The U.S Space Force has awarded SpaceX $4.16 billion to help the military track airborne targets using satellites.

The U.S. Space Force recently awarded a $2.29 billion contract to SpaceX which intends to provide a new satellite communications system intended to give the Joint Force faster and more resilient data transport from space.

Hackers breached a senior US Space Force official’s Instagram account and temporarily posted a string of pro-Iran and anti-US propaganda on Sunday, some of it invoking the Vietnam War.

The U.S. Space Force awarded SpaceX a $4.16 billion contract to build a constellation of satellites designed to track airborne targets from orbit, marking one of the Pentagon’s biggest bets yet on shifting battlefield surveillance missions from aircraft to space.

The U.S. Defense Department plans to construct a $250 million Space Force Operations Facility at Schriever Space Force Base. The investment is expected to support 2,500 civilian jobs, though it's not yet clear when construction will begin.

SpaceX already generated one-fifth of its 2025 revenue from government contracts, the company revealed in its IPO filing.

As part of the SB-AMTI program, SpaceX is meant to accelerate the delivery of sensors tracking and targeting threats globally from space.

The U.S. Space Force on Tuesday awarded SpaceX a new, pricy satellite contract, further tying the company to its biggest customer.