2020 News Archive
Omnibus Spending Bill Gives Space Force Its First Separate Budget
December 22, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Raytheon Completes Acquisition Of Blue Canyon Technologies
December 22, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
NRO Partners With SpaceX For Final Launch Of 2020
December 21, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Press Release: Aerojet Rocketdyne To Be Acquired By Lockheed Martin In $5.0 Billion All-Cash Transaction
December 20, 2020, Courtesy of Aerojet Rocketdyne
Dunlap Looks To The Future Of ABMS
December 17, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
NGA Pilot Program Explores Commercial RF GEOINT
December 16, 2020, Courtesy of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Russia Tests Direct-Ascent Anti-Satellite Missile
December 16, 2020, Courtesy of United States Space Command
What You May Have Missed In The New National Space Policy
December 14, 2020, Courtesy of Brookings
NSTXL Selected To Manage The Space Enterprise Consortium
December 14, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Senate Passes Defense Bill, Sets Up Showdown With Trump
December 11, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Lockheed Martin Gets 511 Million Contract For Two GPS Satellites
December 10, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
ULA Launches Long Delayed NRO Mission Aboard Delta 4 Heavy Rocket
December 10, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
There Are No Real Rules For Repairing Satellites In Space—Yet
December 10, 2020, Courtesy of Wired
Assessing The British Proposal On Space Security
December 10, 2020, Courtesy of The Diplomat
AFWERX Launches Space Innovation Hub
December 8, 2020, Courtesy of NextGov
Space Agency Hopes To Gain Industry's Trust With Proliferated Satellite Marketplace
December 7, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
Space Force Declares Anti-Spoofing GPS Signal Operational
December 7, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Pentagon Network Defense Makes Strides in Organizing its Space
December 7, 2020, Courtesy of Defense News
Pentagon, Industry Investing In Space Force Simulations
December 7, 2020, Courtesy of National Defense Magazine
Op-Ed: DoD Partnerships With Startups Drive Innovation In Space Technology
December 4, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Raymond: Air Support Coming to US Space Command
December 2, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
The Space Force’s Next Missile Warning Satellite Is Ready For A 2021 Launch
December 2, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Lockheed Martin Completes Production Of SBIRS Geo 5 Satellite To Be Launched In 2021
December 2, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Op-Ed: Cross-Agency Plans For Space Cybersecurity Will Strengthen The U.S. In All Domains
December 1, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
SES To Provide Satellite Connectivity For U.S. Military ‘Internet of Things’
November 30, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Orolia Begins Selling M-Code Capable GPS Receivers
November 30, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
To Boost Its Military Space, Business Lockheed Martin Turns to Commercial Players
November 23, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Space Force Attracting Digitally Savvy Young People, Leader Says
November 22, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
Space Surveillance Technologies A Top Need For U.S. Military
November 22, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Space Command HQ Search Narrows To Six Locations
November 19, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
Space Force Ponders NSSL Revamp For New Missions
November 19, 2020, Courtesy of Breaking Defense
SpaceX To Transition To Fully Reusable Fleet For National Security Launches
November 19, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Space Agencies Aim To Gather Trustworthy Orbital Data
November 18, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
Horn Eyes Role In Biden Administration
November 18, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
National Space Intelligence Center Takes Shape
November 17, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
National Reconnaissance Office Launches New Intelligence Satellite
November 16, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Rep. Doug Lamborn: U.S. Needs Plant To Develop Workforce For Growing Space Sector
November 15, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Marine Corps Stands Up Space Unit At Offutt Air Force Base
November 13, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
SAC Fears Nuclear Strategic Communications Gap
November 11, 2020, Courtesy of Breaking Defense
Ex-Im Reviewing Nearly 2 Billion In Applications For Space Industry Projects
November 11, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Raytheon To Acquire Small Satellite Manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies
November 10, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
U.S. Air Force Taps Brig Gen Purdy To Command 45th Space Wing
November 10, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
SpaceX Explains Why The U.S. Space Force Is Paying $316 Million For A Single Launch
November 9, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Air Force Opens New Laboratory To Test Satellite Components
November 3, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
What Does The 2020 Presidential Election Mean For Space?
