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FILE - A Air Force specialist salutes in a U.S. Space Force uniform during a ceremony for U.S. Air Force airmen transitioning to U.S. Space Force guardian designations Feb. 12, 2021, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. About 1,000 Air National Guard troops who are assigned to space missions are mired in an identity crisis. According to commanders, the troops' units are torn between the Air Force, where they’ve historically been assigned, and the military’s shiny new Space Force, where they now work. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Space Force not ready to face counterspace threat

A threat to U.S. abilities to function in space spur Space Force to develop new capabilities and change training models.

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(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Two new innovation challenges emerge in DoD, as the competition trend continues to rise

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(U.S. Air Force illustration)The Department of the Air Force announced June 4, 2021, the designation of Rocket Cargo as the fourth Vanguard program as part of its transformational science and technology portfolio identified in the DAF 2030 Science and Technology strategy for the next decade. (U.S. Air Force illustration)

Rocket delivery service might be coming to an Air Force near you

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SDA preparing to buy 150 satellites in next tranche of military space architecture

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In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express, launches from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. The SpaceX rocket carrying 64 small satellites, marks the first time the same Falcon 9 rocket has been used in three space missions. (Senior Airman Clayton Wear/U.S. Air Force via AP)

SPACECOM looking to industry for future of war, bolstering ties with companies

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NASA’s curiosity: Not just a rover on Mars

NASA’s Planetary Science Division focusing research and projects on missions within the solar system to determine what evolution of other planets could…

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We Need Space: Federal Partnerships In Space Exploration

Tune in to the July 20th FedTalk to hear about the changing face of federal space exploration and research, including the increased reliance on public/private…

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A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket stands ready for launch on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. The Falcon Heavy scheduled to launch Tuesday afternoon, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

Big defense companies are turning into dinosaurs in the face of SpaceX, other nontraditional businesses

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Companies like Lockheed Martin might start losing out to nontraditional companies if they don’t change their ways, a new report suggests.

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