The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Department of Defense, established in December 2019. Its primary role is to organize, train, and equip space forces to protect U.S. and allied interests in space by ensuring space superiority. The USSF manages space launch operations, satellite operations, space environment surveillance, and satellite defense, and partners with organizations like NASA on space domain awareness and planetary defense. Key areas of focus include missile warning, satellite communications, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services.
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BAE Systems selected MDA Space to provide key hardware for the U.S. Space Force MEO Epoch 2 constellation.
The U.S. Space Force MEO Epoch 2 program aims to track missile threats from medium Earth orbit.
The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion Other Transaction Authority contract on May 26 to build the Space Data Network Backbone on the Starshield platform.
The Space Force has said that an IDIQ pool exists for Air Moving Target Indicator follow-on work.
The House Armed Services Committee’s mark folds the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office into the Space Force acquisition structure established under Secretary Hegseth’s 2025 reforms.
Gurpartap Sandhoo was named Space Development Agency director on May 19 and was also given the Space Force’s portfolio acquisition role for missile warning and tracking.
The U.S. Space Force MEO Epoch 2 program is part of the United States’ multi-orbit missile defence architecture.
The $94 million U.S. Space Force contract falls under the Department of Defense’s APFIT program.
Observable Space won a $94 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract on May 29 for the Air Moving Target Indicator constellation on Starshield.
The Space Force’s fiscal 2027 budget unfunded Tranche 3 Transport Layer and rolled its requirements into the new Space Data Network program.
The U.S. Space Force MEO Epoch 2 program is a component of the U.S. multi-orbit missile defence architecture.
BAE Systems is the prime contractor for the U.S. Space Force MEO Epoch 2 satellites.
GPS is operated by the U.S. Space Force through a network of ground control stations.
The House bill would transfer the Space Development Agency director’s authorities to the Space Force portfolio acquisition executive in charge of missile warning and tracking.
GPS is operated by the U.S. Space Force and managed through a network of ground control stations.
The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies argued that the U.S. Space Force should prepare to place human operators in cislunar space.
The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $2.29 billion contract to accelerate the Space Development Agency’s proliferated low Earth orbit communications backbone.
The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to develop a space-based Airborne Moving Target Indicator constellation.
Northrop Grumman has partnered with Los Angeles-based satellite manufacturer Apex to develop and demonstrate space-based interceptor capabilities for the United States Space Force.