The U.S. Air Force (USAF) plays a significant role in the space industry, historically serving as the Department of Defense's executive agent for space, and developing early military space programs and launch vehicles. Although the U.S. Space Force was established as an independent branch in 2019, the Air Force continues to contribute to space operations, including training personnel, research and development, and maintaining partnerships. The USAF's space-related activities encompass satellite operations, missile warning, communication support, and collaboration with allies to ensure regional stability. Key partners include the U.S. Space Force, other branches of the military, and international allies.
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The House Armed Services Committee recommended a $21,500,000 cut to the Air Force’s $72,800,000 funding request for Space C2 for fiscal year 2020.
The Air Force’s latest Space C2 effort uses agile software development methods to incrementally deliver updates.
York Space Systems’ S-CLASS platform achieved a successful launch prior to 2019-10-29 and has been awarded missions for the United States Air Force.
On 2019-10-10, Aevum became one of eight launch service providers qualified by the U.S. Air Force to compete for $986,000,000 in small- and medium-sized launch missions over nine years.
York Space Systems won a contract to deliver two spacecraft for the United States Air Force.
The U.S. Air Force selected York to deliver two spacecraft for deployment in geosynchronous orbit.
York Space Systems will design, manufacture, and test each United States Air Force spacecraft in Denver, Colorado.
Aevum moved from winning a $50,000 SBIR study grant to receiving a $4,900,000 U.S. Air Force launch contract within three weeks.
The Air Force contract for ASLON-45 requires the launch to occur before 2021-10-01.
The Air Force plans to launch the sixth X-37B mission from Cape Canaveral in 2020 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
The U.S. Air Force selected Boeing in 2006 to build the follow-on X-37B.
The Air Force is evaluating proposals from launch providers for the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement and will select two winners in 2020.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center posted a request for information on 2019-10-25 to announce the start of a National Security Launch Architecture study.
A U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on 2019-10-27.
Space Launch Complex-6 was originally built in the 1960s to launch the Air Force’s never-flown Manned Orbital Laboratory.
United Launch Alliance is developing the Vulcan Centaur rocket and is offering it to the U.S. Air Force in its proposal for the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement.
The U.S. Air Force awarded United Launch Alliance a five-year $1,180,000,000 contract on 2019-09-30 to complete the last planned five Delta IV Heavy National Reconnaissance Office missions from 2020 through 2024.
Voyager's board features retired Air Force Gen. William Shelton and former NASA associate administrator for science Alan Stern.
The U.S. Air Force will select two providers in 2020 to split national security missions 60/40 from 2022 to 2026.
Use of WGS-11 as a platform for hosted payloads is a sticking point in negotiations between the Air Force and Boeing.