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By Lauren C. Williams   Gen. John Raymond, U.S. Space Command and Air Force Space Command commander at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Armando Schwier-Morales) The U.S. Space Force is focusing on building its cadre of coders amid a workforce boom with more interested applicants than available positions, according to the branch's chief of space operations. "We've got more people knocking on our door wanting to become a part of the space force than we have positions; we can be very selective of who we bring in," Gen. John ...

The military career of a Buckley Space Force Base commander remains in limbo after comments he made on a podcast last month got him in hot water.

Sometimes, the arc of an entrepreneur’s startup concept dovetails unexpectedly with the headlines. Mike Crandall saw this happen to an extent during his Air Force service, but even more so with Digital Beachhead, the risk assessment and security company he founded in 2015.  In December 2020, commercial firms, government agencies and prime contractors were caught off-guard by the discovery of a cyber breach, allegedly perpetrated by the Russian hacker outfit CozyBear. The exceptionally complex supply chain attack saw the hackers insert malicious code into the commercial software applic...

Its geographical location made the former Army garrison ideal for missile tests and launches into polar orbit. May 17th, 2021 An unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile launches during a test at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 23, 2021. Brittany E. N. Murphy, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command via AP, File VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base was renamed Friday as a U.S. Space Force Base. The name was changed to Vandenberg Space Force Base during an afternoon ceremony on the parade field at the sprawling base on ...

The new SBIRS satellite, called SBIRS GEO 5, will be "the most advanced missile warning satellite" on orbit, said Lt. Col. Ryan Laughton, SMC's program manager.