In his first Commander's Note of 2026, Gen. Chance Saltzman urges close collaboration between the Space Force acquisition and operational corps to speed delivery of new capabilities.
Pentagon officials are seeking lawmakers’ authorization to buy weapon systems through multi-year deals “across the board, not only with munitions, but actually with the production of aircraft, with the production of spacecraft,” said Air Force Secretary Troy Meink.
The challenge for Western democratic institutions is not a lack of capability — it is a structural one.
CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman has signed a memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, initiating the creation of SF/S9 to coordinate future force planning. However, the change has yet to be approved by Air Force Secretary Troy Meink.
The SDN will provide the communications pathways for integrating and moving data from missile warning/tracking sensors to interceptors in near-real time under the Golden Dome construct.
Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhageh has taken over Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy's former role of military deputy to the Office of Space Acquisition and Integration.
"Futures Command is dead," one Pentagon official said bluntly.
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
The decision was mutually agreed upon by Singapore and the US, according to a statement from Singapore's defense ministry.
Contracts for the next-generation Tranche 3, which will replace the earliest Transport Layer satellites, have been paused until the Space Force study is completed, five sources with knowledge of the program told Breaking Defense.
Following the release of the report today, Alabama politicians began touting the new OIG report as justifying a Trump move to reverse Biden's basing decision.