Frank Wolfe

Colorado-based Ursa Major is developing its reusable Arroway 200,000-pound thrust liquid oxygen and methane staged combustion engine for military and commercial use. The development comes as the Department of the Air Force […]

In the coming months, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is to begin testing cybersecurity qualification of commercial satellite communication offerings (COMSATCOM) under the service’s Infrastructure Asset Pre-Approval […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) resorted to a cost-plus contract, rather than SDA’s normal fixed price arrangement, in awarding General Dynamics $324.5 million on May 26 for the ground Operations and […]

The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has awarded BlueHalo a $1.4 billion contract for the Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource (SCAR) program. “SCAR will address the […]

The U.S. Space Force is assessing whether to recommend the creation of a Space National Guard or the formation of a combined active duty and Reserve component that has members […]

The Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to use spiral development to field small satellites for military use every two years — a fraction of the time required for large Department […]

Between 2019 and 2021, China doubled its number of satellites in orbit from some 250 to 499, while Russia increased its number of orbiting satellites from about 150 in 2019 […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) may hold an industry day to hear from commercial companies about possible technologies for space debris removal, the profit potential for such companies […]

The Department of the Air Force is to take advantage of efforts led by Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David ‘DT’ Thompson on future ground moving target indication (GMTI) […]

On March 5, the New York Times quoted Lt. Yevgeny Yarantsev, a Ukrainian officer leading his troops in Kyiv against Russian forces. Yarantsev told the Times that his soldiers “were more comfortable […]

Boeing  said on March 16 that U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) recently validated the design maturity of the company’s Protected Tactical Satcom Prototype (PTS-P) satellite in a critical […]

Frank Calvelli, the Biden administration’s nominee as the first assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, told the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Feb. […]

The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command launched the fifth and sixth Northrop Grumman Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from […]

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has awarded five commercial radar contracts to Airbus‘ U.S. division; San Francisco-based Capella Space; Finland-based Iceye’s U.S. division; Florida-based PredaSAR Corp.; and Santa Barbara-based Umbra Lab Inc., the agency said on […]

President Biden on Dec. 15 nominated Booz Allen Hamilton executive Frank Calvelli, who served as principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from 2012 to 2020, as the assistant secretary […]

A U.S. Space Force effort to launch a dedicated cybersecurity testing satellite in 2023 will include a design modeled after the common 3U cubesats, which weigh no more than nine […]

As California-based Rocket Lab looks to provide its Neutron rocket for future U.S. Space Force launches, the company on Dec. 13 took a step toward alternative power sources when the company […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission got spaceborne in the early morning hours of Dec. 7 after a 5:19 a.m. launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas […]

The U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin completed a system-level Critical Design Review (CDR) of the company’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (NGG) Block 0 satellites last […]

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Nov. 3 that it has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the agency’s Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL), as the agency looks to boost […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command is seeking information from companies able to provide sensors to improve the space domain awareness of objects in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). “The government […]

Rick Ambrose, the executive vice president for Space at Lockheed Martin, has decided to retire on March 1 next year, the company said on Oct. 7. After joining Lockheed Martin […]

In the last three months, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), previously known as Space and Missile Systems Center, has declared three Lockheed Martin GPS III satellites “available for launch […]

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Aug. 24 that he has a “short list” of potential nominees for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and President Biden to consider as […]

The U.S. Space Force (USSF), which became an independent military service in December, 2019, is requesting $11.3 billion for research and development in the service’s fiscal 2022 budget — an […]

Delays are surfacing in planned U.S. Space Force (USSF) missions under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. USSF has said that its first Falcon Heavy launch is to be […]

The U.S. Space Force said on Feb. 17 that its Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) Mitigation and Anti-Jam Enhancement (MAJE) program has demonstrated the geo-location […]

On Dec. 31, the U.S. Air Force ended its Launch Services Agreements (LSAs) with Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin and paid out $787.2 million to the companies – $531.7 million to Northrop […]

The U.S. Air Force has picked Redstone Arsenal, Alabama as the “preferred location” for U.S. Space Command’s headquarters, pending a final decision in 2023 after the completion of an environmental […]

The U.S. Space Force-developed Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) Flight System (EFS) is to demonstrate the launch of up to 18 multi-mission national security and civil satellites […]