NASA's Planetary Protection Officer Aims to Defend Us from Alien Life Move over, Men in Black. There's a new intergalactic sheriff in town.
Lawmakers Petition Trump to Put New Space Force COCOM Headquarters in Florida It would be the fourth U.S. combatant command located in Florida.
Pentagon Wants Space Force to Be Organized Under Air Force: Report The DoD's latest proposal would put the newest military branch under the Department of the Air Force, according to a report.
Laser Weapons Are Future for Missile Defense, Space, Expert Says The Pentagon has just a few years to decide whether it wants to invest heavily in the new technology.
Trump Administration Creates US Space Command Ahead of Space Force Pence said the command, which will be the 11th combatant command, is the stepping stone to creating a U.S. Space Force.
SecNav Voices Support for Space Agency, Offensive Cyber Ops Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer pledged his support Thursday for an organization dedicated to space operations.
Pence Won't Rule Out Nuclear Weapons in Space as Plans for New Force Begin Vice President Mike Pence didn't immediately rule out positioning nuclear weapons in space sometime in the future.
Air Force Doles Out $2.3B for Space Launch Contracts Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, awarded $500 million for the preliminary work, will build its New Glenn Launch System.
Air Force 4-Star: We Must Be Prepared to Fight in Space The general overseeing the Air Force's space operations says future operators must be prepared to fight there.
Lockheed Gets $3 Billion Contract for Next-Gen Missile Warning Satellites The contract, not allows Lockheed to conduct analysis, "design/development, hardware procurement, early manufacturing.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-40-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
![This Jan. 7, 2018 photo made available by SpaceX shows the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla., for the "Zuma" U.S. satellite mission. (SpaceX via AP)](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-01/spacexlaunchzuma1800.png.jpg?itok=cHUbYlhF "This Jan. 7, 2018 photo made available by SpaceX shows the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla., for the "Zuma" U.S. satellite mission. (SpaceX via AP)")
