Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III embarks this weekend on his ninth trip to the Indo-Pacific theater, with visits set for India, South Korea, and Indonesia. Austin's visit follows the announcement last week that South Korea's first-ever reconnaissance satellite will be launched into space ...
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Ken Mattingly, one of only two astronauts who flew in space in both Apollo and Space Shuttle craft, died Oct. 31 at 87. He commanded two shuttle missions, including the first dedicated military shuttle flight.
The Space Force aims to boost its National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program from 12 launches in fiscal 2023 to 21 missions in 2024, with United Launch Alliance (ULA) responsible for 11 missions and SpaceX handling 10.
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The traditional ways of doing space acquisition must be reformed in order to add speed to our acquisitions to meet our priorities.
The U.S. Space Force will officially activate its European component in just over a month, U.S. European Command said Oct. 31. U.S. Space Forces Europe and Africa, which will be dubbed SPACE-EURAF, will stand up on Dec. 8 and become the fourth Space Force component ...
The Space Development Agency added 38 more satellites to its growing list of contract awards on Oct. 30, with the agency agreeing to a $732 million deal with Northrop Grumman. The satellites will be part of the Tranche 2 Transport Layer of the Proliferated Warfighter Space ...
The Space Force stood up the 5th Space Warning Squadron and its Detachment 4 in Japan to oversee active/passive defense and attack operations for JTAGS, a new mission taken on from the Army.
The Space Development Agency has awarded a contract for 62 more satellites for its massive planned constellation in low-Earth orbit, an agency spokesperson confirmed Oct. 20. York Space Systems has been tapped to produce the satellites for the Alpha segment of the Tranche 2 Transport Layer. ...