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Trump authorizes revival of U.S. Space Command, with Space Force on agenda

President Donald Trump today authorized the Pentagon to set up the U.S. Space Command as its own combatant command, in… Read More

Air Force sets up $100,000 VQ-Prize contest for space awareness visualization

The U.S. Air Force is looking for a few good apps to visualize satellites and other objects in Earth orbit —… Read More

Space Force plan moves forward amid heightened talk about final-frontier fights

The National Space Council today pushed forward recommendations to raise the profile of military space activities, at first through a… Read More

Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman and ULA win Air Force’s backing for future rockets

The U.S. Air Force says Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman and United Launch Alliance have won its go-ahead for the development… Read More

Watch Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg take some ‘stick time’ in a T-X training jet

One of the things I learned about Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg is that he loves to fly the aircraft his… Read More

Boeing beats Lockheed to win $9.2B Air Force contract for fleet of T-X training jets

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract worth up to $9.2 billion for a new fleet of T-X… Read More

Jeff Bezos sells the Air Force on Blue Origin rockets and Amazon Web Services

Billionaire Jeff Bezos made a subtle sales pitch for Amazon Web Services as well as the New Glenn rockets being… Read More

Boeing gets $2.9B contract for 18 Air Force KC-46 tankers as it nears first deliveries

News Brief: The U.S. Air Force today awarded Boeing a $2.9 billion contract for 18 more KC-46A tanker aircraft and… Read More

Boeing wins $805M contract to build U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A robotic refueling planes

After a months-long competition with the likes of Lockheed Martin, Boeing has won a $805.3 million contract from the Pentagon… Read More

CNN survey suggests support for Space Force doesn’t match Star Wars appeal

News Brief: A CNN survey suggests most Americans don’t back the Trump administration’s plans to create a new military branch… Read More

VP Mike Pence details plan to create Space Force (sans starship troopers) by 2020

The Trump administration is taking immediate steps to raise the profile of the Defense Department’s space operations, and asking Congress… Read More

Amazon enlists first class of military veterans to graduate from Apprenti technical training program

Amazon’s commitment to hiring military veterans took another step forward on Wednesday as the tech giant hosted a graduation event… Read More

Brace yourself for a loud Seafair Weekend: Fat Albert rejoins the Blue Angels air show

Hey, hey, hey … it’s Fat Albert, in the skies over Seattle: We’re not talking about the jumbo-sized character created… Read More

Boeing boosts revenue outlook, but tanker troubles bedevil second-quarter results

Second-quarter financial results that show higher revenue and earnings per share would typically please investors, but not for Boeing. Instead,… Read More

SpaceX wins $130 million Air Force launch contract, marking a first for Falcon Heavy

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $130 million firm-fixed-price contract to SpaceX for the launch of its classified AFSPC-52… Read More

President Trump directs Pentagon to create ‘separate but equal’ Space Force

President Donald Trump today directed the Department of Defense to create a Space Force as the sixth branch of the… Read More

Tethers Unlimited delivers tiny but powerful satellite transmitter for Army

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited says it’s delivered the first flight unit of a K-band radio transmitter that’s designed for use… Read More

Space Force? Space Corps? Space Guard? Experts study ways to patrol final frontier

Two months after President Donald Trump said the United States may create a new military branch to focus on national… Read More

Paul Allen marks Memorial Day with a look back at deep-sea gravesites he helped find

It’s traditional to revisit the gravesites of America’s fallen warriors on Memorial Day, but billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen is adding… Read More

U.S. pullout from Iran nuclear deal boosts most aerospace stocks, but not Boeing’s

A broad range of aerospace and defense stocks rose today as markets put a martial spin on President Donald Trump’s… Read More

TLDR: Amazon and Best Buy are BFFs, T-Mobile’s military hiring push, ‘Walk it out’ with Rover

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

T-Mobile to spend $500M to bring 5G to military bases, hire 10K vets in sweeping initiative

T-Mobile is embarking on a military initiative that the company says includes its biggest hiring push ever, largest discount program… Read More

Paul Allen’s hunt for historic shipwrecks scores another WWII find: the USS Helena

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s seagoing sleuths are reporting one more find in their quest to locate sunken military vessels from… Read More

Trident sub base and Boeing cited in closure of Seattle’s Russian consulate

News Brief: Twenty-five years ago, the opening of Russia’s Seattle consulate was a symbol of the post-Cold War thaw, but… Read More

With Paul Allen’s backing, explorers find wreckage of USS Juneau, famous for the Sullivan Brothers

The latest chapter of an Irish-American family tragedy played out on St. Patrick’s Day when an expedition team backed by… Read More

President Donald Trump revives the policy debate over creating military Space Force

President Donald Trump today talked about creating a U.S. Space Force, breathing new life into a concept that’s been proposed… Read More

National Space Council’s meeting takes aim at industry regulations – and at China

Space industry deregulation, and the potential perils posed by China’s space program, shared the spotlight at today’s meeting of the… Read More

Amid Zuma satellite controversy, SpaceX gets a vote of confidence from Air Force

News Brief: The classified satellite known as Zuma was said to have disappeared soon after its Jan. 7 launch on… Read More

Reports: Pentagon continued UFO investigation program using ‘black money’

The U.S. Department of Defense funded a program to investigate unidentified flying objects until 2012, and the program may well… Read More

LaserMotive makes a switch to PowerLight and focuses on beaming power over fiber

The company formerly known as LaserMotive is coming out of stealth mode with a new name — PowerLight Technologies — and a… Read More