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The SASC supports the Pentagon’s $13,190,000 request for the Rocket Systems Launch Program based at Kirtland Air Force Base.
The SASC supports the Pentagon’s $26,090,000 request for the Space Test Program based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
In October 2018 the Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreements that provided $2,300,000,000 to ULA, Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin to support development of next-generation rockets and infrastructure.
The Air Force initiated the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program in 1995 to develop a new generation of launch vehicles.
Congress in the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act allowed the Air Force to order up to 18 Atlas 5 missions between 2016-12-23 and 2022-12-31.
The Air Force procured six Atlas 5 launches since the 2017 NDAA restrictions went into effect, leaving up to 12 Atlas 5 launches available before 2022-12-31.
In 2016 the Air Force awarded $242,000,000 in cost-sharing R&D contracts to SpaceX, Orbital ATK (later Northrop Grumman), ULA and Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop rocket propulsion technology.
If neither selected Phase 2 provider can meet a mission schedule with primary or secondary vehicles, the Air Force could procure the mission from a third provider outside the Phase 2 contracts.
When the Air Force chooses its two providers in 2020, the winners stand to earn billions of dollars to launch military and intelligence satellites.
The committee agreed with the Department of Defense recommendation to establish the U.S. Space Force within the U.S. Air Force.
Lockheed Martin is developing the first of three OPIR Block 0 geostationary satellites that the Air Force plans to begin launching in 2025.
The SASC bill expands the responsibilities of the principal assistant to the secretary of the Air Force for space by creating the position of principal assistant to the secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration.
The Air Force identified a need to reprogram $632,000,000 into its 2019 budget to meet the 2025 launch schedule for the first OPIR Block 0 satellite.
The Pentagon proposed creating a Space Force headquarters under the Air Force led by a four-star chief of staff who would be a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a civilian undersecretary of the Air Force for space.
In Phase 2 the Air Force will select two suppliers in 2020 to start launching payloads in 2022.
The Air Force requested $1,200,000,000 to procure four launches in fiscal year 2020 and $432,000,000 to continue funding next-generation vehicles under the Launch Service Agreement program, and the House Appropriations Committee fully funded the request.
SpaceX sued the Air Force in 2013 over the Air Force’s decision to award United Launch Alliance a bulk purchase of launches instead of allowing competitive bids.
On 2019-05-21, the U.S. Air Force awarded Olis Robotics a $50,000 Phase I Small Business Innovative Research award to explore application of its software for satellite servicing.
The Air Force awarded LSA cost-sharing contracts of $500,000,000 to Blue Origin, $967,000,000 to United Launch Alliance, and $762,000,000 to Northrop Grumman.
SpaceX filed an objection to the Air Force’s 2019-10-10 LSA awards on 2018-12-10, and the Space and Missile Systems Center officially denied SpaceX’s objection on 2019-04-18.