The Space Force has been working closely with private investment firms to get a leg up on emerging technologies. The result is a “pool” of companies with products the service wants, a senior defense ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launched the first tactically responsive mission for the Space Force. (Firefly Aerospace, Trevor ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Space Force's Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites, depicted here, serve a neighborhood watch ...

The Space-Based Interceptor program deploys weapons in orbit, enabling the U.S. military to engage and destroy threats ...

Illustration of congestion in geostationary orbit. Credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL; CC BY-SA 3.0 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force will evaluate commercial alternatives to its bespoke military ...

Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, commander of U.S. Space Forces – Space, speaks during a panel discussion at the Space Force Association’s 2024 Spacepower Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 11, 2024.

As part of the Space Force's review of its acquisition portfolio, the service is considering augmenting its Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability, depicted here, with commercially available systems.

As commercial remote-sensing data becomes the national security coin of the realm, the leaders of the U.S. Space Force and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have taken a step toward defining ...

The Space Force is exploring options to use its new Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve to facilitate on-demand launches for getting much needed capabilities on orbit quickly. Col. Richard Kniseley, ...