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Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman offers a keynote address at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Md., Sept 24, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya)

Space Force sets sights on major overhaul of how it buys capabilities

“We find ourselves in a generational moment. We have the drive, the political will and the necessity to make lasting changes in how we field combat-credible space…

2 hours ago By Mikayla Easley

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Katie Arrington: Connecting tech reform to the warfighter mission

Katie Arrington, performing the duties of the CIO for the Department of Defense

2 days ago By Billy Mitchell

Rendering of Northrop Grumman’s GAS-T design that will leverage an ESPAStar-D satellite platform to add fuel and extend the life of in-orbit assets. (Northrop Grumman image)

Space Force’s next-gen space domain awareness satellites will require on-orbit refueling capability

The service hopes to release a draft request for proposals for the RG-XX program — which will leverage commercial technology — by the end of 2025.

Sep 24, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 20: Space Force General Michael Guetlein, speaks alongside Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced his plans for the “Golden Dome,” a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The staff gap: Or, why architecting national power starts with a better toolset

In this exclusive Op-Ed, Chris Beauregard explains why this century’s moonshots can’t rely on last century’s digital tools.

Sep 19, 2025 By Chris Beauregard

U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command’s (SSC) stands up Systems Delta 81 (SYD 81) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo. on Sept. 9, 2025. USAF Brig. Gen. Michelle Idle, mobilization assistant to the SSC commander, passes the SYD 81 guidon to USSF Col. Corey Klopstein, SYD 81 Commander. (USAF Photo by Senior Airman William Pugh)

Space Force activates ‘system delta’ unit for modernized test, training infrastructure program

System Delta 81 is the latest acquisition unit created under the new structure, which aims to speed up capability delivery by pairing up acquisition professionals and Space…

Sep 17, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

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Alex Harstrick: How startup speed and private-sector risk-taking could reshape defense

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Sep 15, 2025

Image from SpaceX livestream of the Tranche 1 transport launch (Credit: SpaceX)

SDA kicks off launch campaign for first operational data transport sats

“This is the first time we’ll be able to start working with our [combatant commanders] and our joint force to start integrating space into their operations and…

Sep 10, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

707th Communications Squadron client system technicians update software for computers that will be used on Air Force networks at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

New Air Force strategy looks to increase adoption of commercial networking tech

The new DAF Network of the Future plan outlines where the department wants to implement commercial technologies to modernize its IT networks.

Sep 3, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. President Donald Trump calls on a reporter during a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump announces U.S. Space Command HQ will move from Colorado to Alabama

The location for Spacecom HQ has been an ongoing debate within the Defense Department and Congress since its reestablishment in 2019.

Sep 2, 2025 By Mikayla Easley

U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program launched the USSF-36 mission carrying the U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) spacecraft, at 11:50 p.m. EST (8:50 p.m. PST) into orbit Aug. 21 from historic Launch Complex (LC)-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. (Photo credit: SpaceX)

Pentagon launches secretive X-37B space plane for new mission

During the on-orbit mission, dubbed OTV-8, the Boeing-made spacecraft will conduct a wide range of tests and experiments focused on laser communication tech and quantum inertial sensors,…

Aug 22, 2025 By Mikayla Easley