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A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released on Saturday, July 25, 2026, reveals that the U.S. Space Force faces an acute 25 percent staffing shortfall as the service prepares to […]
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On Thursday, July 23, 2026, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the delivery of its fifth next-generation Global Burst Detector (GBD) sensor payload to the U.S. Space Force. Designed […]
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Targeting growing national security launch manifest demands and seeking to alleviate industry-wide medium-to-heavy launch constraints, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) announced on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, an […]
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On Friday, July 17, 2026, the commander of the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Combat Forces Command declared that recent multi-domain joint deployments in the Middle East mark a decisive return […]
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On Thursday, July 9, 2026, the U.S. Space Force completed the structural reorganization of its procurement enterprise, establishing its final three mission-focused portfolios to transition the service to a wartime-footing […]
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On Monday, July 13, 2026, the Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded two firm-fixed-price Other Transaction Authority (OTA) rapid prototyping agreements totaling approximately $1.75 billion to expand its space-based missile tracking […]
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On Monday, August 31, 2026, the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) will open its seventh annual Value of Space Summit (VOSS VII) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Reflecting […]
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Pegasus XL's final flight ended the only operational orbital-class air-launch system the same week VICTUS HAZE delivered a 17-hour tactical call-up from a fixed pad. Responsiveness turned out to be a software and operations problem, not an aircraft problem.
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On Thursday, July 9, 2026, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpaceRCO) selected Innovative Signal Analysis (ISA), a subsidiary of HawkEye 360 Inc., to develop an adaptable radar-warning […]
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BELLEVUE, WA — On Thursday, July 9, 2026, space hardware developer Pulse Space announced it has been awarded a $40 million technology development contract from the U.S. Space Force. Targeting […]
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