Tag: Space Force
Auditors push the services to consolidate their GPS and backup work
A new GAO review finds progress on GPS modernization but urges the Army, Navy and Air Force to stop duplicating…
America’s oldest missile-warning satellites retire to a graveyard orbit
The final two Defense Support Program satellites have left orbit, closing a missile-warning era that began in 1970.
Space Command’s next commander is a career space operator
The White House has tapped Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. to run U.S. Space Command as the Pentagon pushes…
Space Force reopens antenna bidding after a $1.7B cancellation
Space Systems Command restarts a shelved antenna program, betting on commercial phased arrays and ground-segment-as-a-service.
Space Force lines up two commercial servicing flights for 2027
The Space Force has scheduled two 2027 missions that will refuel and reposition military satellites in orbit.
The Space Force’s fivefold satellite plan rests on scarce parts
As the service pushes industry to build far more spacecraft, a handful of components keep showing up as the choke…
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