November 3, 2020, Courtesy of Space.Com
Moon Patrols Could Be A Future Reality For Space Force
November 2, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
North Korean Malicious Cyber Activity
November 2, 2020, Courtesy of The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
DNI Releases Appropriated Budget Figure For 2020 National Intelligence Program
November 2, 2020, Courtesy of Office of the
Director of National Intelligence
Parsons to Acquire Braxton Science & Technology Group
October 29, 2020, Courtesy of Parsons Corporation
Space Situational Awareness Company To Be Bought For $700 Million
October 26, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Space Development Agency Begins Market Research For Its Next Batch Of Satellites To Be Launched In 2024
October 25, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Lockheed Martin Shifts UK Launch Site
October 22, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
ABL Space Systems Tests Launch Vehicle Stage
October 22, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Wicker Introduces Bill To Codify Commerce’s Role In Space Situational Awareness
October 21, 2020, Courtesy of Space Policy Online
HASC Chairman: Space Force Has Bigger Worries Than Having To Use Navy Ranks
October 21, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Blue Origin Trying To Convince The Air Force To Continue To Invest In New Glenn
October 19, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Space Ops Command Seeks Industry Aid To Scale Up Innovation
October 19, 2020, Courtesy of Breaking Defense
Defense Official Calls Artificial Intelligence The New Oil
October 19, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
Space Force Grappling How To Define Readiness
October 18, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
Space Force Plans Big Reveals On Its First Anniversary
October 16, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Ensuring Space Superiority In A Digital Environment
October 15, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Astronauts Set To Launch Security Satellite From Space Station
October 15, 2020, Courtesy of Forbes
SpaceX To Explore Ways To Provide Weather Data To U.S. Military
October 14, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
ULA’s Tory Bruno Argues for U.S. Investments in the Production of Fuel in Space
October 13, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Congress Approves Extra Funds For Some Aerospace Programs
October 13, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
New Shepard Returns To Flight With Successful Suborbital Mission
October 13, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Russia Skeptical About Participating In Lunar Gateway
October 12, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
China Launches Gaofen 13 Observation Satellite Towards Geostationary Orbit
October 11, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Inside Sierra Nevada Corp’s Space Plans, From The Reusable ‘Dream Chaser’ To Inflatable Habitats
October 11, 2020, Courtesy of CNBC
Space Industry Rebounds From Pandemic
October 9, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Space Development Agency Wants Someone To Launch Their First 28 Satellites
October 8, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Momentus Deal Could Mark New Wave Of Space Companies Going Public
October 8, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
L3Harris, SpaceX Win Space Development Agency Contracts To Build Missile-Warning Satellites
October 5, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Raytheon Defines First Principles For Building A Space Sensor Layer
October 2, 2020, Courtesy of Forbes
US Military Eyes Nuclear Thermal Rocket For Missions In Earth-Moon Space
September 30, 2020, Courtesy of Space.com
U.S. Space Command Announces Improvements In Space Debris Tracking
September 24, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Roper: Space Force Could Save Money And Time With Digitally-Designed Satellites
September 23, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Air Force Wants To Help Defense Industry Move Toward Digital Engineering ‘Pronto’
September 23, 2020, Courtesy of Federal News Network
The Elusive Peril Of Space Junk
September 21, 2020, Courtesy of The New Yorker
AFRL Satellite To Track Up To The Moon; Space Force-NASA Tout Cooperation
September 21, 2020, Courtesy of Breaking Defense
NGA Building ‘Huge Appetite’ For Commercial Geoint
September 21, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Rocket Lab Gears Up For 1st Launch From US Soil
September 19, 2020, Courtesy of Space.com
Space Development Agency Praised As Change Agent In Pentagon Procurement
September 17, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Esper: Air Force, Space Force Leading Charge To New Technologies
September 16, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
AFWERX Announces EngageSpace, Premier Collaboration Event For Space Industry
September 16, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Air Force
Polar Launches From Cape Won’t Affect Future Of Vandenberg
September 15, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Here’s What Tory Bruno Thinks About The Future Of Space Launch
September 15, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
Air Force, Space Force Recruiting Campaign Seeks Space Professionals
September 14, 2020, Courtesy of United Press International
Op-Ed: Space Dominance Requires Taking Technology And Policy Risks
September 14, 2020, Courtesy of Defense News
Peter Marquez Named AWS Space Policy Head
September 14, 2020, Courtesy of GovCon Wire
Commentary: U.S. Air and Space Forces Are Accelerating Innovation To Deter And Defend The American Way Of Life
September 14, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Air Force
Northrop Grumman To Terminate OmegA Rocket Program
September 9, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
The US Space Force Is Using A Repurposed Civilian Satellite For Weather Data
September 8, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Space Force: Too Early To Say If Military Will Need ‘Super Heavy’ Launch Vehicles
September 8, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
In Stopgap Funding Bill, White House Wants Space Force Accounts Separated From Air Force
