The Pentagon’s campaign to break from decades of cost-plus contracting is reshaping how it buys everything from missiles and satellites — and now it’s touching a critical corner of the space business: ...
To address that gap, said Purdy, the Space Systems Command has created a new training program tailored to those priorities. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said at the symposium that expanding ...
The Space Force has posted an updated draft solicitation for its Hybrid Architecture and Development for Experimental Systems program.
The U.S. Space Force has activated a new service component as part of U.S. Northern Command. U.S. Space Forces Northern, or SPACEFOR-NORTH, is the seventh service component activation since November ...
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman offers a keynote address at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Md., Sept. 24, 2025. The conference is an opportunity for Department ...
WAILEA, Hawaii—As the U.S. military waits for major acquisition reform legislation, Space Force officials say their service is ahead of the curve. “We’re anxious to see [the legislation], but I also ...
Space Force has given industry a detailed look at its plan for a potential seven-year, $200 million recompete contract for ground operations and development work focused on experimental systems. The ...
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Space Force needs a strategic plan

Big changes are coming to America's space forces. For decades, military space has been defined by mission stagnation. Early mission sets like launch, missile warning, nuclear detonation detection, ...
U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David N. Miller, Jr., Commander of Space Operations Command (right), speaks at a panel the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, ...
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) collaborated with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Space Development Agency to showcase the Joint Antenna Marketplace transfer of the ...