Space Force
Space Force can’t figure out what personnel it needs for its missions, GAO says
As service leaders seek more money and headcount, thousands of “required” jobs went unfilled in 2025, watchdog agency found.
Space Force faces budget uncertainty as leader plans exit next month
Gen. Chance Saltzman sets his retirement as the service’s top budget priorities face cuts, scrutiny.
Space Development Agency resumes key satellite launches after delays, watchdog criticisms
Meanwhile, Congress may dissolve SDA into the Space Force.
International air and space leaders will push unity at conference after prickly NATO summit
Military brass to debate space warfare, the U.K.’s F-35s, and the country's new spending plan.
Two more rocket-makers join Pentagon's list of launch options
Impulse Space and Relativity Federal can compete for national-security missions against SpaceX, Blue Origin, and others.
Does Space Force have enough lawyers for tomorrow’s wars? Senators want to know
As service extends its capabilities and reach, SASC orders up a look at its prospective legal needs.
Space Force must prepare for all-out warfare, think tank says
A new Mitchell Institute report looked at wide-ranging war scenarios.
Blue Origin rocket explosion shows ‘fragility’ of national-security launch plans
Space Force efforts to breed more competitors aren’t keeping up with ever-increasing demand for rockets.
Space Force needs to prepare for an ‘in-person’ moon conflict with China, new report argues
Guardians need a human spaceflight program for future lunar missions, Mitchell Institute says.
Golden Dome defenders push back on $1.2T cost estimate
Program leader says CBO report based on Trump’s executive order doesn’t reflect current plans.
With launches slated to grow a hundredfold, Space Force seeks more sites, money, people, and AI
Even today’s accelerated pace strains decades-old launch facilities.
Space Force wraps decades-long GPS upgrade—and the next one is on tap
A last-minute rocket swap shows agility in pursuit of faster launches.
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Meet the 3-star insiders say will be Space Force’s next top leader
Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess is seen as the likely replacement for Gen. Chance Saltzman.
Space Force picks firms to develop Golden Dome’s space-based interceptors
Defense giants and startups vie to create orbital defenses—even as the program’s czar concedes they may be unaffordable.
Space Force scrambles to repair workforce as massive budget increase looms
The service is trying to recruit at a record pace even as Pentagon officials insist civilian departures didn't hurt acquisition.
Space-based missile defense may cost too much for Golden Dome’s 12-figure spending plan
Czar doesn’t know if the ambitious tech can be affordably produced.
Air Force presses for space-based radar despite AWACS loss in Iran
The service is down to a handful of E-3 radar aircraft, but is pushing off proposals to fund its replacement.
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Space Force’s 2040 vision: a larger force to contend with larger Chinese, Russian threats
Officials speculate there could be 30,000 US satellites—more than twice as many as today.
A Russian space nuke was focus of US wargame, Space Command says
U.S. and allied governments and contractors gamed out implications of a nuclear blast intended to take out satellites.
‘Everyone wants a spaceplane’: More countries eye on-orbit protection for satellites
New report says France, Germany, India, and Japan aim to emulate U.S., Chinese capabilities.
