Air Force

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) is exploring the possible lease of commercial small and medium satellites able to maneuver in geosynchronous orbit to detect threats and speed […]

U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Littleton, Colo., site a more than $509 million contract for Global Positioning System Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites 21 […]

Congress is awaiting the arrival of a fiscal 2026 National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) budget request that may slice $300 million to $400 million for commercial imagery out of a $1 […]

China’s development of “high ground” space systems, including anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, that can reach geosynchronous orbit 23,000 miles above Earth is a concern for the U.S. Space Force (USSF). “The […]

The U.S. Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command (AETC) expects to receive its first T-7A Red Hawk this December. In 2018, Boeing [BA] and Saab won an up to […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (USSF/SSC) is forecasting an up to $895 million to $905 million award by next February for a 10-year Maneuverable Geosynchronous Orbit (M-GEO) Satellite-Based Services […]

DoD said that it has accepted a gifted 747-8 airliner from Qatar for conversion to an Air Force One presidential transport, and Boeing [BA] has provided to the U.S. Air […]

The percentage of U.S Air Force bombers available for missions is in the 50s—a trend consistent with service-wide aircraft availability statistics, Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the head of Air Force Global […]

The U.S. Air Force is examining industry capacity to build “secondary launch capability”–a follow-on to the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) on the U.S. Navy’s E-6B Mercury Take Charge and […]

The U.S. Space Force is analyzing how to retain control over key elements of Golden Dome amid a possible bid by a SpaceX team to lease equipment to DoD for […]