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The U.S. Air Force awarded Rocket Lab a contract for several missions in 2019 as part of an effort to use commercial suppliers and rapid procurement methods in space programs.
The Air Force intended to issue the follow-on Launch Service Procurement solicitation in 2019 and select two providers in 2020 to divide future Air Force launch contracts.
An Air Force source provided a new Launch Service Procurement RFP release date of 2019-04-04.
The Defense Department submitted a legislative proposal in February to create a Space Force under the Department of the Air Force led by a four-star chief of staff, a four-star vice chief of staff, and a civilian undersecretary.
Blue Origin has challenged the Air Force’s plan to select only two companies to provide launch services from 2022 to 2026.
The Air Force planned to select only two companies to provide national security launch services from 2022 to 2026.
The Air Force requested $1,200,000,000 in 2020 to procure four National Security Space Launch (NSSL) launches.
The Pentagon plans to seek establishment of a U.S. Space Force within the Department of the Air Force.
The Air Force made Launch Service Agreement cost-sharing awards in October to Blue Origin’s New Glenn ($500,000,000), Northrop Grumman’s OmegA ($792,000,000), and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur ($967,000,000).
Congress set a 2022 deadline for the Air Force to stop using the Russian RD-180 engine on national security launches five years ago.
The Air Force intends to evaluate proposals in 2019 and select two suppliers in 2020 to receive Launch Service Procurement contracts.
The Air Force projects 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.
Lockheed Martin is building 10 GPS 3 satellites that the Air Force initially ordered in 2008.
The Air Force projects to spend an additional $1,200,000,000 on OCX from 2021 to 2024.
The Air Force requested $1,400,000,000 in RDT&E funds for Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR).
The Air Force planned to release the final request for proposals for the Launch Service Procurement last week but Pentagon approval to issue the RFP was put on temporary hold following a 2019-03-26 meeting with Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord.
The Air Force projects spending $3,800,000,000 on GPS 3F through 2024 and plans to procure two satellites in 2021, three in 2022, three in 2023 and three in 2024.
About $13,800,000,000 of the 2020 space budget proposal is for space programs primarily overseen by the U.S. Air Force.
U.S. Strategic Command created the NC3 Enterprise Center at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, with a second location in the Washington area to design an NC3 blueprint and break down stovepipes across the Defense Department.
Congress set a 2022 deadline for the Air Force to stop using the Russian-made RD-180 engine for national security launches.