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U.S. Air Force

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gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
www.airforce.com/
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SBIRS GEO-4 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 2018-01-20 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 6, 2019Air Force reports progress in missile defense satellite programs

The U.S. Air Force canceled procurement of SBIRS 7 and SBIRS 8 in 2018 and transitioned to the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 6, 2019Air Force reports progress in missile defense satellite programs

One Maxar award is a U.S. Air Force multi-year project worth more than $70,000,000 to develop a platform to test the use of automated intelligence and machine learning in military operations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 3, 2019Maxar announces defense, intelligence contracts worth $95 million for imagery and analytics

The committee directs the Department of Defense to brief lawmakers by 2019-09-15 on the Air Force’s plan to leverage commercial investments in responsive launch capabilities and integrate them into DoD space operations.

Mentioned as: the air forceTechnical ProductJun 3, 2019Space policy provisions but no Space Force language in HASC subcommittee bill

Maxar Technologies received multiple contracts in the first quarter of 2019 from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with a total value of more than $95,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 3, 2019Maxar announces defense, intelligence contracts worth $95 million for imagery and analytics

The committee directs the Air Force to provide a briefing to the committee by 2019-09-30 on timelines and costs for procuring GPS III satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 3, 2019Space policy provisions but no Space Force language in HASC subcommittee bill

Boeing has secured geostationary communications satellite orders 2019 for a Viasat ViaSat-3 satellite focused on the Asia-Pacific region and for the U.S. Air Force’s WGS-11 satellite.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductMay 30, 2019Airbus to build trio of Inmarsat-7 satellites

The U.S. Air Force plans to select two launch providers for the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 competition in 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 30, 2019Northrop Grumman to investigate anomaly after OmegA’s first rocket motor test

The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $792,000,000 Launch Service Agreement contract in October to complete development of OmegA and the required launch sites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 30, 2019Northrop Grumman to investigate anomaly after OmegA’s first rocket motor test

The House Appropriations Committee’s report accompanying its 2020 defense funding bill suggested the Air Force should manage all satellite communications systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 29, 2019Navy to transfer satellite communications responsibilities to Air Force

In fiscal year 2018 the Air Force requested an additional $344,000,000 for next-gen OPIR above what had been budgeted but only $112,000,000 was appropriated, leaving an unfunded balance of $232,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialMay 28, 2019Why the Air Force needs more money for next-gen OPIR

The Air Force required hundreds of millions of dollars above its 2019-10-01 budget to accelerate the schedule of the next-gen OPIR overhead persistent infrared constellation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 28, 2019Why the Air Force needs more money for next-gen OPIR

The Air Force originally envisioned achieving initial launch capability for next-gen OPIR in 2023 but revised that schedule to 2025 due to cost constraints.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 28, 2019Why the Air Force needs more money for next-gen OPIR

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center issued a request for information titled "Modular Enterprise Spacecraft Bus Procurement" with responses due 2019-04-03.

Mentioned as: the air forceTechnical ProductMay 28, 2019How SMC 2.0 plans to buy the next generation of military satellites

The 2019-10-01 Air Force budget and planned future budgets fully support a 2025 initial launch capability deadline for next-gen OPIR.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 28, 2019Why the Air Force needs more money for next-gen OPIR

The Air Force requested $632,000,000 to be reprogrammed into its 2019 budget to fill funding shortfalls for next-gen OPIR.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialMay 28, 2019Why the Air Force needs more money for next-gen OPIR

The Air Force requested $1,400,000,000 for next-gen OPIR in fiscal year 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialMay 28, 2019Why the Air Force needs more money for next-gen OPIR

Next-gen OPIR was $632,000,000 short of the funding the Air Force said it needed in the year to meet an initial launch capability of 2025 for the first satellite.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialMay 28, 2019Why the Air Force needs more money for next-gen OPIR

Raytheon’s contract with the Air Force requires delivery of a complete OCX system by June 2021.

Mentioned as: Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 28, 2019GAO in a spat with Raytheon over critical report of GPS ground control system

The Air Force projected next-gen OPIR funding of $2,000,000,000 in 2021, $2,200,000,000 in 2022, $2,600,000,000 in 2023, and $3,000,000,000 in 2024 to speed development and production.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 28, 2019Why the Air Force needs more money for next-gen OPIR
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