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  • Spacecom Takes Operational Control of Facility in Alabama
  • Space Force Delivers Final GPS III Satellite to Orbit
  • Space Force plans to establish HQ staff group as surrogate Futures Command

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war.gov /1 month ago

Spacecom Takes Operational Control of Facility in Alabama

U.S. Space Command took control of a facility at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., planting its flag for the first operational element of its new headquarters — the Joint Intelligence Suppor...

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war.gov /1 month ago

Space Force Delivers Final GPS III Satellite to Orbit

The Space Force's Space Systems Command and Combat Forces Command successfully delivered the GPS III-8 satellite into orbit, providing GPS capabilities to the warfighter that are t...

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

Space Force plans to establish HQ staff group as surrogate Futures Command

CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman has signed a memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, initiating the creation of SF/S9 to coordinate future force planning. However, the change has yet to be ap...

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executivegov.com /1 month ago

Space Force to Create SF/S9 Force Design & Analysis Office to Replace Futures Command

Gen. Chance Saltzman, the U.S. Space Force’s chief of space operations and a four-time Wash100 Award winner, has authorized the establishment of the SF/S9 Force Design and Analysis...

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executivebiz.com /1 week ago

CACI Advances to Phase 3 of SSC’s Optical Communications Terminal Development Program

SSC has selected CACI to move forward to Phase 3 of the Enterprise Space Terminal program CACI will build a proto-flight optical communications terminal and conduct testing Join th...

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executivegov.com /4 weeks ago

USSPACECOM Announces 1st Operational HQ Element at Redstone Arsenal

U.S. Space Command has taken operational control of a facility at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Attend the 2026 Air and Space Summit on July 30 and join military leaders...

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govconwire.com /1 month ago

SpaceX Awarded $178.5M Space Systems Command Task Order for SDA-4 Launches

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, or SSC, has awarded SpaceX a $178.5 million task order for additional launches under the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1...

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

Space Force to finalize acquisition portfolio structure over next two months

Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant said SSC is working to hire “several hundreds” of personnel to rebuild its decimated acquisition corps.

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gov.uk /2 weeks ago

Combined Space Operations Initiative Principals' Board Meets to Advance Combined Operations Efforts

The Combined Space Operations Initiative Principals' Board convened on 17 April 2026, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

Space Force slates $1.8B for commercial sats to replace GSSAP neighborhood watch birds

The service has tapped 14 firms to compete for rolling task orders through April 2036 under the Andromeda program, formerly known as RG-XX.

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executivegov.com /1 week ago

SpaceWERX, SSC to Launch Orbital Logistics Challenge for Space Resupply Capabilities

Space Force and SpaceWERX have launched an initiative focused on in-orbit logistics and sustainment The challenge seeks commercial technologies for refueling, repairs and maneuver...

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executivegov.com /1 month ago

USSF Front Door Adds Space Command to Industry Engagement Effort

The U.S. Space Force Front Door has partnered with U.S. Space Command to serve as an entry point for industry to share technologies and ideas that could help advance national space...

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breakingdefense.com /1 week ago

Space Force names Sandhoo as head of new missile warning/tracking PAE

As of May 11, Sandhoo is double hatted as both head of the PAE and director of the Space Development Agency.

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newswire.com /1 month ago

General Atomics Advances Space-Based Weather Intelligence Mission to Improve All-Domain Tactical Decision-Making and Res...

GA-EMS completes pre-ship review for the U.S. Space Force EWS program, replacing aging DMSP satellites to deliver real-time weather intelligence from space

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govconwire.com /3 weeks ago

Space Systems Command to Modify Andromeda IDIQ, Raise Ceiling to $6.24B

The U.S. Space Force plans to modify its Andromeda indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to raise the total ceiling to $6.24 billion. Lockheed Martin, one of the contrac...

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

With eyes on future NASA moon base, Space Force launches cislunar acquisition task force

Meanwhile, the Air Force Research Laboratory is gearing up to launch its experimental cislunar monitoring satellite, called Oracle Prime, next year.

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

Space Force awards first contracts for satellite threat warning radar payloads

Space RCO is already looking to start a follow-on effort to build smaller threat warning sensors for a wider set of Space Force birds.

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breakingdefense.com /1 month ago

CSO Saltzman: Focus space acquisition on ‘minimum viable capabilities’

In his first Commander’s Note of 2026, Gen. Chance Saltzman urges close collaboration between the Space Force acquisition and operational corps to speed delivery of new capabilitie...

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executivegov.com /1 month ago

Space Force to Launch Cislunar Acquisition Office for Lunar Mission Support

The U.S. Space Force plans to establish a Cislunar Coordination Office, an acquisition task force that will coordinate technology development and planning for cislunar operations,...

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executivebiz.com /1 month ago

SpaceX Secures $57M SSC Contract for Link-182 Space Communications Support

SpaceX has received a $57.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop and demonstrate a space-to-space communications system as part of efforts to strengthen U.S. militar...

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executivegov.com /1 month ago

Space Force Sends Experimental Payloads Into Orbit Via STP-S29A Mission

The U.S. Space Force has launched five Department of War experiments and additional CubeSats into low Earth orbit as part of DOW’s Space Test Program S29A, or STP-S29A, mission. Th...

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executivebiz.com /1 week ago

BAE Systems Completes Payload Component Delivery for Space Force NGP Program

BAE Systems has delivered payload hardware for the Space Force’s NGP mission. The new components delivered support next-generation missile warning capabilities. The NGP program is...

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govconwire.com /1 month ago

SSC Awards Up to $3.2B in Space-Based Interceptor Contracts for Golden Dome Effort

Space Systems Command has awarded up to $3.2 billion in other transaction authority agreements to support the development of a space-based missile defense capability under the Spac...

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defenseone.com /4 weeks ago

Space Force wraps decades-long GPS upgrade—and the next one is on tap

A last-minute rocket swap shows agility in pursuit of faster launches.

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