U.S. Space Force

By Brian Everstine
Long-awaited strategies outlining how the Pentagon and the U.S. Space Force want to work with industry are finally set to be released.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon recently outlined a new focus on reducing the classification of space programs.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
Space tech companies largely shrugged off 2023’s broad slowdown in VC investment given their strategic importance, according to the latest Seraphim Space Index.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Development Agency has awarded three companies $2.5 billion worth of contracts to supply 54 Tranche 2 missile Tracking Layer satellites.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
Advanced manufacturing startup Atomic-6 announced on Jan. 11 that it had raised $9.2 million jointly awarded by the U.S. Air Force and Space Force.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
U.S. military space operational commands got new leaders this week, as two recently confirmed generals took over Spacecom and the U.S. Space Force’s SpOC.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Brian Everstine
The triple-core booster lifted off with the X-37B from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A at 8:07 p.m. EST.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Space Force installations have Air Force uniformed security forces, logistics personnel and civil engineers who continue to function.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Force says its personnel track more than 6,500 potential missile events each month.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Bad weather has delayed Intuitive Machines, Inc.’s planned launch of its first Nova-C lunar lander to no earlier than mid-February, the company said.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The head of the service says analysis is focusing on physical coverage gaps, along with ways to quickly analyze data.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The service is adding a new approach to launch contracting, as the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture takes shape.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force has finished a draft concept of operations for ground-moving target indication missions from space.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. military sees orbital transfer vehicles keeping adversaries guessing.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The service is looking at 15% budget increases per year. But if Congress does not pass an appropriations bill, that expected growth will be on hold.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force’s long-awaited strategy for buying commercial capabilities will likely be released early next year.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office is tasked with meeting critical needs in space.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force is preparing for a dramatic increase in its acquisition of military satellite communications and position, navigation and timing systems.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The potential overhaul springs from a review led by service secretary Frank Kendall.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon has reshuffled how it presents its space-focused forces to combatant commands, modifying a scheme to have a broader goal of improving readiness.
Space

By Irene Klotz
If Vulcan misses its Dec. 24-26 launch window, the next opportunity to fly Peregrine to the Moon is on Jan. 8, ULA CEO Tony Bruno says.
Space

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

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines’ initial Nova-C lunar lander has arrived at Cape Canaveral for a launch under a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services agreement.
Space

By Tony Osborne
The UK Defense Ministry says Cawdor Barracks, formerly a U.K. Royal Air Force flight training base, has been named as the preferred DARC site.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin plans to launch to space a wideband electronically steerable antenna.
Space