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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.

3 days ago 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

A U.S. Air Force pilot enters data in a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in the Central Command area of responsibility, March 3, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Air Force establishing ‘Megatron’ IDIQ to fast-track DAF Battle Network acquisitions

“We want industry to understand the mission problem, bring their best ideas, and be prepared to deliver interoperable and adaptive capability," Brig. Gen. Joshua Williams said.

Sep 16, 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

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