September 8, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
China Just Launched And Landed A Secret Space Plane – And It May Have Released Something In Orbit
September 7, 2020, Courtesy of Forbes
New White House Space Policy Directive Addresses Cybersecurity
September 4, 2020, Courtesy of Space Policy Online
China Carries Out Secretive Launch Of ‘Reusable Experimental Spacecraft’
September 4, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Air Force Research Laboratory Announces New Space Experiments
September 2, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Release: AMERGINT Closes Purchase Of Space-Based Optics Business Of Raytheon Technologies
September 2, 2020, Courtesy of GovConWire
China Pursues Own Nuclear Triad, Doubling Of Nuclear Capability
September 1, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
The Heroes Who Hacked A Satellite: RI&S Cyber Experts & Colleagues Take A Top Prize At DEF CON
August 31, 2020, Courtesy of Raytheon Intelligence and Space
From SSA To Space Recon: Setting The Conditions To Prevail In Astrodynamic Combat
August 31, 2020, Courtesy of The Space Review
Lockheed Martin, York Space To Produce 20 Satellites For Space Development Agency
August 31, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
COSMIAC Hopes To Expand Space Tech Talent Pipeline
August 31, 2020, Courtesy of Albuquerque Journal
Marine Sergeant Named U.S. Space Command’s Top Enlisted Leader
August 27, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Space Force Waiting On Capitol Hill For Its Ranks
August 26, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
US Space Force Tests New Anti-Jamming Capability
August 26, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
45th Space Wing On Pace For 39 Space Launches In 2020
August 25, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
US Cyber Command’s Top General Makes Case For Partnering With Tech Firms
August 25, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Industry Supports Giving Space Traffic Management Work To Commerce Department
August 25, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
STAR Delta OL-A Strengthens Space Warfighters
August 25, 2020, Courtesy of Schriever Air Force Base
NRO Set To Launch Intelligence Satellite In The Wee Hours
August 24, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
ULA To Launch Delta 4 Heavy For Its 12th Mission, Four More To Go Before Rocket Is Retired
August 24, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Northrop Grumman Weighing Exit Options For OmegA Rocket
August 21, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
US Army Space And Missile Defense Command Firms Up Role With New Space Organization
August 21, 2020, Courtesy of DefenseNews
Op-Ed: Congress, Free The Space Force
August 21, 2020, Courtesy of The Hill
Blue Origin Team Delivers Lunar Lander Mockup To NASA
August 20, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Space Force To Propose Personnel Reforms To Attract Tech Talent
August 20, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
As He Welcomes New Space Commander, Esper Warns Of Threats To U.S. Satellites
August 20, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
NAPA Endorses Office Of Space Commerce For Space Traffic Management Role
August 20, 2020, Courtesy of SpacePolicyOnline.com
Space Force Technology Roadmap To Emphasize Partnerships With Private Sector
August 19, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
New Space Force Is At Forefront Of Technology
August 19, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
Op-Ed: China Must Be Held Accountable For Its Actions On Earth And In Space
August 19, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Space Force To Begin Sharing Technical Space Data With UK
August 18, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
U.S. Air Force Academy To Expand Space Education Curriculum
August 17, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
White House Memo Adds Low Earth Orbit Research As R&D Priority
August 17, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
U.S. Army General To Be Sworn In As Space Commander
August 17, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Space RCO Presses Forward Amid Reorganization
August 13, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
DOD Technology Buyers Defend Need For Secrecy In Space Programs
August 13, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Northrop Grumman Completes Ground Test Of Solid Booster For ULA’s Vulcan Centaur
August 13, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Satellite Servicing Industry Seeks Interface Standards
August 13, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
X-37B Spaceplane Wins Collier Trophy For Advancing ‘The Boundaries Of Flight And Space Exploration’
August 13, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Space Force
FCC Streamlined Small Sat Licensing Regulations Published
August 12, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Space Force Foresees Need For Fast Response Launch Vehicles And In-Space Logistics
August 12, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Government’s Role In The Small Launch Market Not Quite Black And White
August 12, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Rocket Lab Ready To Attempt Electron Booster Recovery
August 11, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Spacepower Is ‘Catastrophically Decisive’ In War: New Space Force Doctrine
August 10, 2020, Courtesy of BreakingDefense
With Thompson’s Nomination, U.S. Space Force Leadership Takes Shape
August 8, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Defense Department Space Policy Official Stephen Kitay Stepping Down
August 8, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
GPS Anti-Jam M-Code Takes Two Steps Forward
August 7, 2020, Courtesy of BreakingDefense
Pentagon Picks SpaceX And ULA To Remain Its Primary Launch Providers
August 7, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
SES Orders Four More O3b mPower Satellites From Boeing
August 7, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
SAIC Awarded TSA Test & Evaluation Support BPA
August 7, 2020, Courtesy of GovConWire
More Steps Forward For Space Command And Space Force
August 6, 2020, Courtesy of SpacePolicyOnline.com
China Launches 2 Satellites From Desert Launch Site
