As the Pentagon prepares to move out on President Donald Trump’s ambitious “Golden Dome” missile defense project, leaders said at the AFA Warfare Symposium they are looking to the recent examples of Iran’s attacks on Israel last year to understand the challenges ahead.
The Space Force successfully launched its seventh GPS III satellite into orbit Dec. 16—shaving more than a year and a half off the typical timeline for launching the highest priority national security spacecraft and switching rocket providers to do it.
The Space Force has officially expanded its concept for combining operations, sustainment, cyber, and intelligence functions all under one roof, dropping the “provisional” tag from units that kicked off the idea last year and transitioning two more Deltas and missions to the structure.
The Air Force and Space Force will have to manage a delicate balance between building readiness and preparing forces as they conduct more realistic, large-scale exercises, senior leaders said Sept. 18 at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference.
When the Space Force first unveiled its Integrated Mission Delta concept, leaders emphasized how it would unite operations and sustainment under one roof, delivering upgrades and fixes at a much faster rate. The head of Space Operations Command said there has been another benefit from ...
Space Operations Command boss Lt. Gen. David N. Miller Jr. is eyeing more advanced, integrated training for his Guardians, he said July 8, a shift that goes hand-in-hand with his command’s changing responsibilities and the service’s new force generation model.
The Space Force is reforming the way it presents teams of Guardians to combatant commanders, announcing July 1 that it will synchronize the “commit” phase of the Space Force Generation Model.
The Space Force is making progress on its plan with the National Reconnaissance Office to enable space-based targeting and replace legacy Air Force aircraft, multiple senior leaders said at the AFA Warfare Symposium.
About five months after the Space Force stood up two Integrated Mission Deltas (IMDs) to bridge the gap between operations, development, and sustainment specialists, the commanders of those Deltas say the shift has been a success.
Just as the Air Force is switching up how it packages troops for deployments, the Space Force will implement a new system called “combat squadrons”—though with most of its forces deployed in place, the change will largely be divvying up operations and readiness functions, leaders ...
The new head of Space Operations Command and a new report co-produced by the National Space Intelligence Center both highlighted space weapons being developed by China and Russia this week that continue to pose a threat to the U.S.
Space Force Gen. Stephen N. Whiting became the new head of U.S. Space Command on Jan. 10, succeeding Army Gen. James Dickinson during a change of command ceremony at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo. In his speech as commander, Whiting pledged to foster partnerships with ...