WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is moving to modernize the computer networks that underpin its operations, awarding new work under a $12.5 billion Air Force-led contract vehicle designed to overhaul ...

Artist's rendering of GSSAP. Credit: U.S. Space Force NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland–The U.S. Space Force wants its next-generation space situational awareness satellites to have a refueling capability, ...

At the center of the shift is a reworking of how the Space Force buys capability. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink described the current push as a “generational opportunity” to improve ...

American warfighters need jam-proof communications, and the Space Force is planning to spend hundreds of millions to ensure they have them. As part of that effort, the service established the ...

The Space Force has been working closely with private investment firms to get a leg up on emerging technologies. The result is a “pool” of companies with products the service wants, a senior defense ...

Space Force recruiting officials are planning to meet with the Washington Nationals to learn how to fine-tune the service's scouting process as it grows. Pictured, airmen assigned to the 11th Security ...

The U.S. Space Force has awarded five companies positions on the Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Global, or PTS-G, contract, which has a ceiling value of approximately $4 billion. Hear ...

A little more than a century ago, the US Army Air Service came up with a scheme for naming the military’s multiplying fleet of airplanes. The 1924 aircraft designation code produced memorable names ...

The Space Force general in charge of Trump’s Golden Dome program says that he has a blueprint but gave no details leaving doubts about its cost. Donald Trump announced a highly ambitious plan to ...

After more than a decade of development and testing, US military officials are finally ready to entrust United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket to haul a batch of national security satellites into ...

Events like the Schriever Wargames and Global Sentinel, pictured here, are intended to improve collaboration between the U.S. and its allies. (Tech. Sgt. Luke Kitterman/U.S. Space Force) The Space ...

China destroyed one of its own satellites on Jan. 11, 2007, creating thousands of pieces of debris in orbit while revealing its capabilities—and plans—for the space domain. That moment signaled the ...