WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University, already known as the Cradle of Astronauts, is now establishing itself among the academic leaders for the U.S. Space Force with research and initiatives ...

The Space Force pressed ahead with R-GPS using the funding it had, even after Congress declined to approve the additional $77 million. A year later, the dynamic has reversed: the Space Force says it ...

WASHINGTON — Sierra Space announced May 8 it has completed a ground-based demonstration of a navigation satellite prototype for the U.S. Space Force’s Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) ...

U.S. Space Force guardians participate in Moonlight Defender, an exercise designed to focus on refining the defensive and offensive skill sets of cyber guardians. (1st Lt. Charles Rivezzo/U.S. Air ...

The Space Force offers guardians multiple education pathways, from automatic enrollment in the Community College of the Air Force to partnerships with elite research universities. The programs mirror ...

The Space Force's Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program will feature two geosynchronous Earth orbit satellites and two polar-orbiting spacecraft. (Lockheed Martin) Despite expectations ...

American warfighters need jam-proof communications, and the Space Force is planning to spend hundreds of millions to ensure they have them. As part of that effort, the service established the ...

Starfish Space has won a $54.5 million contract to produce a second Otter satellite servicing spacecraft for the Space Systems Command.

A generation ago, when former NASA Administrator Dan Goldin promoted the mantra of a “faster, better, cheaper” approach to the agency’s science missions, critics often joked that NASA could only pick ...

The Space Force has been working closely with private investment firms to get a leg up on emerging technologies. The result is a “pool” of companies with products the service wants, a senior defense ...

Orange County-based aerospace firms Terran Orbital Corp. and Turion Space are among a dozen companies selected by the U.S. Space Force to compete for spacecraft contracts under a $237 million program.