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 ...

The U.S. Space Force is nearing completion of a strategic blueprint that will map out what the service must build, buy and ...

I think the work of the force design will be done in 2025, and then hopefully publish it again to stakeholders in early 2026,” Gen. Chance Saltzman said.

We're in a troubling time. We are in a situation where we barely have enough acquirers to do all of the work that we have now,” Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy said.

The memorandum outlining the Space Force’s new nomenclature was signed in 2023 by then-Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton, who was the ...

The Space Force to radically shift purchasing models prioritizing speed in acquiring new technology to meet threats.

Modifications to Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station have already begun. SpaceX just took a big step toward launching its Starship megarocket from Florida. The U.S. Air Force ...

Through conversations at these global forums, one insight became clear to me: Technology alone will not define the future of ...

The X-37B spacecraft’s latest mission was shorter than the last but tried several new maneuvers and approaches during its time in outer space. By Nicholas Slayton Published Mar 8, 2025 11:29 AM EST ...

SpaceX's famed 397-foot-tall (121 meter) Starship took off from its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, for its 10th ...

The United States Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane touched down to earth on Friday after spending 434 days in orbit conducting mysterious tests. The unmanned Boeing-made aircraft landed at ...

The sixth and newest military service branch, the United States Space Force (USSF) was created in 2019 under the Department of the Air Force. It consists of about 4,200 enlisted service members and ...