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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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Congress passed a law in 2015 that set a 2022 deadline for the Air Force to phase out United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket powered by the Russian RD-180 engine.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 14, 2019Air Force insists launch competition must stay on schedule

The Air Force will decide annually which provider gets specific missions in order to manage the manifest and even out the 60/40 split over the five-year period.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanApr 14, 2019Air Force insists launch competition must stay on schedule

The Air Force plans for the two selected Phase 2 providers to split national security launches 60/40 between 2022 and 2026.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2019Air Force insists launch competition must stay on schedule

An Air Force 90-day Space Strategy Study completed by the Air Force and the intelligence community concluded that LEO-based systems would be vulnerable during military conflicts and that the Department of Defense should not be taking that risk.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 11, 2019Air Force Secretary fires back at Space Development Agency

NASA awarded SpaceX a contract to launch the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) on a Falcon 9 in June 2021 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 11, 2019NASA awards DART launch contract to SpaceX

The U.S. Air Force authorized Lockheed Martin to survey a second Space Fence site in Western Australia but did not request funding to build a second Space Fence in its 2020 budget.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductApr 11, 2019Indian anti-satellite test proves early test for Space Fence

The Air Force will have $30,000,000 to $40,000,000 available for the Space Pitch Day funding pool.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialApr 10, 2019Air Force’s next ‘Pitch Day’ to focus on space

The U.S. Air Force will award up to $40,000,000 this fall at a live Space Pitch Day event in Los Angeles for winners of Defense Department SBIR contracts to compete for additional funding.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2019Air Force’s next ‘Pitch Day’ to focus on space

The inaugural Air Force live pitch event in New York awarded 51 small businesses $8,000,000 in a single day and paid those businesses instantly using a government credit card.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2019Air Force’s next ‘Pitch Day’ to focus on space

Heather Wilson will step down as Secretary of the Air Force on 2019-05-31 to become president of the University of Texas El Paso.

Mentioned as: United States Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2019Wilson defends Air Force record on space acquisitions: “We’re moving fast”

Winners of Defense Department small business innovation research (SBIR) contracts are eligible to compete for up to $40,000,000 at the Air Force’s Space Pitch Day.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductApr 10, 2019Air Force’s next ‘Pitch Day’ to focus on space

Rocket Communications received an Air Force contract four years ago to develop a user experience software tool to help developers create apps for Enterprise Ground Services-compliant ground control systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 9, 2019With EGS, Air Force aims to run spaceflight software problems to ground

Navigation Satellite Technology-3 is an Air Force program focused on augmenting GPS with small satellites in geosynchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductApr 9, 2019Air Force rapid prototyping effort achieving SpEC-tacular speeds

Blue Canyon Technologies was selected by the Air Force through SpEC three weeks after submitting a proposal to work on Tetra, a program exploring missions, tactics, techniques, and procedures for microsatellites in geosynchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductApr 9, 2019Air Force rapid prototyping effort achieving SpEC-tacular speeds

Two days after the 2019-03-27 test, the U.S. Air Force was tracking 250 pieces of debris created when India’s PDV-Mk II intercepted Microsat-R at 280 km.

Mentioned as: air forceNarrative GeneralApr 9, 2019India ASAT debris spotted above 2,200 kilometers, will remain a year or more in orbit

The Air Force and the intelligence community completed a 90-day Space Strategy Study that concluded LEO-based systems would be vulnerable during military conflicts.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductApr 9, 2019Air Force Secretary Wilson fires back at SDA: Satellites in LEO can’t replace legacy systems

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson directed a team led by Air Force Maj. Gen. Clinton Crozier on 2019-02-21 to develop an initial work plan to establish a Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductApr 9, 2019Air Force has a plan to get Space Force up and running as soon as Congress gives the green light

Air Force Space Command decided in 2018 to adopt a universal command-and-control architecture called Enterprise Ground Services.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 9, 2019With EGS, Air Force aims to run spaceflight software problems to ground

U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson challenged the Space Development Agency's plan on 2019-04-09.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 9, 2019Air Force Secretary Wilson fires back at SDA: Satellites in LEO can’t replace legacy systems

The Air Force increased SpEC’s budget fivefold to $500,000,000 in 2019.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialApr 9, 2019Air Force rapid prototyping effort achieving SpEC-tacular speeds
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