Space Force wants to give systems familiar nicknames. It unveiled the themes for those names with bright, colorful playing ...

The force has named satellites and ground systems after mythological creatures, ghosts and Norse pantheon, to name a few.

A little more than a century ago, the US Army Air Service came up with a scheme for naming the military’s multiplying fleet of airplanes. The 1924 aircraft designation code produced memorable names ...

The new Air Force system aimed at speeding data flow and availability across a variety of platforms and commands now has a Program Executive Office assigned to deliver it. "I'm very convinced this ...

One of the promises of remotely crewed systems is that they could be a force multiplier for the military, either allowing it to increase force structure without a proportionate increase in personnel ...

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond speaks at a ceremony to commemorate the first birthday of the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 18, 2020, in Washington. The service announced acquisitions ...

At a change of charter ceremony held June 17 at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia, outgoing Product Manager Force Protection Systems (PM FPS), Lt. Col. Curtis E.

Naming weapon systems to give insight into its purpose or the branch’s culture is not new within the U.S. military. (DVIDS) The U.S. Space Force released names of space weapon systems to better link ...