{"id":27515,"date":"2026-05-27T07:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=27515"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:16:25","slug":"spacex-reportedly-pressured-the-pentagon-into-paying-extra-for-starlink-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=27515","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Reportedly Pressured The Pentagon Into Paying Extra For Starlink Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">Missing actual competitors, the corporate gained the showdown.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2181419\/spacex-reportedly-pressured-the-pentagon-into-paying-more-for-starlink-access\/\" data-post-title=\"SpaceX reportedly pressured the Pentagon into paying more for Starlink access\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2181419\">\n<picture id=\"p56edefd433bee9dc8c67f8f8e14e2d1b\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/spacex-reportedly-pressured-the-pentagon-into-paying-more-for-starlink-access\/intro-1779819014.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/spacex-reportedly-pressured-the-pentagon-into-paying-more-for-starlink-access\/intro-1779819014.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/spacex-reportedly-pressured-the-pentagon-into-paying-more-for-starlink-access\/intro-1779819014.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2181419\/spacex-reportedly-pressured-the-pentagon-into-paying-more-for-starlink-access\/\" data-post-id=\"2181419\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"SpaceX reportedly pressured the Pentagon into paying more for Starlink access: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shrugging at a podium\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Alex Wong\/Getty Photographs<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>The Iran battle has demonstrated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/30\/opinion\/iran-us-military-challenges.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the US army&#8217;s incapacity<\/a>\u00a0to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/iran-trump-war-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cost-effective<\/a>. To make issues worse on that entrance, SpaceX is now reportedly utilizing its market leverage to strain the Pentagon into spending extra on satellite tv for pc web.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The disagreement between SpaceX and the Pentagon was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/pentagon-spars-with-spacex-over-starlink-price-hike-during-iran-war-2026-05-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>\u00a0on Tuesday. Weeks after the US army started its marketing campaign towards Iran, SpaceX executives reportedly met with Division of Protection officers to speak about pricing. The message from Elon Musk&#8217;s firm was primarily: You are paying about $5,000 per Starlink terminal month-to-month, however you are utilizing it like a higher-tier aviation subscription that prices $25,000 per 30 days. Time to improve.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon&#8217;s battle with SpaceX arose over its use of the service with the LUCAS kamikaze drones. Of their assembly, DoD officers reportedly argued that the costlier aviation-grade Starlink<br \/>service was designed for plane, not one-way drones that detonate on affect. This kind usually requires only some minutes to some hours of satellite tv for pc connectivity. The Pentagon reportedly caved, primarily doubling the price of every LUCAS drone.<\/p>\n<p>And all of that is taking place as SpaceX prepares for its IPO in June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2178212\/the-spacex-ipo-plans-are-now-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anticipated to be the most important in historical past<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Starlink&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/science\/space\/spacexs-starshield-satellites-are-reportedly-transmitting-signals-on-unauthorized-frequencies-212939991.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military-grade model<\/a>, Starshield, has more and more grow to be a important instrument for international protection forces. As an example, consultants started describing Ukraine as <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/ukraine-russia-war-drones-iran.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gaining a bonus\u00a0<\/a>in its battle with Russia after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/02\/europe\/spacex-starlink-russian-drones-latam-intl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX started blocking<\/a> the latter&#8217;s use of the service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A DoD spokesperson informed <em>Reuters<\/em> that the company is procuring round for Starlink rivals. Sadly, it might must journey to a different galaxy to take action (maybe with an help from SpaceX). Musk&#8217;s firm is the one sport on the town that operates at this scale. <em>Reuters<\/em> notes that SpaceX&#8217;s roughly 10,000 satellites make up over 60 % of the worldwide complete in orbit. Neither of it is closest rivals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/amazons-satellite-internet-service-is-scheduled-for-mid-2026-availability-164046305.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Leo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/oneweb-eutelsat-merger-internet-satellite-spacex-starlink-151433993.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eutelsat OneWeb<\/a>, is able to compete on that stage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missing actual competitors, the corporate gained the showdown. &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; Alex Wong\/Getty Photographs The Iran battle has demonstrated the US army&#8217;s incapacity\u00a0to be cost-effective. To make issues worse on that entrance, SpaceX is now reportedly utilizing its market leverage to strain the Pentagon into spending extra on satellite tv for pc web.\u00a0 The disagreement between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27516,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27515\/revisions\/27516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}