Inside the Air Force - October 10, 2025

U.S. Space Force picks Blue Origin bid for expanding satellite processing at Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now

Blue Origin’s New Glenn, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and ULA’s Vulcan rockets launch from their respective pads. Image: Blue Origin, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance Getting newer and increasingly more capable assets in space for U.S. service members and allies is a primary goal for the U.S. Space Force. Among the challenges to bolstering America’s various on orbit capabilities though is having space on Earth to get them ready for launch. To help with proce…

Inside the Air Force - October 10, 2025

Compass Call facing 10 months of 'risk,' CSAF nominee saysWilsbach falls short of promising to follow lawmakers' reconciliation bill intentAir Force says buying more KC-46s will help service focus on accelerating NGASAir Force seeks vendor pool to develop advanced enginesPentagon seeks new radar AOC 1.1 upgrade to bolster missile defenseSpace Force awards $1.14B for FY-26 launchesSpace Force awards Blue Origin $78M to expand space vehicle proces…

Blue Origin to build new Florida satellite processing site for Space Force

While Blue Origin was kept out of the Space Force’s latest round of national security missions, the government has opted to rely on Jeff Bezos’ company to build a new place to prep satellites for launch. Space Systems Command announced Tuesday it had awarded to Blue Origin a $78.25 million contract to construct a space vehicle processing facility on the Space Coast by 2028. Right now the Department of Defense is limited in its satellite processi…