WASHINGTON — Procurement in the unclassified U.S. military space sector has come to a near standstill now that all major elements of the Pentagon’s satellite-fleet replenishment effort are under contract, but the classified side of the ledger is still seeing significant activity, with more on the horizon.

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Warren Ferster is the Editor-in-Chief of SpaceNews and is responsible for all the news and editorial coverage in the weekly newspaper, the spacenews.com Web site and variety of specialty publications such as show dailies. He manages a staff of seven reporters...