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Space Force looks to expand West Coast heavy launch capabilities

If developed, Space Launch Complex-14 would become the first dedicated super-heavy launch complex on the West Coast.
SpaceNews

Space Force moves to standardize satellites with ‘Handle 2.0’ contract

Under a $3.3 million contract awarded late in 2025, the Space Force’s Space Safari office selected Falcon ExoDynamics to develop Handle 2.0, an upgraded version of a modular, open-system electronics ...

A $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget: Implications For The Air Force And Space Force

A $1.5 trillion defense budget is a prudent and reasonable re-leveling of defense investment in historical proportion of GDP, ...
Space on MSN

Will budget cuts force NASA to withdraw from Europe's next Venus mission?

The European Space Agency (ESA) is still in the dark about NASA's participation in its Venus explorat Envision despite the ...
SpaceNews

2026 Outlook: Can Acquisition Reform Deliver for Military Space?

At the center of the shift is a reworking of how the Space Force buys capability. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink described the current push as a “generational opportunity” to improve ...
Ars Technica

Northrop Grumman’s new spacecraft is a real chonker

What happens when you use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship? A record-setting resupply mission to the International Space Station. The first flight of ...