Top officials within the country's smallest military service are bracing for major disruptions as the Trump administration promises to cut civilian personnel across the federal government.
Monday, March 17, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025
Top officials within the country's smallest military service are bracing for major disruptions as the Trump administration promises to cut civilian personnel across the federal government.
The Air Force Scientific Advisory Board is set to meet March 27 and 28 to collaborate on studies ordered by the previous service secretary for fiscal year 2025, according to a notice in the Federal Register today.
United Launch Alliance completed its investigation into the anomaly on its Vulcan rocket in October that delayed National Security Space Launch certification, ULA President Tory Bruno told reporters today.
DENVER -- Lockheed Martin's self-funded, multimission satellite bus is ready for launch this week, the company said.
The Space Development Agency is now expecting its first operational satellites for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture to launch late this summer, the agency announced, about a year after initially scheduled.
DENVER -- The first satellites of the Space Force's program to augment missile warning from geosynchronous Earth orbit will be ready to launch this year, a top official said this week, but they will need the United Launch Alliance's rocket to be certified to launch such a mission.
DENVER -- The Air Force Research Lab's Vanguard program could begin testing this year to prove out whether the service can rapidly deliver military cargo to various points around the globe using rockets.
DENVER -- After Iran's missile attack against Israel in April, Space Forces Space revised its missile warning tactics, techniques and procedures, which it was then able to use when Iran launched a second attack in October.
DENVER -- In a sign of changing sentiments within senior Air Force leadership, each of the service's generals scheduled for media availabilities at the Air and Space Forces Association's Warfare Symposium canceled.
DENVER -- Optical communications terminals, or laser sensors, are a needed capability for missile warning/missile tracking satellites going forward because they are faster, smaller and need less power than the capabilities currently in use, a Space Force official said today.
DENVER -- Domain control needs to be seen as a key function of the Space Force and would include offensive as well as defensive capabilities on the ground and on orbit to counter potential adversaries such as China, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said today.
Space Systems Command awarded BAE Systems $151 million for the second phase of the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution Command and Control system that will be used for missile warning and tracking missions, the command announced today.
The Space Force, in its effort to boost tactically responsive space capabilities, is moving forward with two demonstrations in its VICTUS series for agile and speedy deliveries to orbit.
The Space Development Agency isn't doing enough to demonstrate laser communications links work in each slate of launched satellites before moving onto the next, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Space Force will likely play a "central role" in developing and operating the next-generation homeland defense system outlined in an executive order from President Trump, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Salzman told reporters yesterday.
The order for military departments to suggest 8% cuts within their budgets and the potential firing of thousands of Defense Department civilians is not that different from previous administration transitions, a senior Space Force official said Monday.
Lt. Gen. Scott Pleus is performing the duties of the Air Force vice chief of staff after President Trump ousted Gen. Jim Slife Friday night.
Pratt & Whitney has completed a detailed design review for its Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion offering for the Air Force, the company announced today.
Lockheed Martin's CEO doesn't see the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter losing prominence in the U.S. or partner fleet anytime soon, despite some Trump administration officials questioning the jet's usefulness as drones are made more sophisticated.
Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden sees potential from President Trump's Iron Dome for America executive order to expand use cases for existing capabilities and those already in the developmental pipeline, she said today.