The resulting temporary funding extension, known as a continuing resolution, will force the military services to operate with substantially less money than they expected, causing disruptions in programs and modernization efforts, according to service leaders.

The U.S. Space Force’s secretive and unmanned X-37B spacecraft landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California early Friday morning after spending over a year in space and testing a first-of-its-kind maneuver that saves fuel.

SpaceX announced its plans to launch its powerful Starship from Kennedy Space Center later this year while building out more than $1.8 billion in infrastructure in Florida to support two launch sites. The investment is projected to bring 600 jobs with average wages of $93,000 a year to the region by 2030.

The visit by Lt. Gen. Thomas L. James, Space Command deputy commander, was intended to be a fact-finding trip on the Army’s space capabilities. It comes as Alabama politicians have spoken with increasing certainty that Space Command’s headquarters would be relocated to Redstone Arsenal.

A U.S. Navy air hub in Europe was locked down and personnel ordered to shelter-in-place for several hours on Wednesday after security officials became aware of a possible vehicle bomb, the Navy said.

In tight confines 60 feet underground, Air Force missileers rotate 24-hour shifts at ICBM missile launch control centers in pairs, waiting for a message they hope never arrives: An order from the president of the United States directing a nuclear strike.

A joint Air Force and Space Force team successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile early morning on Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee are calling on the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force to identify obsolete programs and weapons for potential cuts as Congress begins crafting its annual defense policy bill.

The Air Force test squadron responsible for evaluating U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile capability plans a test launch late Tuesday or early Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s central coast.

CEO Dave Limp said much of the workforce reduction is aimed at trimming management to focus on manufacturing and launch cadence. That would include more buildup of its New Glenn rockets that launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 36, but also its smaller suborbital New Shepard rocket from Texas.