Science & Tech

NASA previews hydrosphere research support recompete

The space agency is searching for a small business that can help create and apply technologies for addressing issues related to Earth's natural resources.

Defense

Two rocket makers take step toward Space Force launches

Rocket Lab and Stoke Space receive $5 million apiece to prep their launch vehicles for government inspections.

Defense

We tried ‘fighting China’ with lower budgets. It didn’t go well.

Tabletop exercises hosted by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments offer one big lesson for the fiscal 2026 spending plan.

Defense

How China is expanding its anti-satellite arsenal

The Space Force chief doesn’t like the “curves” of how China is progressing vs the U.S.—and says he doesn’t have the funding to reverse it.

Defense

SecDef gives DOD leaders less than two weeks to lay out cuts, changes

A Friday memo opens a new phase in Hegseth’s hurried effort to shrink the defense workforce.

Launch

Isar Aerospace Claims Spectrum Launch "Success" Despite Rocket Crash

First Continental European Orbital Launch Attempt (Outside Russia) Ends Abruptly

Defense

Space Force may use SpaceX satellites instead of developing its own, senator says

The satellites in question are part of the data transport layer of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

Science & Tech

Space Force plans to put a multisatellite ‘carrier’ into orbit

Gravitics gets an up-to-$60 million contract to build a satellite that can spit out other satellites as needed.

Defense

USAF chief seeks bigger budget slice

Looking to align with the new administration's priorities, Gen. Allvin said the service plays a central role in deterrence and protecting the homeland.

Defense

SecDef’s software memo causing ‘angst,' defense official says

But that just shows how much the buy-it-faster directive was needed, the Pentagon's acting weapons chief said.

Breaking News Defense

Boeing wins Air Force’s next-gen fighter contract

The company beat out Lockheed to build NGAD, which has been named the F-47.

Defense

China is practicing ‘dogfighting’ in space, Space Force says

The capability gap between the U.S. and its competitors has “significantly narrowed.”

Defense

Inside Trump's Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield

The proposed Golden Dome concept aims to scale Israel’s battle-tested air defense network more than 400 times over

Science & Tech

Why 3D printing in space is closer than you think

3D printing will help space pioneers make homes, tools and other stuff they need to colonize the Moon and Mars.

Commercial

Inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft

Developed 60 years ago, radioisotope generators are still significant for space travel.