Policy

Inside Space Force's budget priorities and spending patterns

In the past 12 months, the youngest service has awarded contracts worth an estimated $11.9 billion.

  • Nick Wakeman
Ideas

Where the Space Force’s new ‘theory of success’ succeeds

The chief of space operations’ revelatory paper should be read across the Joint Force.

  • Todd Harrison
Defense Systems

Pentagon’s next-gen missile-tracking effort moves ahead—for now

Three firms have been picked to build 54 satellites, but plans depend on funds in the still-unpassed 2024 budget.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: SecDef has cancer; ‘Complex’ Red Sea attack; Army’s space plans; 2023’s record heat; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

Rocket Lab says $515m satellite contract makes it a prime supplier

Company officials revealed that it will build 18 satellites for a Space Development Agency constellation.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

How Space Force is raising its cyber defenses

The newest service is building in-house cyber teams but also needs to work more closely with U.S. Cyber Command, a deputy chief of space operations says.

  • Edward Graham
Threats

Today's D Brief: 2024 funding deal?; Scrutiny for SecDef; Sailor-spy sentenced; China’s aerial messages; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: SecDef’s hospitalization; Extremism in the ranks; China’s purge; New rocket’s first flight; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Business

ULA's new rocket took off. But can it challenge SpaceX?

The Vulcan Centaur isn't reusable, which makes it harder to compete on price.

  • Audrey Decker
Policy

What 2024 has in store for Space Force acquisition

Several troubled programs appear finally set to deliver.

  • Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

New report urges US to look beyond cheap low-earth satellites for missile warning

Tracking hypersonic missiles across oceans is like trying to “find a cup of tea that you’ve dropped into a swimming pool.”

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Space Command is fully operational, if still officially homeless

Lawmakers are delaying the HQ decision in the 2024 defense policy bill.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Space Force sets up shop in Europe, Africa combatant commands

SPACEFOREUR-AF is the latest office created to serve warfighting commands around the world.

  • Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

SpaceX, Blue Origin, others set to compete in military Moon business program

Rather than simply send another lander, DARPA’s newest space program seeks to advance multiple technologies simultaneously.

Threats

Today's D Brief: Houthis attack ships; Ukraine aid, running out; Seoul’s space successes; CV-22 crash update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Defense Systems

A key Pentagon data link can now talk to satellites—but not in the USA

A Link 16-to-space demonstration abroad went well. Could FAA approval for domestic tests be next?

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Gaza ceasefire agreed; US airstrikes in Iraq; Ukraine support ticks up; N. Korea’s spy sat; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Gaza conditions worsen; China’s undersea prowess; Koreas plan spy-sats; Navy P-8 skids into the sea; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad
Science & Tech

US says it won’t tell space-imagery companies to stop showing Gaza photos

But the satellite firms may be slowing the release of imagery anyway.

  • Audrey Decker
Business

What role should industry play in military space operations? The Space Force is working on a strategy for that.

The service will release a plan for how to integrate commercial satellite services by the end of the year.

  • Audrey Decker
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