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Pentagon taps Northrop Grumman, True Anomaly for recon satellites that can monitor other space systems

The contract awards will support the GHOST-R initiative.

Sep 21, 2026 By Jon Harper

Space Force advancing on-orbit tracking for airborne and ground-based targets

As the Space Force prepares to launch the first Airborne Moving Target Indicator prototypes, the service is also working on its Ground Moving Target Indicator constellation —…

Sep 17, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches the Space Development Agency T1TL-C mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 15., 2025. Beginning in 2027, T1 will provide initial warfighting capability to deliver regional persistence for tactical military data channels, along with advanced missile tracking and missile warning, and beyond-line-of-sight targeting plus demonstration of UHF and S-band tactical satellite communications. (U.S. Space Force photo by 2nd Lt. Andrew Taller)

SDA hopes to keep certain decision-making authorities as Congress weighs its future

Drafts of the fiscal 2027 NDAA include provisions to repeal existing laws that established the Space Development Agency.

Sep 15, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Space Force Guardians assigned to Space Delta 5 monitor computer workstations Dec. 18, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. (Photo by David Dozoretz)

Space Force creates office to accelerate innovative tech acquisition

“It will be empowered just as the PAEs, it will be a peer to the PAEs and it will be 100% focused on that valley of death,”…

Sep 15, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

Troy Meink appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination to be secretary of the Air Force in Washington, D.C., March 27, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

Meink: Space Force has deployed space control weapons to orbit

The announcement is the first time a Pentagon official has confirmed the existence of U.S. space-based weapons.

Sep 14, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

Space Force taps 5 companies for Space Data Network connectivity demos

The companies selected include Amazon LEO for Government, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab and York Space Systems.

Aug 13, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

Director of Golden Dome for America (GDA) Gen. Mike Guetlein receives a briefing on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system at a THAAD site in Dededo, Guam, July 16, 2026. Task Force Talon, composed of Soldiers from the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and the Guam National Guard, operates the THAAD missile defense system to protect the U.S. territory in the Western Pacific. The site assessment directly supports the rapid development of GDA as a next-generation, layered defense capability designed to protect and shield the Homeland against advanced ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. (U.S. Navy photo by William J. Busby III)

Guetlein: Golden Dome in jeopardy due to 2027 funding uncertainty

"If [lawmakers] don’t figure it out, there is no Golden Dome because there is no funding,” Gen. Michael Guetlein said.

Aug 12, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess faces a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill, July 16, 2026. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Congress confirms Schiess as third-ever chief of space operations

Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess will take over from Gen. Chance Saltzman as head of the Space Force.

Aug 7, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

Space Force awards $615M in deals for second batch of aircraft-tracking satellites

The new contracts build off the $4.16 billion award given to SpaceX in May, which tasked the company to develop an initial satellite constellation for the SB-AMTI…

Aug 4, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

Members of the 18th Space Defense Combat Squadron, a unit assigned to U.S. Space Forces – Space under the USSF Force Generation model, observe orbital data at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 4, 2024.  (Photo by David Dozoretz)

Space Force establishes $981M contract vehicle to develop testing, training infrastructure

“This effort sets the foundation for rapidly advancing and integrating the test and training tools needed to effectively train Space Force Guardians,” Col. Craig Hackbarth said.

Jul 31, 2026 By Mikayla Easley