Portal Space Systems says it’s setting up its 50,000-square-foot spacecraft manufacturing facility just 3 miles away from its existing design and testing hub in Bothell, Wash. By the end of 2026, the ...

When President Donald Trump signed the Space Force into existence, he hailed space as the “world’s newest warfighting domain.” Five years later, the Space Force is fully embracing its role as ...

Portal’s heat exchanger thruster, known as Flare, fires up during a test in a vacuum chamber. (Portal Space Systems Photo) Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems says it has successfully tested its ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Force’s main acquisition arm is looking to see which of its major programs could be scaled back or replaced with a commercial alternative. “Nobody got a pass.

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman speaks at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Md. Sept 23, 2025. Credit: U.S. Air Force NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Space Force ...

Illustration of space objects in Earth orbit. Credit: Slingshot Aerospace COLORADO SPRINGS — The U.S. Space Force’s procurement arm announced a new intelligence-sharing program aimed at warning ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University, already known as the Cradle of Astronauts, is now establishing itself among the academic leaders for the U.S. Space Force with research and initiatives ...

It looked more like a satellite television dish than a weapon. But the antenna could fire enough electromagnetic energy to fry the satellite 22,000 miles away. That was not the plan for tonight’s ...

WASHINGTON — The Space Force is losing nearly 14% of its civilian workers to a combination of early retirements, resignations and other incentives as the Defense Department works to slash its civilian ...