The US Space Force

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Domain awareness, counterspace systems top Space Force budget needs

Awareness of the space domain and the means to protect and fight against threats are top needs for service, according to the chief of space operations.

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Space Force CMSSF Lays Out New Enlisted Guardian Career Path

Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force John Bentivegna unveiled an ambitious project to transform the career path for 4,900 enlisted Guardians.

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Space Force wants funding to expand commercial data analytics pilot program

The Space Force is looking to expand the TacSRT pilot to assist additional combatant commands in leveraging space-based commercial imagery and analytics for operations.

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Space Force to field sensors for tracking air, ground targets in 2030s

The Space Force has started to invest in early studies of the capability, but Guetlein declined to confirm whether a program would be funded in FY26.

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Industry ‘hamstrung’ by Space Force-intel community’s turf war

Commercial firms say NGA-centric acquisition can’t move fast enough to help combatant commands or foster innovation.

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SDA Sets Timeline for Buying Nearly 200 More Satellites in 2025

The Space Development Agency (SDA) notified industry of its planned timeline for soliciting and procuring Tranche 3 satellites in 2025.

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Debate over Space Guard rekindles amid growing reliance on satellites for disaster relief

Scott Pace: ‘Seeing the role that Starlink has played in North Carolina’s disaster response, I’m beginning to think there might be room for a Space National Guard’

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Space Force taps Impulse Space for next round of tactically responsive space demos

Impulse Space received a $34.5 million contract to demonstrate on-orbit maneuverability for the Space Force’s tactically responsive space program.

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OpTech secures $4.5 million U.S. Space Force contract for TacRS mission

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024 - Optimum Technologies LLC (OpTech), known for its expertise in space mission design and advanced space hardware services, has secured a $4.5 million contract from the United States Space Force (USSF)

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Space Systems Command concludes Tetra-1 satellite mission

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2024 - Since its launch on November 1, 2022, the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC), in collaboration with Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, has successfully wrapped up the Tetra-1 mi

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Space Systems Command and U.S. Navy achieve major MGUE program milestone

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2024 - On September 27, 2024, the U.S. Space Force's (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC), Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Military Communications (MilComm) and Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT),

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Space Force targeting more affordable GPS satellites

The program comes amid growing concern from Pentagon and other government leaders about GPS vulnerability.

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Think fast: A missile-defense system built for speed

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 - Satellites positioned high above Earth transmit crucial data to the surface in under a second, appearing swiftly on a computer screen monitored by a U.S. Space Force operator. The operator's swift u

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Impulse Space chosen for NRO BALISTA contract to enhance agile space tech

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 - Impulse Space, known for its in-space transportation solutions, has been awarded a BALISTA contract by the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO) Office of Space Launch (OSL). The contract aims to a

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Fort Detrick Maryland chosen as permanent site for Wideband Military SATCOM training

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 16, 2024 - Fort Detrick, Maryland, has been designated as the permanent home of the Wideband Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Operations Center (WSOC), which will host the Wideband Transmission Controller Ope

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