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Space and Missile Systems Center

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On 2018-10-10, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center allocated up to $967,000,000 to ULA to develop the Vulcan Centaur rocket.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2018Military launch poised for new era as Air Force prepares to move beyond EELV

The Space and Missile Analysis Group is part of the intelligence community and supports the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Analysis GroupOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2018The next battleground: What do we really know about what adversaries do in space?

Advanced Technology International received a $100,000,000 contract from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in November to establish and manage the Space Enterprise Consortium.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipOct 14, 2018Space Enterprise Consortium sees fast growth

Space and Missile Systems Center staff are being trained to operate under the SMC 2.0 rules to speed program schedules.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterNarrative GeneralSep 26, 2018Lockheed Martin strengthens position in military satellite market

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan traveled to Los Angeles Air Force Base on 2018-08-27 to address the Space and Missile Systems Center workforce and sought to reassure workers that the reorganization would not put their jobs in jeopardy.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterNarrative GeneralSep 5, 2018Air Force Secretary affirms support for Space Force

In 2013, the Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Space Systems/Loral an option to continue working on design concepts for next-generation protected military satellite communications.

Mentioned as: the space and missile systems centerTechnical ProductAug 16, 2018SSL to develop antenna subsystems for U.S. Air Force

The Space and Missile Systems Center is using expedited procurement authorities to buy five missile-warning satellites from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipAug 14, 2018Lockheed Martin awarded $2.9 billion Air Force contract for three missile-warning satellites

LauncherOne is scheduled to conduct its first military mission in 2019 as part of the DoD Space Test Program overseen by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterNarrative GeneralAug 2, 2018Space launch vehicles eyed by the military to move supplies around the world

The draft report presented the Space Development Agency as an entity related to replacing the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, a 5,000-person organization based in Los Angeles that oversees a $6,000,000,000 space portfolio.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipJul 31, 2018Pentagon delays release of space reorganization study

The 2016 legislation grants the military authorities to expedite procurement of next-generation satellites that the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center is using to buy five missile-warning satellites from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipJun 10, 2018Air Force chief buyer: Don’t believe the hype, space procurement ‘not broken’

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center plans to rely more on Boeing to provide mission assurance for WGS 11 and 12 under a commercial procurement model.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipJun 10, 2018Air Force chief buyer: Don’t believe the hype, space procurement ‘not broken’

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center will procure Wideband Global Satcom satellites WGS 11 and 12 from Boeing using a more commercial approach that allows Boeing to use components from its commercial satellite line.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipJun 10, 2018Air Force chief buyer: Don’t believe the hype, space procurement ‘not broken’

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center will create a portfolio architect team of 150 to 200 people to manage integration across stovepipes.

Mentioned as: space and missile systems centerNarrative PlanJun 10, 2018Air Force chief buyer: Don’t believe the hype, space procurement ‘not broken’

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center tested hosting space weather sensors on Iridium Next commercial satellites and has 22 of 32 hosted payloads on orbit.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterOrg RelationshipJun 10, 2018Air Force chief buyer: Don’t believe the hype, space procurement ‘not broken’

Lockheed Martin receives about $2,000,000,000 per year in contracts from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center for GPS, communications, and missile warning satellites.

Mentioned as: space and missile systems centerOrg RelationshipJun 10, 2018Air Force chief buyer: Don’t believe the hype, space procurement ‘not broken’

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, based in Los Angeles, opened a Hosted Payload Office in 2014.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterNarrative GeneralMay 16, 2018Satellite operators want to carry more military payloads and are looking to Congress for help

Pawlikowski has spent eight of the past ten years in the Air Force overseeing space programs as vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, and in senior roles at the National Reconnaissance Office and the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterTechnical ProductMay 15, 2018Air Force Gen. Pawlikowski: Military satellites will be smaller, more mobile

Lt. Gen. David 'DT' Thompson is focused on the reorganization of space acquisition program offices at the Space and Missile Systems Center, known as SMC 2.0.

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterTechnical ProductMay 15, 2018Space industry executives meet “East Coast Thompson”

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles manages a $6,000,000,000 portfolio that includes the majority of the Air Force’s space programs.

Mentioned as: space and missile systems centerNarrative CapabilityApr 28, 2018Air Force confident it can build satellites faster. A bigger concern: software

The immediate test for the reorganized Space and Missile Systems Center is to begin developing a constellation of missile warning and surveillance satellites to replace the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS).

Mentioned as: Space and Missile Systems CenterTechnical ProductApr 28, 2018Air Force confident it can build satellites faster. A bigger concern: software
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