U.S. Space Force

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force anticipates the initial use of a ground system developed to support its new protected tactical waveform on orbit in fiscal 2027.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is partnering with SpaceX to field a new satellite communications (satcom) network.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force’s CSCO anticipates starting the acquisition process to buy commercially derived maneuverable satellites for use in GEO by early next year.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force will launch its first new missile warning satellite no earlier than March 2026.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Sierra Space is ready to pull back the curtain on its defense-centric unit and a new 60,000-ft.2 facility dedicated to its national security programs.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The House Appropriations Committee is offering the U.S. Space Force $19.1 billion in fiscal 2026 to support research-and-development programs.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has coordinated the launch of two next-generation GPS III satellites at a rapid pace not often expected from the U.S. government.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has tapped BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems–formerly Ball Aerospace–to build 10 satellites.
Satellites

By Michael Bruno
Innovative Rocket Technologies is looking to become publicly traded via a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company backed by Wilbur Ross.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
MIT’s sodium fuel cell; airship testing expands; integrating hydrogen propulsion; and nuclear battery for lunar power.
Emerging Technologies

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military and intelligence communities are dividing up responsibilities for remote-sensing data acquisition.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Portal Space Systems promises the rapid maneuverability of nuclear propulsion, but using thermal energy collected from the Sun.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
Rocket Lab is entering the payload market and deepening its involvement in national security space by acquiring Geost for $275 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Editors discuss the pricey Golden Dome program and how the DOD is rebalancing its spending, cutting back in other areas like Army aviation modernization.
Check 6

By Vivienne Machi
Tukwilah, Washington-based startup Starfish Space is planning its second satellite docking demonstration mission this summer.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
U.S. Space Force and NGA leaders have signed an agreement to define each agency’s role in acquiring space-based TacSRT data.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble, Vivienne Machi
A top U.S. military official confirmed that satellites are demonstrating aircraft tracking as the E-7A program faces a cancellation threat from the Pentagon.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Long known for its storied aviation history, the Los Angeles region remains a force in aerospace manufacturing—now with the “space” element in sharp focus.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has received fielding approval for its new Counter Communications Systems Meadowlands jammer.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris
Recent Chinese demonstrations of “dogfighting in space” have added extra urgency to calls for dynamic U.S. space operations capability sooner rather than later.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military is currently testing sensors that can be used to track moving aerial targets from space, says Gen. Gregory Guillot.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Space Force has said it will fund CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat for further work into space laser communications terminal work.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space, competing for the Space Force’s first batch of R-GPS satellites, has demonstrated integration of an early iteration of the hardware and software.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Space Force says it has completed a critical propulsion test of the Oracle-M space situational awareness system.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
A U.S. satellite appears to have maneuvered near two Chinese spacecraft a few days ago, space situational awareness company Comspoc says.
Operations & Safety