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Space Systems Command’s Enigma project is no secret
The Space Systems Command is turning government-industry collaboration on its head. Instead of contractors coming to government systems to share information or feedback, the Space Systems Command is...
View ArticleThis NASA project really shows the need for supply chain security
Supply-chain cybersecurity might seem like and abstraction, until you are, say, NASA, and building new ground stations to support the multi-billion-dollar Artemis-to-Mars program. All those antenna...
View ArticleSpace Force embraces middle tier acquisition for satellites
As the Defense Department’s newest service, the Space Force took lessons learned from other services to create its own path forward in acquisition policy. It now increasingly uses middle tier...
View ArticleNASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs on Wednesday a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings and insisted it’s not hiding anything. The space agency...
View ArticleSpace Force takes holistic approach to fitness
The Space Force wants potential recruits to know they don’t have to be models of strength and fitness to be Guardians — they just need a healthy lifestyle. A new fitness monitoring program offers...
View ArticleHouse Armed Services Committee endorses new management structure for Space Force
While the Space Force moves a step closer to getting its own National Guard component, it may also soon adopt a new personnel management system unique to the service. Language in the House’s version...
View ArticleSpace Force not ready to face counterspace threat
An emerging threat from foreign adversaries makes the U.S. vulnerable to having its space capabilities disarmed or disabled. It’s a threat the Space Force says it is not ready to counter. The Defense...
View ArticleThe future of DoD and space technology
Eric White got the chance to speak to someone who was among the first technology experts in the U.S. Space Force. Preston Dunlap was the first chief technology officer and chief architect officer of...
View ArticleMilitary families request end to Senate hold on DoD nominations
Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) hold on Senate-confirmed Defense Department nominations will likely not end before Congress’ August recess. It’s a move that leaves not just nominees, but military...
View ArticleSpace Force tests out wearable device to track guardians’ fitness
How fit are guardians, the service members in the U.S. Space Force? The Air Force would like to know. So the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) is running an experiment to find out what information...
View ArticleAir Force launches wide-ranging review to ‘reoptimize’ itself for future fights
The Department of the Air Force is undertaking a sweeping review of its processes and organizational structures under the basic theory that the ones it has in place today aren’t the ones it will need...
View ArticleThe man who’s helping protect Americans from missile attacks from anywhere
Everywhere you look in the world, you see the use of missiles in military operations. Some by good guys, some of it from bad guys. That is why defending against missiles is a chief mission for the...
View ArticleSpace Force to create new digital modeling strategy
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify the Space Force’s digital modeling strategy is still in draft form. The Space Force is working on a new digital modeling strategy, the latest...
View ArticleThis NASA team’s work means the whole world can sleep a little better
As if pandemic, threats of nuclear war, and a lack of Tesla charging stations aren’t enough to worry about, there is always the possibility that an asteroid could hit the earth and wipe-out all of us....
View ArticleDARPA kicks off its 10-year plan to create a ‘thriving lunar economy’
A senior leader at the Genderal Services Administration is returning to the private sector. Sonny Hashmi, commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service at GSA, is leaving after three years. Hashmi’s...
View ArticleYears flying at warp speed lands SPACECOM as fully operational on fourth...
Only 10 days remain in 2023, at which time hundreds of federal correctional officers will lose pay incentives. Those officers at Federal Correctional Institution Thomson are about to lose 25%...
View ArticleSpace Force ‘days away’ from releasing its commercial strategy
The Space Force is about to release a strategy that lays out what exactly the service needs from the space industry and how it plans to approach procurement and integration of commercial capabilities....
View ArticleFuture of Space National Guard remains uncertain
Three years in, and there still is no decision on whether to give the Space Force its own Space National Guard. But Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, is currently working...
View ArticleSpace ground tracking program to reach key milestone
A program to develop radar satellites capable of tracking moving targets on the ground will reach a critical milestone next month, but the effort faces an uncertain future as Congress struggles to pass...
View ArticleExperienced hand takes helm at big NASA center, meet Joseph Pelfrey
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center has a new director. He’s worked at Marshall in a variety of capacities for nearly 20 years, including as deputy director. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin talked...
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