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 plans to issue contracts for Kronos, a rapid-acquisition initiative to modernize space battle management software.
The U.S. Space Force awarded AnySignal a contract for a resilient, self-healing network for Military Satellite Communications.
The launch took place from Vandenberg Space Force Base on SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission.
Space Force awarded Space-Based Interceptor study contracts to Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Anduril Industries, and True Anomaly in November 2025.
The Air Force and Space Force spend more than $113.8 billion annually developing next-generation fighters, nuclear weapons, and missile defenses.
Fossa Systems launched its FossaSat-2E nanosatellite on SpaceX’s Transporter 16 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The U.S. Space Force paused national security launches on Vulcan Centaur after a solid rocket booster anomaly on the February 12, 2026 mission.
The U.S. Space Force selected Northwood Space to provide its Portal phased array system for the Satellite Control Network.
VICTUS DIEM serves as a precursor to other missions in the U.S. Space Force’s tactically responsive portfolio.
Firefly Aerospace supported Lockheed Martin on the VICTUS DIEM mission for the US Space Force.
On March 25, 2026, Firefly Aerospace participated in two U.S. Space Force responsive space exercises as part of the VICTUS DIEM mission.
The U.S. Space Force is weighing launch alternatives as Vulcan faces a potential months-long grounding.
VICTUS DIEM is intended to support a repeatable and standardized process for rapid-response space missions for the US Space Force.
SpaceX’s Transporter-16 rideshare mission will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The VICTUS DIEM drills were conducted with Space Systems Command’s System Delta 89, also known as Space Safari, and Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Problems with ULA's Vulcan rocket could affect Space Force missions including Next-Gen GEO, Silent Barker, WGS, some NRO satellites, and some space domain awareness satellites.
SpaceX launched Starshield as a physically separate military architecture funded by billions of dollars in National Reconnaissance Office and Space Force contracts.
The U.S. Space Force designated a second tranche of mission areas to be assigned portfolio acquisition executives to help speed up development.
ThinkOrbital’s microgravity welding tests could enable the U.S. Space Force to construct objects four times the size of the International Space Station in a matter of weeks from a single launch.
The United States Space Development Agency is a U.S. Space Force unit responsible for accelerating the acquisition and deployment of new military space capabilities.