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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Omitron Inc. has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
TapHere! Technology has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Giuseppe Engineering has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Sphinx Defense Systems & Technology Research has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
Frontier Technology has been contracted by the U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office under IDIQ multi-year task orders to develop ground systems software for the R2C2 program.
The United States Space Force is seeking nearly $350,000,000 for the PTS-R program in its fiscal year 2025 budget request.
Boeing was awarded a $439,600,000 contract in March to build the 12th Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) communications satellite for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command.
Sam Wilson is the systems director at Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy and authored the 2024-06-06 analysis of the Space Force’s fiscal year 2025 budget.
The 2024-06-04 Falcon 9 launch occurred from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The Aerospace Corporation released an analysis on 2024-06-06 examining the U.S. Space Force’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget.
The first Lockheed Martin mission under the agreement will fly on Alpha flight 6 (FLTA006) from Firefly’s SLC-2 launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base later 2024.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams aboard the Boeing CST-100 Starliner lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2024-06-05 at 10:52 a.m. EDT.
The Space Force’s fiscal year 2025 budget request totals $29,600,000,000.
Astroscale U.S. received a $25,500,000 contract from the U.S. Space Force last year to develop a refueling spacecraft.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:52 a.m. Eastern on 2024-06-05 on the Crew Flight Test mission.
U.S. Space Command and the U.S. Space Force are seeking capabilities that offer improved space situational awareness.
Space Systems Command’s Assured Access to Space organization expanded efforts with Starfish Space, SpaceWERX, Space Safari, and the SSC Commercial Space Office to improve responsiveness, resilience, and strategic flexibility of U.S. on-orbit assets.
The U.S. Space Force is seeking $349,000,000 for the PTS-R program in its fiscal year 2025 budget proposal.
The U.S. Space Force’s 2025 budget seeks $248,000,000 for the PTS-G program.
Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, released a white paper on 2024-05-29 calling for increased defense spending to fund cutting-edge technologies including U.S. Space Force capabilities to compete with China.