The Pentagon’s campaign to break from decades of cost-plus contracting is reshaping how it buys everything from missiles and satellites — and now it’s touching a critical corner of the space business: ...

System Delta 84, working with BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems, achieved the milestone nine months after the contract award.

Artist's concept of BAE Systems’ Resilient Missile Warning and Tracking in MEO satellites for the U.S. Space Force. Credit: ...

Orange County-based aerospace firms Terran Orbital Corp. and Turion Space are among a dozen companies selected by the U.S. Space Force to compete for spacecraft contracts under a $237 million program.

To address that gap, said Purdy, the Space Systems Command has created a new training program tailored to those priorities. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said at the symposium that expanding ...

AeroVironment said earlier this month that Space Force had temporarily paused its contract for the Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource program and it was in negotiations on a contract that ...

The Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program will feature two geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites and two polar-orbiting spacecraft. (Lockheed Martin) Despite expectations ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University, already known as the Cradle of Astronauts, is now establishing itself among the academic leaders for the U.S. Space Force with research and initiatives ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Force’s main acquisition arm is looking to see which of its major programs could be scaled back or replaced with a commercial alternative. “Nobody got a pass.

The Space Development Agency has 19 transport satellites in orbit and will launch another 126 spacecraft over the next year. (Northrop Grumman) The Space Force’s fiscal 2026 budget request proposes ...

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 ...

The Space Force offers guardians multiple education pathways, from automatic enrollment in the Community College of the Air Force to partnerships with elite research universities. The programs mirror ...