Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: May 11–15, 2026: CBO Pegs Golden Dome at $1.2 Trillion as Guetlein Pushes Back, Hegseth Joins Trump in Beijing for the Xi Summit, and NROL-172 Scales the NRO Proliferated Architecture from Vandenberg
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Golden Dome's price tag emerges as its director rejects the math, the first sitting SecDef joins a U.S. president in Beijing, and the NRO's proliferated architecture scales again.
"If You Want To See Space Nuclear Technologies, The U.S. Government Must Initially Own The Mission": Attorney Trevor Hehn Returns On Space Nuclear's Legal Architecture, The 2028 Launch Trio, And The Indemnity Gap Blocking Commercial Reactors
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Returning attorney Trevor Hehn explains why the federal authority to launch nuclear systems into space has existed for nearly seven years, why commercial space nuclear hinges on a single unsolved problem, and what the next eighteen months will reveal about the system's readiness.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: May 4–8, 2026: Pentagon Unseals 162 UAP Files Under Trump's PURSUE Program, Golden Dome Hits Multi-Billion Inflection Point, and US Strikes Iran in Strait of Hormuz
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Pentagon unseals 162 UAP files under Trump's PURSUE program, Golden Dome contracts surge with Booz Allen and Anduril wins, and US Navy strikes Iran in Hormuz.
"Even a Medium-Sized State Can Rethink International Norms": Major General Vladyslav Klochkov, Former Chief of Moral-Psychological Support for Ukraine's Armed Forces, on Ukraine's Transformation from Buffer Zone to Subject of the New World Order
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Ukraine's former Chief of Moral-Psychological Support maps three post-war scenarios for 2035, and explains why the Baltics, Taiwan, and South Korea are watching.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: April 27 – May 1, 2026: Pentagon's $1.5T FY27 Budget Lands, Russia's Nivelir Co-Orbital ASATs Now Shadow NRO Satellites, and Operation Epic Fury's Cost Tops $25 Billion
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Pentagon's $1.5T FY27 request lands, Space Command reveals Russia's Nivelir ASATs are operational with NRO sats in crosshairs, Falcon Heavy returns to flight, and 12 firms surface for Golden Dome interceptors.
"Sicily Is Not a Southern Border. It Is the Center of Gravity for European Stability": Rear Admiral (Ret.) Paolo Russotto on NATO's Undervalued Southern Flank, Space and Mediterranean Naval Operations, and What the Next Geaneration Needs to Understand
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Italy's Mediterranean is no longer a quiet flank. Rear Admiral Paolo Russotto on Sicily, NATO, and the front line Europe keeps underestimating.
Sirotin Intelligence Delivers Debut Workshop, "The Art of Communicating Value 101," at Inaugural ARIZONA SPACE Congress™
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On April 28, Sirotin Intelligence delivered its debut workshop, The Art of Communicating Value 101: How to Communicate Value in
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: April 20–24, 2026: Pentagon's $1.5T FY27 Budget Operationalizes Golden Dome, Falcon 9 Lofts Final GPS III, and New Glenn Grounded After Historic Reuse
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Pentagon asks Congress for $1.5T, $17.9B for Golden Dome, and $75B for drones. SpaceX delivers GPS III SV10. FAA grounds New Glenn after BlueBird 7 loss.
"Going in Circles in Low Earth Orbit Is Not Going New Places": Space Policy Historian John Logsdon on Why Artemis Is Still About Leadership, What NASA Should Actually Be For, and Why He's Skeptical of the Helium-3 Story
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Space policy historian John Logsdon on Artemis, NASA's real job, and why he's skeptical of the lunar economy.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: April 12–17, 2026: Space Force's 30,000-Satellite 2040 Vision, Golden Dome Casts Doubt on Space Interceptors, and Iran's Chinese Spy Satellite Targets US Bases
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Space Force plots a 30,000-satellite 2040 force, Golden Dome's space interceptors face a cost crunch, and Iran weaponizes a Chinese satellite against U.S. bases.
"We're Always One Order Away From Having to Fight": Department of War Principal Director for Space Technology Dr. Bryan Dorland On Marines, Orbital Mechanics, and Why the Moon Race Was Never Supposed to Happen When It Did
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The Department of War's chief space technologist on naval history, Lagrange points, AI, and why the people who can translate between warfighters, physicists, and Congress are the ones the space community needs most.
Sirotin Intelligence Briefing: April 6–10, 2026: Artemis II Makes History as Crew Returns From Deepest Human Flight Ever, Space Force Budget Doubles to $71 Billion Under FY27 Request, and Lockheed Lands $4.76 Billion PAC-3 Megadeal
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Artemis II smashes the Apollo 13 distance record and splashes down off San Diego, Space Force's FY27 request hits a historic $71 billion, and Lockheed wins a $4.76B PAC-3 megadeal.
