Air Force

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) is planning a test this summer of space-based Link 16 tactical messages to Norwegian military forces. Last November, SDA said that it […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week approved the kick-off of two quick-start space-related programs by the Air Force without having to wait for congressional authorization and funding, Air […]

While SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has attached an annual price tag of $400 million on what it costs to provide Starlink communications service to Ukraine, SpaceX is unlikely […]

As the U.S. Air Force nears a June decision on the path forward on the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) said on April 9 that the […]

Last week, the new heads of U.S. Space Force’s three field commands–Space Systems Command (SSC), Space Operations Command (SpOC), and Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM)–met in Colorado Springs to […]

The final Delta IV Heavy rocket may launch on March 29 from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command said on March 28 that the rocket was […]

While the U.S. Air Force has said that the March 17 third all-up-round test of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) is the last in the […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) issued a solicitation this week for one contractor to build about 20 Tranche 2, Transport Layer (T2TL)-Gamma satellites, the final in the […]

Will U.S. Space Force or the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), or a combination of the two, have responsibility for rapid, within minutes commercial geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) support to the Combatant […]

About $1.5 billion of the U.S. Air Force’s $3.5 billion “unfunded priorities list” (UPL) request to Congress is to buy spare parts for aircraft operation and maintenance, including $564 million […]