U.S. Space Force

The U.S. is “pushing hard” to maintain control in the space domain, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Sept. 22.

True Anomaly next year aims to achieve key milestones to underpin the defense space startup’s growth strategy, including the first demonstration of its Jackal spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit.

With its first Tranche 1 launch complete, the Space Development Agency has begun deploying a regional mesh network to enhance data relay from low Earth orbit.

Space startups and tech companies are banding together to demonstrate their products with national security missions in mind.

NASA has selected four crewmembers for its second 378-day simulation of living and working on the surface of Mars.

Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear has left the agency less than one week before the first operational satellites are due to launch.

The Space Development Agency’s first batch of operational satellites is due to launch no earlier than Sept. 10 at 7:12 a.m. PT, provider SpaceX said Sept. 5.

The U.S. Space Force is racing to deploy a batch of National Security Space Launch missions before the end of the year.

U.S. Space Command will move from its current location in Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, President Donald Trump announced Sept. 2.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

When lawmakers return to Capitol Hill after Labor Day, they will be staring down a government shutdown deadline.

Defense companies are bracing for risk as the Pentagon signals it may require self-funded prototypes for space-based interceptors.

The $28.4 billion that defense technology startups raised from venture capital through June puts the sector on track for one of its best years ever.

The U.S. Space Force plans to solicit prototype designs for space-based interceptors around Sept. 5, an Aug. 21 notice says.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has issued two study contracts this month related to its Rocket Cargo vision to speedily transport equipment around the globe using commercial launch vehicles.

With their promise of deep magazines and relatively low cost per shot, laser weapons are becoming a battlefield reality.

U.S. launch diversity returns with the United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket’s first Space Force flight.

The U.S. military recently used its new Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) to successfully demo some of the key elements of the modernized anti-jam waveform.

KBR hopes tech and tools developed for its Iron Stallion space domain awareness monitoring platform will enable it to play a key role in Golden Dome.

United Launch Alliance successfully launched its Vulcan rocket on Aug. 12.

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is poised to join SpaceX’s Falcon fleet in launching the country’s highest priority national security space missions.

Rocket Lab’s spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force’s next Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission is now in final testing.

The Vulcan rocket will deploy USSF-106 to geosynchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, pending range approval.

Lockheed Martin has completed environmental testing for the first of two new missile warning satellites built for the U.S. Space Force, a company official said Aug. 5.

In 2025, “sustained space maneuver” has been added to Spacecom's top five focus areas, its commander says.