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Chinese media claim that U.S. military doctrine and the establishment of a U.S. Space Force depict the United States as a dominating force that restricts China's access to space.
The U.S. Space Force awarded $685,000,000 in contracts to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Boeing in March to develop payloads for Protected Tactical SATCOM (PTS).
Xage Security announced the contract to develop a data protection strategy for the U.S. Space Force on 2020-09-17.
The U.S. Space Force seeks to cut acquisition timelines and design simpler satellites instead of developing unique, high-cost 'Taj Mahal' satellites that take decades to produce.
The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the contract on 2020-09-16 for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications program, known as Evolved Strategic Satcom.
The U.S. Space Force does not foresee shifting polar-orbit launches and launch infrastructure investments from Vandenberg Air Force Base to Cape Canaveral.
The U.S. Space Force’s 2021 budget includes $88,000,000 for upgrades to the National Space Defense Center.
The U.S. Space Force’s 2021 budget includes $628,000,000 to acquire two GPS 3F satellites.
The U.S. Space Force requires launch companies to shift to an autonomous flight safety system (AFSS) by October 2025 to allow phasing out older range safety systems.
The Space and Missile Systems Center has an annual budget of about $9,000,000,000 and is the military’s largest buyer of space technologies.
The U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center announced three Other Transaction Authority agreements in June with a combined value of $309,000,000 to Atmospheric & Space Technology Research Associates, General Atomics, and Raytheon Technologies to develop prototype weather satellites to characterize clouds globally and observe weather in military theaters.
The U.S. Space Force is operating a geostationary weather satellite previously owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide coverage over the Indian Ocean.
The Space and Missile Systems Center is scheduled to work with United Launch Alliance and SpaceX in Phase 2 of the National Security Space Launch program.
The 2,400 airmen selected to transfer to the U.S. Space Force were chosen from more than 8,500 applicants.
The Space C2 program office releases new software every 90 days and the U.S. Space Force provides orbit-monitoring apps to operators using current industry software development practices.
The Space and Missile Systems Center issued a request for information on 2020-08-26 seeking a digital workflow system for the development of classified early-warning and communications satellites.
Responses to the Space and Missile Systems Center request for information are due 2020-09-28.
Several commenters expressed concern that using naval ranks in the U.S. Space Force will deepen public misconceptions that the service operates as a space fleet that deploys into space.
The U.S. Space Force is considering alternative recruiting strategies to attract talent.
The U.S. Space Force is developing a 21st century talent management and human capital strategy to bring more technology experts into the service.