EXCLUSIVE: NRO, Space Force in ‘final stages’ of commercial ISR arrangement
A similar agreement is in an early stage with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the head of the Space Force’s Commercial Space Office told Breaking Defense.
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Space Force awards first next-gen critical launch contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA
While the number of launches contracted to Blue Origin is small, the award represents a vote of confidence for the company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos.
From support to ‘warfighting’: Space Force releases first ‘capstone’ operations doctrine
“Space is a warfighting domain, not a collection of supporting activities. In conflict, space will be a contested environment. We are the military Service dedicated to fighting in it,” Space Force chief Gen. Chance Saltzman writes in a forw…
Space Force’s Saltzman: US national security space policy ‘lagging’ needs
“[W]e restrain ourselves from doing what is needful to avoid creating improper perceptions of ‘weaponizing space.’ In reality, space has been weaponized for at least two decades, and our slowness to absorb that reality has held back o…
Counterspace capabilities advancing around the globe: Secure World Foundation
The report finds that Russia has been increasingly successful at blocking Ukraine’s use of SpaceX’s Starlink communications constellation, citing media reports in December 2024 about a new system specifically targeting Starlink called Kalin…
Space Force greenlights Rocket Lab, Stoke for future launches
Both companies were awarded indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contracts under the service’s National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1.
Air Force weighs plan to cancel SDA’s next set of data relay sats in favor of SpaceX: Sources
The shift was recommended by the Space Force in order to protect the service’s high-priority efforts, sources told Breaking Defense.
ULA’s Vulcan rocket certified for national security launches
With that thumbs up from Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space program office in hand, ULA now is the second fully certified launch provider, along with SpaceX, cleared under the Space Force’s National Security Space Launch (NSSL)…
New ‘Space Warfighting Framework’ coming to codify Space Force concepts, terms
The interview signalled a rapprochement between Saltzman and the institute, following his Feb. 20 ban on engagement with Mitchell by Space Force personnel.
Space Force ‘transitioning’ SATCOM contracts from DISA
Col. Rich Kniseley said the current plan is to set up a new Space Force working capital fund for buying commercial SATCOM, initially worth about $120 million, on Oct. 1.