The U.S. government released the first...more
Good Afternoon! It has been another busy two weeks in space law and policy! SpaceX delivered a new crew (including the first Space Force Guardian in orbit) and two empty seats to the ISS. Meanwhile, back on earth, the U.S....more
Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s weekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines from this past week and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more
Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more
Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more
Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more
Key Points - On January 31, 2024, the Department of Defense (DoD) released an update to its list of “Chinese military companies” that are “operating directly or indirectly in the United States” in accordance with the...more
2/7/2024
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Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more
1/26/2024
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Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s weekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more
• On August 7, the DOD, GSA, and NASA released a prepublication version of an Interim Final Rule implementing paragraph (a)(1)(A) of § 889 of the 2019 NDAA. The rule is effective next Tuesday, August 13, 2019.
• Among its...more
8/12/2019
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• The Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced (84 FR 25545) that they will hold a town hall-style public meeting on July 19, 2019,...more
6/5/2019
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The Proposed Rule creates a procedure for DoD to release unclassified technical data subject to EAR and ITAR to “qualified contractors,” which are defined to mean qualified U.S. and Canadian contractors. The Proposed Rule...more