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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The U.S. Space Force awarded 20 Other Transaction Authority agreements worth up to $3.2 billion to 12 companies for Space Based Interceptors under the Golden Dome for America architecture.
Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond (Ret.) is the Senior Managing Director at Cerberus and the first Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Starfish Space $52.5 million for proliferated LEO deorbit services in January 2026.
The 12 companies receiving U.S. Space Force Space Based Interceptor OTA agreements include Anduril, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, SpaceX, and True Anomaly.
John "Jay" Raymond is a retired general who served as Space Force chief.
NRO, the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command, and SpaceX launched NROL-172 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
U.S. Space Force Col. Bryon McClain is the Program Executive Officer for Space Combat Power.
The U.S. Space Force has begun the hardware development phase for its Golden Dome missile defense architecture.
The U.S. Space Force is using Other Transaction Authority agreements to bypass slower traditional procurement processes and attract commercial technology companies.
Anduril leads an industrial partner team developing, testing, and delivering cost-effective solutions for the U.S. Space Force’s Space-Based Interceptor program under the Department of War’s Golden Dome for America initiative.
The U.S. Space Force plans to raise its budget to $71.1 billion next year.
NewSpace Nexus, the U.S. Space Force, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Defense Innovation Unit released the State of the Space Industrial Base 2025 report in April 2026.
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ satellite and space business won a U.S. Space Force contract for a medium Earth orbit constellation ground network.
The U.S. Space Force raised the contract ceiling for its Andromeda space domain awareness program from $1.8 billion to $6.2 billion.
Portal Space Systems has received private funding and funding from the U.S. Space Force for applications in orbital surveillance and defense against hypersonic threats.
The MOSSAIC program focuses on the sustainment and modernization of critical Space Force ground systems.
Muon Space is executing a $44.6 million SBIR Phase III contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop Space-Based Environmental Monitoring prototypes.
The U.S. Space Force awarded 20 OTA agreements worth up to $3.2 billion collectively to 12 companies, including SciTec.
NROL-172 is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base no earlier than May 11.
NROL-172 is the National Reconnaissance Office's second proliferated mission in partnership with the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command under the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract.