Nearly a mile above Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California, a hacked drone soared through restricted airspace for roughly an hour.

North Korea’s state-run news agency has criticized the establishment of a new U.S. Space Force command in Japan as part of Washington’s broader plan to seek “regional hegemony.”

Security experts say SpaceX has leapfrogged so far ahead in several critical technologies that it could deter major rivals like China from engaging in a war with the United States — or tip the balance if one breaks out.

U.S. military bases across the country and around the world are hosting Christmas tree lighting ceremonies and festive activities for service members and their families this month to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season.

The U.S. Space Force established a new command in western Tokyo as the United States and Japan seek space superiority in the region.

The Space Force is standing up a new unit at this airlift hub in western Tokyo to address growing threats from China, Russia and North Korea, according to the service’s regional commander.

The Air Force announced last week 250 Space Force guardians with Delta 15, dedicated to protecting and defending operations in space, will be permanently based in Colorado Springs at Schriever Space Force Base.

An intense persuasion campaign is heating up across more than 1,200 miles, from Colorado Springs to Alabama, as both states’ congressional delegations battle over landing the permanent headquarters of the U.S. Space Command.

As conflict with Russia and China looms, special forces in the U.S. military are going through a renaissance, reflected in a new $55 million Special Operations Command North headquarters on Peterson Space Force Base.

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, an Alabama Republican and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said that he anticipates Trump will make good on a campaign promise by issuing an executive order to relocate the command to Huntsville, Ala.

The El Segundo, Ca., satellite plant makes large satellites for commercial, government and military customers. In 2018 Boeing acquired Millennium Space Systems, which is also based in El Segundo and has received defense contracts for satellites to detect new threats such as hypersonic missiles.

Blue Origin is flying its own hardware as a payload. Even though it doesn’t have a paying customer, a successful flight would mark the first of two required certification flights needed by the U.S. Space Force so it could potentially be awarded lucrative future national security missions alongside SpaceX and ULA.

A SpaceX Starlink launch on Wednesday tied the 2023 record, which saw a combination of 68 launches from SpaceX, three from United Launch Alliance and one from Relativity Space, from pads at either Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

A bipartisan group of 125 lawmakers is urging the leaders of the Senate and House Armed Services committees to maintain the authority of governors over their state’s National Guard forces as the Air Force proposes moving some of them into the Space Force.

The entire Florida National Guard was joined by Guard forces from at least seven other states as they began route clearance, search and rescue, and other missions before dawn Thursday after the fast-moving storm struck Wednesday night.

Friday saw a critical test of the Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. joint venture’s ability to loft spy satellites for the U.S. government. The Pentagon has been putting pressure on the company and levying fines over delays with Vulcan.

The first site is on the northwest coast of Australia, the second site is planned for Wales, and the final site will be in the U.S. The three nations will operate the arrays together, producing a “game-changing” radar system.

New Glenn rockets are more than twice as powerful than the Falcon 9. It’s the debut that could see Blue Origin compete alongside SpaceX and ULA for lucrative national security missions in the future.

Monarch Joint Venture, a nonprofit that supports butterfly populations, has been working with the Defense Department to monitor the insects at dozens of military installations in the U.S.