How the USAF’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program could transform how the service acquires hardware and software for ...

In his first op-ed since leaving service, Jim Slife, the former Air Force No. 2 officer, lays out how space procurement has been stymied in the past.

U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, a senior acquisition official at the Department of the Air Force, speaks at the 2026 Air & Space Forces Association’s Warfare Conference. Credit: Jud McCrehin ...

The Space Force has been working closely with private investment firms to get a leg up on emerging technologies. The result is a “pool” of companies with products the service wants, a senior defense ...

In 2019, then-President Donald Trump did something that hadn't happened in over seven decades: he formed a new branch of the United States military. The U.S. Space Force launched, taking much of its ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on defense, strategy, the profession of arms, and aerospace. President Trump’s declaration of a potential increase in U.S.