Working from computer screens in chilly rooms, the force has emerged as a vital part of America’s war machine amid increased competition from China and Russia. It looked more like a satellite ...

It looked more like a satellite television dish than a weapon. But the antenna could fire enough electromagnetic energy to fry the satellite 22,000 miles away. That was not the plan for tonight’s ...

In 2019, then-President Donald Trump did something that hadn't happened in over seven decades: he formed a new branch of the United States military. The U.S. Space Force launched, taking much of its ...

A potential near-peer conflict with China or Russia will almost certainly involve the launching of ballistic missiles against US military targets. Now, the US military wants weapon systems that will ...

The U.S. Space Force is planning a competition for commercial maneuverable satellites to support the military’s Maneuverable Geosynchronous (GEO) program. The Maneuverable GEO program reportedly seeks ...

A little more than a century ago, the US Army Air Service came up with a scheme for naming the military’s multiplying fleet of airplanes. The 1924 aircraft designation code produced memorable names ...

A year ago, the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee put the Space Force on notice. The service, they said, was putting too much focus on its operators and not enough on its acquisitions ...

The U.S. Space Force has reached a crucial milestone, one that modernizes and enhances the command and control capabilities of the Defense Department's space wing. Nearly eight months after awarding ...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket at liftoff during the NG-2 mission on Nov. 13. Credit: Blue Origin The U.S. Space Force is now taking proposals from new launch providers with rockets ready to fly by ...

The Space Force is focusing on domain awareness for the first CASR mission area. Credit: ASBE/Getty Images The U.S. Space Force has set domain awareness as its initial—and for now, sole—mission area ...

The Space Force’s recent contract with aerospace firm Vantor to provide for better situational awareness in space highlights how even hybrid warfare is moving its way to the cosmos. The United States ...