The former director of the Space Forces’ Space Systems Integration Office describes an ongoing transformation in the newest military branch.
SpaceX won $739M in U.S. Space Force NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 task orders to launch SDA and NRO missions from FY2026 to FY2028.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force announced Jan. 9 it awarded SpaceX nine national security space launch missions worth $739 ...
United Launch Alliance may have finally got its Vulcan rocket cleared for national security missions, but the Space Force decided to favor SpaceX for the majority of a batch of newly assigned missions ...
Around this time each year, the US Space Force convenes a Mission Assignment Board to dole out contracts to launch the nation’s most critical national security satellites. The military announced this ...
A year ago, the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee put the Space Force on notice. The service, they said, was putting too much focus on its operators and not enough on its acquisitions ...
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In space, survival is strategy

Resilience, not dominance, will shape the next era of space competition. Space has become indispensable to modern warfare.
Gen. Dan Caine, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, on Jan. 3 gave a shout-out to the roles played by US Space Command and US Cyber Command in Operation Absolute Resolve.
The U.S. Space Command staff practices their formation Sept. 9, 2019, before a ceremony to recognize the establishment of Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Colorado ...