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Space Force news was everywhere this past week in the mainstream media, triggered by both comments made to the UN General Assembly by a representative of the Russian Federation as well as public release of the 2022 National Defense Strategy. … Read More

Los Angeles was the center of the Space Force universe last week, as the Space Industry Days conference sponsored by the Armed Forces Communication & Electronics Association (AFCEA) brought much of the Space Systems Command top brass and industry leaders … Read More

This week, the business of the US Space Force is business. SpOC chief Lt. Gen. Whiting spoke on the importance of public-private partnerships particularly in cybersecurity, while SpaceX announced the imminent launch of its massive Falcon Heavy rocket to much … Read More

A bit of a slow news week was the past week – unless you were one of two Space Force/Space Systems Command-partnering private sector firms. More specifically, Firefly Aerospace and SpaceX both punctuated space-based news columns throughout the week with … Read More

Some major events for the Space Force went down this past week: The Senate confirms now-Gen. Chance Saltzman as USSF chief of operations, the Space Development Agency official became part of the USSF, and initial results are in on a … Read More

Anyone paying attention to any sort of news this week surely stumbled upon stories and/or “humor” about “Sempra Supra,” the new official Space Force anthem. But while most twittered away about the song, Space Force officials, Guardians and civilians were … Read More

Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman stole most of the attention in Space Force-related news this week as he sat for a nomination hearing last Tuesday, but Guardians and private-sector partners were taking care of business as well. We’ve got stories … Read More

It’s mostly business as usual in Space Force news this week. Artemis seeks to get that Artemis I launch back on track (with USSF permission, that is); another call for the formation of a Space National Guard was made; a … Read More

’Tis the season for … reports, apparently. This week’s Space Force news is all about reporting on reports: In last week’s headlines were the findings and recommendations in the 4th annual State of the Space Industrial Base; some preliminary hints … Read More

We’re looking ahead to the future in this week’s edition of Space Force news: in the short-term to October football with the Space Force Falcons, in the medium-term to the relocation of STARCOM to Alabama (would you believe another objection?), … Read More

Just a few items make up the Space Force news this week, with a report on the upcoming Holistic Health Assessment program to be implemented next year and a couple of pieces of news on SpaceX. Liftoff with the Space … Read More

The accent is on the international in Space Force news this week, as the USSF and United Launch Alliance helped the nation of South Korea take its first small step/giant leap into lunar exploration, what mainstream media calls a “space … Read More

The Space Force news this week starts out with congratulations for the (presumably) new SPACECOM Chief of Space Operations, continues with a couple kudos for companies winning contracts with the USSF, acknowledges the flaming end of the latest Long March … Read More

The Space Force news this week is quite all about the proverbial money, but all the biggest headlines were there in the pocket. As next fiscal year’s National Defense Authorization Act was sent to the Senate, massive corporations and SMEs … Read More

While much of the mainstream media’s attention to the USSF was devoted to the post-launch explosion of a test rocket at Vandenberg SFB, in this week’s Space News, USSF brass looks to the future of intelligence, contractor Boeing sets another … Read More