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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Firefly Aerospace shipped the first Alpha rocket to Vandenberg Space Force Base earlier in the year and performed pad testing.
Raytheon Intelligence & Space completed a Critical Design Review of its competitive sensor payload design for the U.S. Space Force’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Block 0 geostationary missile warning satellites.
Gen. John 'Jay' Raymond, chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, stated that space is going to become the most vital domain for national security, surpassing air, land, and sea.
The U.S. Space Force is still determining how to best protect and secure space for safe operations.
Space Systems Command is the second of three U.S. Space Force field commands to be established following the stand-up of Space Operations Command on 2020-10-21.
The U.S. Space Force renamed the Space and Missile Systems Center as Space Systems Command on 2021-08-13.
The LV0006 launch is the first of two launches under a Space Force award announced 2021-08-05, arranged using the Defense Innovation Unit’s other transaction authority.
Companies at the SpaceWERX virtual Space Force Pitch Day will pitch technologies and compete for up to $34,000,000 in Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contracts.
The U.S. Space Force is launching a new industry outreach program expected to award up to $50,000,000 in contracts to small businesses and startups.
The U.S. Space Force is launching an industry outreach program called SpaceWERX expected to award up to $50,000,000 in contracts to small businesses and startups.
SpaceWERX will hold an inaugural virtual Space Force Pitch Day on 2021-08-19 where companies will pitch technologies and compete for up to $34,000,000 in Small Business Innovation Research Phase 2 contracts.
The next opportunity to compete for an NSSL contract is scheduled for 2023 when the Space Force plans to seek bids for Phase 3 of the program.
The Launch Enterprise projects awarding the next OSP-4 task order supporting the Space Test Program’s USSF-46S mission later this summer.
On 2021-08-09, Astra Space, Inc. was awarded the Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Rocket Systems Launch Program of the U.S. Space Force.
The addition of Relativity Space and other emerging providers to OSP-4 expands the Space Force’s vendor pool and supports the small launch industrial base.
The Space and Missile Systems Center is the U.S. Space Force’s center of excellence for acquiring and developing military space systems.
Under a Defense Innovation Unit contract, Astra Space plans to launch a test payload for the U.S. Space Force on its next attempt to reach orbit in August.
The U.S. Space Force previously awarded the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 mission on OSP-4 to Northrop Grumman.
The U.S. Space Force awarded an OSP-4 contract for the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 mission to Northrop Grumman.
The U.S. Space Force expects to procure approximately 20 missions with a $986,000,000 ceiling value over a nine-year ordering period.