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State of Defense 2022

Our annual service-by-service look at where the U.S. military is, and where it's going.

  • Defense One Staff
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The Air & Space Brief: Ukraine’s 56 fighter jets; Russia won’t leave American ISS astronaut behind; A ‘No Fly Zone’ test

  • Tara Copp
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The Air & Space Brief: AFSOC’s C-130 overhaul; Russia satellite tampering an “act of war?” Why is Ukraine’s internet still up?

  • Tara Copp
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The Air & Space Brief: Ukraine-ISS impact; Fighter jets to Ukraine; Will Starlink save the day?

  • Tara Copp
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The Air & Space Brief: Air Force pilot requirements adjusted; Italy’s NATO air policing, Space Force not a military service?

  • Tara Copp
Ideas

The Space Force Isn’t a Military Service

Unlike its sister branches, it doesn’t deal in violence. It needs a different model.

  • Paula Thornhill
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Reports of Sexual Assault, Harassment at Military Academies Spike

The number of reports likely still represents only a small portion of actual instances of sexual assault and harassment.

  • Elizabeth Howe
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The Air & Space Brief: ‘Space Internet’ a go; China’s hypersonic domain; USAF to pay $230M to church shooting victims

  • Tara Copp
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The Air & Space Brief: First clues to fighter pilot cancers; New tanker locations; Space winner too heavy to fly

  • Tara Copp
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The Air & Space Brief: Defending space fuel; Conference travel update; ‘Inspector’ satellites launched

  • Tara Copp
Policy

Will Space Force Protect Orbiting Gas Stations and Bases on the Moon?

As U.S. companies venture farther from Earth, whether the newest service will protect them remains under discussion.

  • Tara Copp
Science & Tech

The Air & Space Brief: Nuclear propulsion for satellites, New space launch record, CR threatens B-21, GBSD

  • Tara Copp
Policy

Who’s in Charge of US Space Policy?

Space professionals worry the National Space Council is ceding its defense portfolio.

  • Jacqueline Feldscher and Marcus Weisgerber
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The Air & Space Brief: New Year’s Day blast; Microwave-to-solar power, 2021’s ‘Top Tens’

  • Tara Copp
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2021 Top Ten: Space Force

In a year when the military's newest service turned two, there remain plenty of unsettled policy areas.

  • Defense One Staff
Science & Tech

Air Force Breakthrough Brings Space-Based Solar Power One Step Closer

Tomorrow’s remote military bases could be powered by a light-to-microwave tile that just passed a key test.

  • Patrick Tucker
Business

Small Firm Tapped to Make Threat Detectors for Satellites

The Space Force’s $32M contract seems to be the kind of award the Pentagon has recently extolled.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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The Air & Space Brief: New social-media limits, drone warfare, SpaceX’s 100th landing

  • Tara Copp
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Click ‘Like’, Get Punished Under Pentagon’s New Anti-Extremism Policy

First update since 2012 adds rules for social-media behavior.

  • Tara Copp
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The Air & Space Brief: China’s spaceplane; Satellite attack response; AI targeting failures

  • Tara Copp
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