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A Delta 2 launched 48 GPS satellites for the U.S. Air Force, establishing the operational GPS constellation.
The Reagan Administration awarded McDonnell Douglas a contract in 1987 to upgrade its Delta rocket, a modified Air Force Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile, following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
A Delta 2 variant launched five Iridium communications satellites into low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 1997-05-05.
Over 29 years, the Delta 2 launched 155 missions for the U.S. Air Force, NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office, and commercial customers.
Advanced Technology International received a $100,000,000 contract from the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in November to establish and manage the Space Enterprise Consortium.
The Air Force planned to have between $150,000,000 and $200,000,000 awarded through the consortium by the end of the year.
The Missile Defense Agency, working through the Air Force-led Space Enterprise Consortium, awarded $1,000,000 study contracts this summer to nine firms to design concept prototypes for a space sensor layer.
The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman $792,000,000 in LSA funding to develop the OmegA rocket.
The Air Force is working on a draft solicitation for phase 2 that could be released later 2018 or early in 2019.
The Launch Service Agreement (LSA) program was started in 2015 to nurture domestic launch providers as the Air Force faces a 2022 deadline to stop using Russian RD-180 engines that power ULA’s Atlas V rocket.
The Air Force awarded United Launch Alliance $967,000,000 in LSA funding to develop the Vulcan Centaur rocket.
The Air Force awarded Blue Origin $500,000,000 in LSA funding to develop the New Glenn rocket.
The Air Force has committed through 2024 a total of $792,000,000 in OTA funds for Northrop Grumman.
The U.S. Air Force selected Blue Origin for a Launch Services Agreement on 2018-10-10.
Shanahan is evaluating whether to allocate space funding to the Army, Air Force, or the proposed Space Development Agency.
The Air Force plans to issue a solicitation for phase 2 of the OTA program in 2019 and make selections in 2020.
Of the three phase 1 awardees, the company that does not win phase 2 will not receive the full amount of OTA funding that the Air Force announced it would commit.
The U.S. Air Force awarded three contracts collectively worth about $2,000,000,000 to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, and United Launch Alliance to develop launch system prototypes.
The Air Force has committed through 2024 a total of $500,000,000 in OTA funds for Blue Origin.
The Air Force has committed through 2024 a total of $967,000,000 in OTA funds for United Launch Alliance.