Shelley Mesch

The Space Force is planning to use artificial intelligence in its Operational Test and Training Infrastructure to simulate adversary capabilities and maneuvers in space warfighting, the program's executive officer said yesterday.

The Space Force awarded 14 companies contracts up to $1.8 billion for the next slate of space domain awareness satellites, according to a notice posted today.

The Space Force needs fast propulsion solutions to get satellites from low-Earth orbit to geosynchronous orbit in order to take better advantage of commercial launch capabilities, according to a notice posted this week.

The Space Force is looking for commercial large language model artificial intelligence systems to be used to train in space domain awareness, according to a notice posted yesterday.

The Air Force has released strategies for data and artificial intelligence use across the department, focusing on accelerating decision-making capabilities.

Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess is slated to be the third chief of space operations, pending Senate approval, according to a nomination notice yesterday.

The Space Force awarded Anduril Industries $100.3 million to further deploy and continuously develop sensors for the Space Surveillance Network, according to a Defense Department notice.

The Space Force has awarded Northrop Grumman $398 million for the Enhanced Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Prototype effort, the service announced today.

The Space Force awarded Viasat Inc. and Intelsat General Communications a combined $437.7 million to procure satellites for Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Global, according to a notice posted tonight.

The Space Force awarded SpaceX $2.29 billion for what the service is calling the Space Data Network Backbone, according to an announcement today.