August 6, 2020, Courtesy of Space.com
How The Army Plans To Use Space And Artificial Intelligence To Hit Deep Targets Quickly
August 6, 2020, Courtesy of DefenseNews
DARPA Not Giving Up On Responsive Launch Capability
August 6, 2020, Courtesy of National Defense Magazine
More Rocket Launches At Vandenberg Air Force Base? New Partnership Wants To Make It Happen
August 5, 2020, Courtesy of The San Luis Obispo Tribune
Gen. Moorman Tribute Ceremony
August 5, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Space Force
U.S. Military Space Architecture To Bring In Commercial Systems, Small Satellites
August 5, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
The Air Force's Experimental Navigation Satellite Cleared For Fabrication
August 4, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Lockheed Martin Teams With USC And Momentus On CubeSat Program
August 4, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
DOD Space Agency's Programs Don't Have To Be Perfect But Have To Be Fast
August 4, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Air Force Research Laboratory Will Realign, Not Split
August 3, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
Pentagon Wrestles With Adopting Zero-Trust Security Approach
August 3, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Snapshot: DOD And COVID-19
August 3, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
Scolese: NRO Sees Growing Opportunities To Use Small Satellites
August 3, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Space Force Chief: DOD Must Work To Ensure Strong Space Industrial Base
August 3, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
Small Launch Startup ABL Secures Over $90 Million In New Funding And Air Force Contracts
August 3, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Space Acquisition Proposals Still Held Up At OMB
August 3, 2020, Courtesy of Federal News Network
L3Harris Cleared To Begin Production Of Air Force NTS-3 Navigation Satellite
July 31, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Air Force Moves To Enact Space Acquisition Reforms, Despite Hold Up Of Legislative Proposals
July 30, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Raytheon To Design Weather Satellite Prototype For U.S. Space Force
July 29, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
State Of The Space Industrial Base 2020 Report
July 28, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Research Lab
Nominee To Lead Space Command Voices Support For Declassifying Space
July 28, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
VOX Space President Questions DOD's Handling Of Stimulus Funding For Small Launch Industry
July 28, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
Three Urgent Questions For The Air Force's New Chief Of Staff
July 28, 2020, Courtesy of DefenseOne
Where Do Space Force And Space Command Fit Into The Pentagon's Cyber Plans?
July 25, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Space Force Reorganizes Former Air Force Space Wings Into Deltas And Garrisons
July 24, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
U.S. Space Command Again Condemns Russia For Anti-Satellite Weapon Test
July 23, 2020, Courtesy of SpaceNews
The U.S. Needs To Take Action to Deter Near Peer Rivals In Space
July 21, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
How The Intelligence Community Is Approaching Commercial Imagery
July 17, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
How Stovepipes in Space: How The U.S. Can Overcome Bureaucracy To Improve Capabilities
July 13, 2020, Courtesy of DefenseNews
U.S. Space Force 2020 News Archive:
Space Force’s STEM Outreach Provides Critical Link To Force’s Future
December 29, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Space Force
U.S. Space Force Enters ‘Year 2’ With Momentum And Soaring Expectations
December 21, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Space Force
Gen. Raymond Op-Ed: How We're Building A 21st-Century Space Force
December 20, 2020, Courtesy of The Atlantic
Biden Transition Team Speaks With Gen. Raymond Of US Space Force
December 16, 2020, Courtesy of Via Satellite
U.S. Space Force Celebrates First Birthday Virtually
December 14, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Space Force
U.S. Space Force Makes History At Basic Training
December 10, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Space Force
Ratcliffe: Space Force To Become 18th Member Of The U.S. Intelligence Community
December 9, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Space Force: Convergence Of New Tech Is The Real Disruptor
December 8, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
Space Force Will Boost Reliance On Commercial Sats: Gen Raymond
December 2, 2020, Courtesy of Breaking Defense
Space Force, AFRL To Demo Mobile Lunar Spy Sat
November 30, 2020, Courtesy of Breaking Defense
Chief Of Operations Discusses Need For Outreach To Partners, State Of Space
November 25, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
Space Force To Remain ‘Lean, Agile, Fast’
November 18, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
Barrett Discusses Critical Role Of New Service
November 18, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Space Force
Senate Report Criticizes Space Force Plan To Acquire Secure Nuclear Survivable Satcom
November 12, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Space Force Awards Third Contract For Anti-Jamming SATCOM Prototypes
November 12, 2020, Courtesy of C4ISRNET
Gen. Raymond Targets Combat-Ready Space Force
November 9, 2020, Courtesy of Breaking Defense
Barrett, Raymond Highlight Space Force’s Achievements, Path Forward
October 29, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Space Force
NASA’s Crew-1 Commander To Be Sworn Into U.S. Space Force From International Space Station
October 28, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
Space Force Leader Discusses Newest Military Service
October 27, 2020, Courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense
Space Force Extends Peraton’s Contract For Orbital Analysis Services
October 27, 2020, Courtesy of Space News
The Space Force’s Need For Speed
October 27, 2020, Courtesy of Air Force Magazine
Raymond: Space Force Has A Plan To Unify Acquisition Agencies
October 22, 2020, Courtesy of Space News