It has been nearly six years since the United States Space Force was established, when President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 into law. The sixth and ...

The Space Force’s new dress uniform saw its first official use with the graduation of newly commissioned officers from Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., on Thursday, a base ...

A year ago, the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee put the Space Force on notice. The service, they said, was putting too much focus on its operators and not enough on its acquisitions ...

M-code is more resistant to jamming, and its encryption makes it more difficult to spoof, a kind of attack that makes ...

The rolling grasslands and rocky beaches of Vandenberg Space Force Base, home to more than a dozen at-risk species, easily could pass for a peaceful nature preserve — but that's an illusion. The ...

The Space Force has put out an offer for private space firms to operate from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, acting as a force multiplier for its own capabilities. The United States Space ...

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. David N. Miller, Jr., Commander of Space Operations Command (right), speaks at a panel the Air & Space Forces Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, ...

The U.S. Space Force is looking for advanced tech for space-based interceptors that can intercept ballistic missiles during their boost phase. Shown here, a view of Earth from the space shuttle ...

The Space Systems Command, located in Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, oversees the military’s major space procurement programs Credit: Space Systems Command At the beginning of 2026, it’s ...

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