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Boeing secured a 10-year, $329.3 million contract to help the U.S. Space Force engineer operational GPS Block IIF satellites. The company will perform en

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has initiated relief operations in the provinces devastated by typhoon "Odette". In a statement, the PCG said that its largest and offshore patrol vessel, BRP Gabriela Silang (OVP-8301), will leave Port Area, Manila at noon today to deliver relief items to Surigao d

MASSIVE DAMAGE. The Philippine Coast Guard Aviation Force takes an aerial shot of Negros Occidental, one of the provinces ravaged by Typhoon Odette, on Saturday (Dec. 18, 2021). The PCG saw damaged structures, farms under water, and flooded communities in the towns of Kabankalan, Binalbagan, Aguisan, Himamaylan, and Pilar. (Photo courtesy of PCG) MANILA - The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will dispatch its offshore patrol vessels to Typhoon Odette-hit regions and provinces on Sunday (December 19)...

A U.S. Space Force effort to launch a dedicated cybersecurity testing satellite in 2023 will include a design modeled after the common 3U cubesats, which

Six volunteers from Russia, the US, and UAE are going to spend eight months in close quarters, simulating a mission to the Moon, as part of the SIRIUS-21 international isolation experiment launched in Moscow on Thursday.

This is just the beginning. How DOD is taking its Mission to Space https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/how-dod-is-taking-its-mission-to-space?utm_source=Join+the+Community+Subscribers&utm_campaign=010f6454d2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_09_14_12_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_02cbee778d-010f6454d2-122765993&mc_cid=010f6454d2&mc_eid=b560fb1ddc. SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 | WALTER PINCUS  Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Walter Pincus is a contributing senior...

To honor our fallen heroes, this special FreightWaves Classics for Memorial Day 2021 looks at logistics in all U.S. branches of the U.S. military.

Introducing: Vandenberg Space Force Base and Space Launch Delta 30 May 14 The National Reconnaissance Office Launch-82 vehicle, supported by Delta IV Heavy rockets, stands at Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, April 25. (Staff Sgt. Luke Kitterman/Space Force) Vandenberg Air Force Base will become Vandenberg Space Force Base Friday afternoon — the third installation to adopt the new service’s moniker so far. “For 63 years, this has been an Air Force base...

Print this article Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond made the case Friday for the growing armed service as it faces a flat defense budget while in need of additional personnel and platforms to fend off Russian and Chinese threats in space. But some experts say the latest services cry of fiscal poverty is overblown. Hardly 18 months old, Space Force has just 5,200 "Guardians" and some 16,000 total personnel, including administratively assigned Air Force space professionals. While manag...

Test Pilot School looks to the cosmos in new space program 6 hours ago Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, the Space Forces chief of space operations, presents a coin to Lt. Col. Morgan Sparks, Space Test Fundamentals Class 21-1 class leader and student, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, April 6. (Giancarlo Casem/Air Force) The Air Force’s Test Pilot School on April 6 graduated its first 15 space testers from a new three-month program, broadening the school’s role in educating a new g...