The Air Force’s former Chief Information Officer, Lauren Barrett Knausenberger, got her start in federal service learning cryptography as a 17-year-old through the National Security Agency. “I had ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss sits down with Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, one of the U.S. Space Force’s most influential acquisition leaders and recipient of the SpaceNews Icon Award for ...

The U.S. Space Force has approved up to $60 million in funding to develop an orbital carrier — a spacecraft designed to act as a mobile launchpad in space, capable of deploying satellites or defensive ...