The U.S. Space Force will soon start naming its weapons, communications and space systems after themes including Norse mythology and ghosts. Space Force shared the plans on Thursday, framing them in ...
Naming weapon systems to give insight into its purpose or the branch’s culture is not new within the U.S. military. (DVIDS) The U.S. Space Force released names of space weapon systems to better link ...
Todd Harrison’s chapter from Affording Defense: Investing in American Strength to Confront a More Dangerous World (American Enterprise Institute, 2025), edited by Mackenzie Eaglen. To download this ...
When President Donald Trump signed the Space Force into existence, he hailed space as the “world’s newest warfighting domain.” Five years later, the Space Force is fully embracing its role as ...
The Space Force has been working closely with private investment firms to get a leg up on emerging technologies. The result is a “pool” of companies with products the service wants, a senior defense ...
It has been nearly six years since the United States Space Force was established, when President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 into law. The sixth and ...
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman delivers a keynote address during the Space Force Association’s 2024 Spacepower Conference in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 10, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric ...
U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy speaks Dec. 2, 2025, at the SpaceNews Icon Awards event in Washington, D.C. Credit: SpaceNews WASHINGTON — Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, the U.S. Space Force’s top ...