U.S. Space Force

The first pillar of the Australia-UK-U.S. pact focuses on the sale of Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia in the early 2030s.

The U.S. Space Force does not yet anticipate any delays to its upcoming launch manifest because of the investigation into the July 11 failure of a Falcon 9.

A new data translation system meant to provide U.S. military space operators with a clearer picture of the heavens has entered operational trials.

KBR’s board unanimously OK’d the purchase, but it is subject to certain regulatory approvals prior to closing.

UK Royal Air Force Air Marshal Paul Godfrey most recently served as the first commander of UK Space Command.

Frank Kendall has spent his time as secretary working to reshape the Air Force—but will his work outlast him?

Photonic navigation sensors; Airbus and quantum computing; in-space refueling; alternatives to GPS for PNT.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded contracts to Blue Origin and Stoke Space under the Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 effort.

Orbit Fab has successfully demonstrated the automated docking of its in-space refueling technology.

The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.

U.S. Space Command wants to launch a pilot program that can parse out and fuse together data coming off of commercial and government remote sensing assets.

Northrop Grumman has delivered the two-satellite constellation to the Space Force, targeting mid-July for liftoff onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

The agency needs more than the Defense Department’s space collision avoidance services to keep its satellites out of harm’s way.

The newcomer joins incumbents ULA and SpaceX on the Space Force’s launch vendor list.

The service is exploring the future of narrowband satellite communications as its legacy Mobile User Objective System approaches the end of its life span.

The Space Force has awarded contracts to Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics and Viasat to develop space laser-communication terminal prototypes.

Boeing passed up bidding on a planned commercial variant of NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket for the U.S. Space Force’s NSSL Phase 3 program.

Senators want a U.S. Space Force program executive office to manage the acquisition of satellites that can track both air and ground moving targets from orbit.

RTX is no longer building satellites in the first phase of the U.S. Space Force’s missile-tracking satellite constellation.

The U.S. Space Force has selected Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and SpaceX as the three service providers for Phase 3 of the NSSL program.

“What we really need to focus on right now with the [Space Development Agency] is that [missile]-tracking layer,” a senior Space Force official says.

The House Appropriations Committee plans to allocate billions of dollars to fund missile-warning-and-tracking initiatives in its fiscal 2025 bill.

DIU is interested in partnerships with companies building radiation-tolerant and radiation-hardened microelectronics.

The Space Force says Boeing and Northrop Grumman are the only bidders qualified to build the next-generation jam-resistant satcom payloads.

The U.S. Space Force has awarded Starfish Space a contract to launch and operate a new space tug as part of its broader push for in-orbit servicing.