Rocket Lab launches Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ experiment  Rocket Lab set to launch Space Force and NASA ‘DiskSat’ ...

The U.S. Space Force is looking for advanced technologies for space-based interceptors that can intercept ballistic missiles ...

WASHINGTON — Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, the U.S. Space Force’s top acquisition officer, told an audience of space industry executives Dec. 2 that the Pentagon’s future in orbit will depend on how ...

In 2019, Air Force Space Command became the Space Force, in large part to unite space-related acquisition and operations ...

The development of these weapon systems has a clear goal: deter and, if necessary, defeat US adversaries in space, particularly China.

The U.S. Space Force is now taking proposals from new launch providers with rockets ready to fly by early 2027 to join the ...

The Space Force confirmed the initial awards but declined to name who received them, telling Reuters it does not need to disclose contracts valued under $9 million. However, the July Pentagon ...

Orange County-based aerospace firms Terran Orbital Corp. and Turion Space are among a dozen companies selected by the U.S. Space Force to compete for spacecraft contracts under a $237 million program.

The Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program will feature two geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites and two polar-orbiting spacecraft. (Lockheed Martin) Despite expectations ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Force’s main acquisition arm is looking to see which of its major programs could be scaled back or replaced with a commercial alternative. “Nobody got a pass.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University, already known as the Cradle of Astronauts, is now establishing itself among the academic leaders for the U.S. Space Force with research and initiatives ...

A generation ago, when former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin promoted the mantra of a “faster, better, cheaper” approach to the agency’s science missions, critics often joked that NASA could only pick ...