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While almost 20% of overall respondents believe that the Space Force is not effective “at all” at improving space acquisition, there is a major split between views of DoD and industry; just 4% of DoD respondents said Space Force hasn’t helped, while 23% of industry respondents held that view.

Given the concerns from across the congressional landscape about Next-Gen OPIR's direction, "it's a reasonable assumption that there's some smoke somewhere there," said Capital Alpha's Byron Callan.

Even the smallest piece of debris travelling at great speeds can put a satellite out of action.

The Air Force has valiantly breathed life into the decades-old E-3 Sentry platform, but as top service officials recently suggested, it can no longer wait for the jump to space-based systems, the authors write in this op-ed. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Bradley Bowman, Maj. Lauren Harrison and Ryan Brobst argue that as Russia and China progress on their own rival systems, the Air Force must act quickly. Defeating adversaries in the future will require the U.S. military to det...

In 1910, few believed aerial combat would ever be a thing. In 2020, few believed that Space Force will ever be in space. Just wait.

Air Force chief, US space commander agree to form consultative body on space policy

The Colorado Air National Guard’s 140th Wing will see a shuffle in leadership Sunday as a new colonel assumes command.

Happy Friday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Ellen Mitchell, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond.

A unique military facility, the Cape Cod Air Force Station, is being renamed the Cape Cod Space Force Station.

ADVERTISEMENT “At a time when the threats in this domain are growing by the day, our nation can ill-afford the delay, expense, and attrition associated with relocating Space Command,” they wrote. In mid-January, during the final days of the Trump administration, the Air Force announced it would move the permanent headquarters of Space Command from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs to the Armys Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. The news was highly unexpected as Colorado Springs w...