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The U.S. Air Force established the Space Rapid Capabilities Office at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico to take the lead in mostly classified critical space programs.
Some critics of the Space Development Agency within the Air Force question creating a new agency when other Department of Defense organizations such as the Space RCO already develop space technologies.
Troubles and delays to the GPS ground control system prevent the Air Force from adequately testing the full capabilities of GPS 3 satellites before they are procured and incorporated into the operational constellation.
The FAA announced in November that Wayne Monteith, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general who previously commanded the 45th Space Wing, would take over as associate administrator for commercial space transportation on 2019-01-20.
United Launch Alliance received a NASA contract in October 2017 to launch Landsat-9 on an Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg Air Force Base with a total cost to NASA of $153,800,000.
SAIC completed a $2,500,000,000 acquisition of Engility two weeks before the Air Force made the EDIS award decision.
The Air Force intends to end the direct ULA launch subsidy in 2020 as DoD shifts toward a more commercial approach to buying launch services.
The U.S. Air Force awarded a Launch Service Agreement to Northrop Grumman in October 2018 for the company's proposed OmegA rocket.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman were recipients of U.S. Air Force funding last year collectively worth roughly $2,000,000,000 to develop rockets capable of launching military satellites.
The Air Force awarded Engility Corp., now owned by SAIC, a $655,000,000 contract for satellite ground systems engineering, development, integration, and sustainment.
The EDIS work will be performed at Kirtland Air Force Base and Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, and is expected to be completed by 2026-01-31.
The 2019 space launch budget included $445,000,000 in RDT&E to fund the Launch Service Agreement program, which was $200,000,000 more than the Air Force requested.
DARPA sought funding in the U.S. Air Force’s 2019 budget to secure a launch contract intended to get RSGS into orbit by spring 2021.
A draft space policy directive orders the Defense Department to establish a U.S. Space Force as a sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces within the Department of the Air Force.
The Pentagon is finalizing a legislative proposal and budget request for fiscal year 2020 to submit to the White House that recommends creating a Space Force with its own four-star chief of staff and a civilian undersecretary of space under the Department of the Air Force.
The 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base supported 13 launches and three landings in 2018.
The 45th Space Wing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station supported 20 launches and 10 landings in 2018.
United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems collectively received $2,300,000,000 in Air Force funding to ensure their domestically produced commercial rockets can meet national security launch requirements.
In 2018 Air Force Space Command supported 33 satellite launches including nine military launches, five civil launches, and 19 commercial launches.
The United States Air Force selected both Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle and ULA’s Vulcan rocket in October 2018 under its Launch Services Agreement contract.