To facilitate the Pentagon’s fast-growing demand for orbital capability, the Space Force is looking for more launch sites, more money, more troops, and more AI.

A new Space Force vision document grapples with the future of space warfare and how the service can prepare for it.

The U.S. Space Force has created a new program to develop space-based missile interceptors, with the goal of being able to demonstrate their capability by 2028.

Douglas Schiess is likely to be nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the Space Force’s next top uniformed leader, Defense One has learned. Schiess currently serves as the deputy chief of space operations for operations at the Pentagon.

The Pentagon’s fiscal 2027 budget request is the clearest signal yet that the U.S. Space Force is moving into a new role: tracking moving targets from orbit, a mission long handled by specialized aircraft.

The U.S. Space Force plans to double its size, with significant growth expected at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, home to key intelligence centers focused on space and air domain awareness. New federal funding supports a dedicated facility for the National Space Intelligence Center to enhance space operation intelligence.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Vandenberg Space Force Base is expanding dramatically, planning 100-plus annual launches and a $900-million infrastructure overhaul to meet national security demands in space

Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, commander of Space Systems Command (left) met with Brig. Gen. Anthony Mastalir, commander, U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific, at the Aerospace Corporation campus in El Segundo, California. Credit: Space Systems Command WASHINGTON ...

U.S. Space Force Capt. Erin Davis, 1st Range Operations Squadron range operations commander, maintains situational awareness inside the Morrell Operations Center during support for the Falcon 9 Starlink 6-78 mission, at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...