🔎 Defense Tech Signal — Wednesday

• The Pentagon is seeking commercial satellites capable of close-range, on-orbit inspection of other spacecraft, signaling deeper integration of private-sector space domain awareness into national security missions.
• The Air Force expects the first Sentinel ICBM to be fielded by early 2030 after installing a new Pentagon-controlled program manager, a governance shift aimed at stabilizing schedule and accelerating nuclear modernization.
• The Defense Department is moving to scale its AI-enabled Joint Enterprise Task Management System to more than 150,000 users, indicating enterprise-wide adoption of workflow automation across the department.

Sources:

1) Defense News — https://www.defensenews.com/space/2026/02/18/dod-eyes-commercial-satellites-that-can-spy-on-other-satellites/
2) Defense One — https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2026/02/initial-sentinel-icbm-expected-early-2030-air-force-says/411483/
3) DefenseScoop — https://defensescoop.com/2026/02/17/pentagon-ai-joint-enterprise-task-management-system-jetms/

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