U.S. Space Force

By Brian Everstine
The Senate on Aug. 6 confirmed Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess to serve as the third uniformed leader of the U.S. Space Force.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Mitsubishi Electric is partnering with a startup to bring radar technology to the Asia-Pacific region.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
K2 Space Secures U.S. Space Force Optical Link Work
Satellites

By Robert Wall, Steve Trimble
The U.S. Space Force has awarded $615 million across three further contracts to work on Space-Base Airborne Moving Target Indicator capabilities.
Satellites

By Robert Wall, Vivienne Machi
Germany, Sweden, Canada and the U.S. are expanding launch infrastructure as military demand strains existing spaceport capacity.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
K2 Space is deepening its work with the Pentagon, securing a hosted payload contract from the U.S. Space Force.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is kicking off a decade-long program for testing and training infrastructure, and has tapped 15 companies for the contractor pool.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
Rocket Lab plans suborbital launches from Alaska under a new Space Force missile defense contract through 2028.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
True Anomaly completed the first spacecraft pursuit phase of the U.S. Space Force's Victus Haze demonstration mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
With the launch of Northrop Grumman’s Mission Robotic Vehicle, in-space servicing finally appears to be on the brink of a breakout moment.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
A trio of senior officials is on deck, ready to usher in a new era of U.S. military space.
Budget, Policy & Operations

Aviation Week Staff
U.S. SPACE FORCE boosts NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 ceiling value... RAYTHEON gets $1.8b radar award... PIPER ties up with AURA AERO...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Brian Everstine
In his final address, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman urged the Space Force to manage certain challenges.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force expects initial regional space-based moving target indication within two years, with full constellation delivery by 2028.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force is redefining its vision for the National Security Space Launch program by bringing into the fold Impulse Space and its forthcoming kick-stage vehicle.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
SPACE FORCE acquisition change... L3HARRIS gets towed array award... EVANS INC. hires new NAS modernization lead...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force intends to award launch task orders that will begin filling out new constellations for the Space Data Network and space-based air moving target indication (AMTI) by the end of fiscal 2026.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military’s key intelligence partners will soon be able to use the U.S. Space Force’s new domain awareness platform ATLAS thanks to forthcoming upgrades.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has onboarded two more space companies—Impulse Space and Relativity Federal—to compete for task orders supporting lower-priority and less demanding national security launches.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
When the U.S. Space Force recently announced it had awarded nine base contracts for one of its marquee new programs, it opted to disclose only one provider: SpaceX.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Victus Haze put the service’s rapid-response space concept to the test, launching and commissioning a satellite in record time.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has selected Boeing to provide two spacecraft as a bridge between the U.S. military’s existing narrowband satellite communications constellation and a future architecture.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The call came before sunrise in Mahia, New Zealand. Less than 17 hr. later, Rocket Lab launched a company-built satellite to space with its Electron rocket.
Operations & Safety