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U.S. Space Force

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is increasingly exploring commercial options to provide space domain awareness on orbit.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has selected five companies to begin the process of building new space-based protected tactical satellite communications capabilities.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force plans to use its X-37B to conduct operational demonstrations of laser link communications and quantum-based navigation in space.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
As China and Russia flex their military muscles in space, Western defense officials are becoming punchier in their mindset around those operations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

By Vivienne Machi
Blue Origin will fly a space domain awareness sensor built by Scout Space on its inaugural Blue Ring mission targeted for spring 2026, the company said.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. may be losing ground in a global race to develop highly maneuverable spacecraft.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The Missile Defense Agency is conducting market research for new systems to launch current and future interceptors for the Golden Dome missile defense project.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The new leader of the Golden Dome for America initiative has two months to deliver a baseline architecture outlining the future missile defense capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The service seeks to fortify the GPS architecture against such threats as jamming, spoofing and other adversarial actions.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is using the fiscal 2026 budget cycle to take a look at its space-based GPS enterprise.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
Astroscale U.S. has signed an agreement with NASA to test the on-orbit servicing capabilities of its Refueler spacecraft at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s upcoming Tracer mission is to provide fly-through data from interactions between the solar wind and Earth’s protective magnetic field.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The Senate Armed Services Committee wants to fund two versions of a future space-based data connectivity network as the Pentagon weighs the best option.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The Trump administration has put forth its nominees for the second-highest-ranking officers in the U.S. Air Force and Space Force.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force last week released its first International Partnership Strategy.
Operations & Safety

By Brian Everstine
The “tough decision” to cut the U.S. Air Force’s planned E-7A Wedgetail fleet was simply a balancing act for funding, Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
House lawmakers are directing the Defense Department to formally establish the Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has taken delivery of the GPS Operating Control System (OCX).
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
Rocket Lab has awarded a contract to build the sea-based landing platform for its forthcoming Neutron reusable launch vehicle, the company announced July 10.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force is replacing its legacy tactical and strategic satellite communications assets with disaggregated and proliferated spacecraft.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The Defense Department’s latest budget plan goes all in on space-based moving-target tracking.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
A new leader, a funding plan and an architecture outline define the early steps toward Trump’s hawkish homeland defense plan.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Boeing has landed the Evolved Strategic Satcom program, the U.S. Space Force said, as the service also cancels the Protected Tactical Satcom-Resilient program.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office expect to field ground-moving target indicator capabilities as quickly as two years from now.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare