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 Air Force and Space Force are working to speed up acquisitions by reducing bureaucratic layers and delegating authorities.
The Space Force plans to host an industry day this summer to brief companies on a new force design for commercial technology integration.
More than 80 percent of the Space Force’s funding is allocated to acquisitions.
The Space Force was established in December 2019 as an independent military branch.
Loft Orbital won a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Space Force on 2021-05-05 to support development of an edge computer that can analyze data in space.
The U.S. Space Force will complete a design review 2021-05 of a previously flown SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that launched a military GPS satellite last fall.
Loft Orbital has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract by AFWERX sponsored by the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Portfolio Architect office.
Firefly is completing preparations for the inaugural launch of its Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 2.
Firefly Aerospace is completing preparations for the inaugural launch of its Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 2.
The Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress identified the Space Force’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program as an example of problematic space acquisition with five satellites planned to be deployed by 2028, the earliest of which may fly by 2025, at a cost of nearly $9,000,000,000.
The Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Raytheon a $228,000,000 contract on 2021-04-30 to continue development of a ground system for Global Positioning System satellites.
The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $228,000,000 contract to Raytheon Intelligence and Space for the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System Follow-On (OCX 3F) on 2021-04-30.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems completed the Initial Design Review of the space vehicle and ground segment for the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center Electro-Optical Infrared Weather System satellite program.
The NTS-3 launch delay is due to launch scheduling and results from NTS-3 being a rideshare with other United States Space Force customers, with AFRL not controlling the overall schedule.
The U.S. Space Force will take ownership of NTS-3 after AFRL completes the experiment and will integrate it into its regular set of capabilities.
USSF-106 is a classified mission that was awarded to United Launch Alliance last year under the National Security Space Launch program run by the Space and Missile Systems Center.
The Air Force and the Space Force are counting on United Launch Alliance to introduce a new launch vehicle later 2021 that uses a domestic engine.
As the civilian leader of the Space Force, Frank Kendall will oversee the standup of a new assistant secretary for space acquisition and integration office and will work with Congress on proposed procurement reforms.
United Launch Alliance’s next launch after NROL-82 was the Space Based Infrared System GEO Flight 5 mission for the U.S. Space Force, scheduled for 2021-05-17 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The U.S. Space Force is currently unconcerned about safety issues arising from the growth of commercial space activity.