Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman speaks April 10, 2024, at the 39th Space Symposium. Credit: Tom Kimmell Photography COLORADO SPRINGS — Following the Pentagon’s recent guidance urging ...

The Space Force is considering how to create a commercial space reserve fleet that would leverage industry technology in a conflict, like the soon-to-launch Viasat-3 capability, illustrated above.

A generation ago, when former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin promoted the mantra of a “faster, better, cheaper” approach to the agency’s science missions, critics often joked that NASA could only pick ...

After years of hesitation, the national security space community is finally boarding the commercial space train, one that many of us have been pushing for since the early 2000’s. The momentum is ...

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 ...

A strategy document released by the Pentagon this week lays out where the US military can most effectively rely on the commercial space industry and what missions should remain in government hands.

The United States 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.

The Space Force's Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites, depicted here, serve a neighborhood watch function in geosynchronous orbit. (U.S. Air Force) The Space Force is ...