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The Air Force is exploring greater use of non-military standard parts and additive manufacturing to meet speed and mission assurance requirements.
Orbital ATK is developing the OmegA launch vehicle for EELV missions for the U.S. Air Force and will reevaluate the vehicle concept if it does not win a Launch Services Agreement award from the Air Force later 2018.
The 2018-05-22 Falcon 9 took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 3:48 p.m. Eastern.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, based in Los Angeles, opened a Hosted Payload Office in 2014.
NASA joined the Air Force hosted payload initiative and launched the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) as a hosted payload aboard the commercial satellite SES-14 in January.
The Air Force decided that Space Command chief Gen. John Raymond should have a deputy based in the Pentagon to reduce his travel time to D.C. and allow him to focus more on operations in Colorado Springs.
The Air Force is promoting greater investment in prototypes and experiments to test emerging technologies.
The Air Force’s original plan did not include a three-star Space Command official in the Pentagon.
Pawlikowski is currently the four-star commander of Air Force Materiel Command.
The Air Force must figure out how to leverage new technology as satellite launch costs decrease.
Pawlikowski has spent eight of the past ten years in the Air Force overseeing space programs as vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, and in senior roles at the National Reconnaissance Office and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
The Air Force plans to seek opportunities to reset the architecture of its space capabilities in the future.
The Air Force historically built large satellites to maximize the payload capacity of costly launch vehicles.
Pawlikowski does not support creating a separate acquisition workforce in the Air Force for space systems, highlighting the benefits of cross-flow between aviation and space programs.
SMC 2.0 is a top priority for Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson and Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin.
The Air Force is trying a prototype investment approach with light attack aircraft.
Congressional critics viewed the plan to name a three-star deputy chief of staff for space operations as a weak attempt to demonstrate the Air Force's commitment to space.
The Air Force originally announced in April 2017 that it would name a three-star deputy chief of staff for space operations, identifying Lt. Gen. David 'DT' Thompson as the likely candidate.
Most of the Air Force's budget is allocated to established programs of record.
Secretary Heather Wilson expects more emphasis on science and technology from the Air Force’s procurement organizations.