By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 14 April 2026 Gen. Stephen Whiting calls for a shift from fixed spacecraft to maneuverable assets, with wargames planned to test the concept COLORADO SPRINGS — The U.S. military’s top space commander is pressing for a fundamental shift in how the Pentagon thinks
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 18 March 2026 Maj. Gen. Keener: The exercise will help Space Command ‘better understand commercial challenges, requirements, and how we can better work together’ WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Command officials and representatives from nearly 50 commercial space companies are scheduled to participate in
A military exercise known as Southern Star integrates across space and cyber domains. Credit: U.S. Space Command By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 28 January 2026 Upcoming tabletop exercise will examine response to weapons of mass destruction in orbit ORLANDO, Fla. — U.S. Space Command will, for the first
Robbie Robertson, Sedaro CEO and co-founder, gives a presentation on the National Spacepower Center to U.S. Space Force leaders. Credit: Sedaro By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 12 December 2025 ORLANDO, Fla. — The Space Force Association, a nonprofit advocacy group, announced plans to create a virtual education and
The Space Force wants to leverage commercial space capabilities during wartime through a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve. (Jumpeestudio) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 21 July 2025 The two-day exercise held in Colorado Springs marked the second in a series of Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR) wargames WASHINGTON —
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 25 February 2025 WASHINGTON — Military planners have centuries of battlefield history to draw from when wargaming conflicts on land, at sea, and in the air. But in space — where no war has ever been waged — there is no historical precedent
A Falcon Heavy rocket prepared for launch from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Dec. 27, 2023, carrying a Space Force X-37B orbital test vehicle. U.S. Space Force By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 8 April 2024 The young service is focusing on contested space—even as its budgets return to Earth.
Wargaming and Advanced Research Simulation, Kirtland Air Force Base - Photo by Master Sgt. Wolfram Stumpf, 377th Air Base Wing By John Leacock, Published by Albuqurque Journal, 19 March 2024 It’s AI and computers, yes, but humans remain in the loop It was reveal day at Kirtland Air Force Base.
