U.S. Space Force

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is sharpening plans to monitor and defend the region between Earth and the Moon as global competition extends deeper into space.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
AeroVironment is cutting its sales and earnings outlook after the Pentagon terminated the Satellite Commercial Communications Augmentation Resource program.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Increased on-orbit activity by the U.S. and its adversaries is prompting an insatiable appetite for new space domain awareness sensors.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The program to build a second slate of new missile warning and tracking satellites in medium Earth orbit (MEO) for the U.S. Space Force has completed PDR.
Missile Defense & Weapons

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

By Vivienne Machi
Airbus Defense and Space and Orbit Fab are teaming up to explore future refuelable satellites in geostationary orbit under a European Space Agency program.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The Space Force in 2022 awarded then Blue Halo a $1.4 billion contract for 12 Badger phased array antenna systems.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The Air Force secretary wants to fuse data gathered from a vast array of military and intelligence sensors for battle management.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
A new U.S. military satellite built to track objects in cislunar space could fly by the end of 2026.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
USSF halts Vulcan launches amid anomaly review, weighs options for GPS III satellite deployment.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military explores space-based warehouses for future logistics needs as cislunar and Mars missions grow, with AFRL studying orbital cargo depots.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The Department of the Air Force wants to test its ability to fuse sensor data from across the Defense Department via a series of exercises.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Space Force are testing several new technologies aboard the next GPS III satellite, including a new digital atomic clock.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Boeing is kick-starting an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) payload production line at its facilities outside of Los Angeles.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
U.S. military space leaders spent the better part of last year debating whether the time was ripe to invest further in in-space servicing and refueling. But going into 2026, the messaging has begun to coalesce around a more positive note.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Space Systems Command is looking for companies that could provide refueling services in geostationary orbit to spacecraft configured for such operations.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
“We would be foolish if we didn’t take advantage of commercial space capabilities,” a Space Force official says.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket successfully delivered the next batch of U.S. military satellites to their intended orbits on Feb. 12.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is working to advance its protected tactical satellite communication (satcom) efforts with boosted prototypes.
Satellites

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

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force and SpaceX launched the latest GPS III satellite on Jan. 27, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to field a new constellation of commercially derived spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The DOD is following a strict schedule to deploy an initial Golden Dome for America capability in just more than two years and an expanded architecture by 2035.
Missile Defense & Weapons

U.S. Space Force Col. Phoenix Hauser
The Space Force is breaking ground with commercial partners and intelligence agencies to deliver the moving target indication data to fight and win tomorrow’s wars.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force could receive a “significant part” of a future $1.5 trillion defense budget as proposed by President Donald Trump.
Budget, Policy & Regulation