True Anomaly CEO: Space war will get "spicier"

Space warfare is "only going to get spicier from here," True Anomaly CEO Even Rogers told Axios in an exclusive interview.True Anomaly, a defense tech startup specializing in space defense and satellite security, participated in a Space Force demo in July in which its spacecraft pursued and targeted a Rocket Lab satellite.Why it matters: That demo, dubbed Victus Haze, is an early sign of what orbital warfare will probably look like, Rogers said.Yes, but: The industry is changing fast. "We're in the same place that aviation was in the 1930s," Rogers said."Space is going through the same transformation that air went through," he said, adding that we'll probably look back at operations like Victus Haze as "seminal moments."Threat level: Demos like this one are becoming more urgent, as the Russia-U.S. satellite tango over the weekend shows.Catch up quick: In Victus Haze, the Space Force tasked Rocket Lab to launch its maneuverable space vehicle, Puma, in 24 hours. Once in orbit, True Anomaly's spacecraft, Jackal, quickly chased it down.True Anomaly said it was the first ever space-to-space pursuit as part of a "tactically responsive" Space Force demo.Inside the room: Rogers said the T…

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