KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – U.S. Space Force officials are reaching out to industry to find companies able to increase military use of U.S. spaceports for future military space launches.
Officials of the Space Force's Space Systems Command at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., issued a request for information (SDP-2026-1) on Friday for the Spaceport Development Program, which seeks to enhance U.S. spaceport capabilities as part of the National Security Space Program.
The National Security Space Program involves military and intelligence efforts to launch reconnaissance and surveillance satellites, and manages launches of military satellites using providers like SpaceX for space situational awareness, intelligence, reconnaissance, and space defense.
Military space launches
These programs support military space launches for military communications, missile defense, and reconnaissance via contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.
The Spaceport Development Program seeks to increase the military utility of these installations. Examples of U.S. spaceports are Kennedy Space Center, Fla.; Spaceport America, N.M.; Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska; Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Va.; and the SpaceX Starbase, Texas.
The Spaceport Development Program will be a contract vehicle also to provide spaceport-related launch services like launch site modifications, infrastructure upgrades, launch operations support, as well as shipment and transport and storage of space equipment.
Military mission needs
The program will award task orders based on mission needs and available funding for spaceport enhancements. Contractors should have at least an existing FAA license for space launches, be non-federally funded, and have existing spaceport facilities for military payloads.
Companies interested should email capability statements no later than 13 Feb. 2026 to the Space Force's Robert Robson at [email protected] and Serge Nana at [email protected] .
Email questions or concerns to Robert Robson at [email protected] and Serge Nana at [email protected] . More information is online at https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f91e000db45f4a7a9aa3a446926d93f9/view.
