US Space Force

Air Force Academy Looks to Become a Place for Space

Nov. 25, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The U.S. Air Force Academy has long been the training ground for cadets headed for careers in military space. But with the creation of a Space Force, the Colorado school is looking to expand the opportunities available to space-minded students. USAFA's new Space Force detachment ...

Startups Demo Cutting Edge Cybersecurity Tech in Colorado Springs

Nov. 20, 2020 | By Shaun Waterman
The latest cohort of start-ups nurtured by the AFRL’s Space Force Accelerator Program demonstrated their technology recently at the Catalyst Accelerator in Colorado Springs. The eight companies showcased products ranging from bleeding edge innovations using ultra-wideband lasers to store data as photons in motion to ...

Space Agencies Aim to Gather Trustworthy Orbital Data

Nov. 18, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The U.S. is looking to piece together military and commercial data on orbital traffic and potential threats for a better idea of what’s hanging out in space. To get there, federal agencies and companies need to get over a basic hurdle: trust. In the beginning, ...

National Space Intelligence Center Takes Shape

Nov. 16, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Space Force is planning its first steps toward a new intelligence center to make the great unknown a little less mysterious. Two pieces of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will form the basis of a new ...