U.S. Air Force

gov defenseFounded 1947

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

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The Air Force awarded agreements in early 2016 for rocket propulsion system development to support replacement of the RD-180-powered Atlas 5.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2018Congressional auditors raise red flags on EELV costs, national security launch industrial base

The FY-19 bill commends the Air Force for funding a new program for affordable, flexible launch services for small payloads to low Earth orbit through geostationary transfer orbit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialApr 25, 2018Rogers, Cooper to continue push for military space reforms in FY-19 NDAA

OCX software will be delivered in blocks that each provide upgrades as they become available, and the Air Force accepted OCX Block 0 in October 2017.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanApr 25, 2018Congressional auditors raise red flags on EELV costs, national security launch industrial base

The FY-19 bill directs the secretary of the Air Force to establish a new numbered Air Force dedicated to space warfighting.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative LegalApr 25, 2018Rogers, Cooper to continue push for military space reforms in FY-19 NDAA

The Air Force plans to award contracts in 2019 to two launch providers for a combined total of approximately 25 launches to occur from 2022 through 2026.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanApr 25, 2018Congressional auditors raise red flags on EELV costs, national security launch industrial base

The planned launch of the first GPS III satellite shifted from March 2018 to late 2018 because the Air Force decided to launch the satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 instead of a ULA Delta IV rocket.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanApr 25, 2018Congressional auditors raise red flags on EELV costs, national security launch industrial base

Lockheed Martin delivered the first GPS III satellite to the Air Force for storage in February 2017, and the Air Force declared the satellite available for launch in September 2017 after an investigation into the satellite’s propulsion subsystem.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2018Congressional auditors raise red flags on EELV costs, national security launch industrial base

The Air Force awarded a development and production contract for the first Space Fence radar site in June 2014 to Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: the air forceOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2018Congressional auditors raise red flags on EELV costs, national security launch industrial base

Air Force officials are in discussions with Australian officials to support a survey of a proposed Space Fence Increment 2 site, but the Air Force has not formally committed to Increment 2.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanApr 25, 2018Congressional auditors raise red flags on EELV costs, national security launch industrial base

Congress directed the Air Force to replace United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket, which uses the Russian RD-180 engine, with a domestic propulsion alternative.

Mentioned as: the air forceNarrative LegalApr 25, 2018Congressional auditors raise red flags on EELV costs, national security launch industrial base

The FY-19 bill requests a briefing from the secretary of the Air Force that includes criteria and incentives the Air Force will use to ensure selected contractors maintain schedule and fidelity consistent with their contract bids.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative LegalApr 25, 2018Rogers, Cooper to continue push for military space reforms in FY-19 NDAA

The Air Force plans to select three potential Expendable Evolved Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch providers in the summer of 2018 and to make a final award for launch service procurement contracts by the end of fiscal year 2019.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanApr 25, 2018Rogers, Cooper to continue push for military space reforms in FY-19 NDAA

The FY-19 bill requests a briefing from the secretary of the Air Force on the criteria and sufficiency of test data the Air Force will use to make final launch service agreement awards by the end of fiscal year 2019.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative LegalApr 25, 2018Rogers, Cooper to continue push for military space reforms in FY-19 NDAA

On 2017-12-06 in Carlsbad, California, the U.S. Air Force and Viasat completed the production readiness review for the Mini Crypto program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanDec 5, 2017U.S. Air Force, Viasat Prepare to Deploy Small Form Factor Cryptographic High Value Product for Encrypted Communications

FACSAT-2 is planned to be launched in 2019, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the Colombian Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanDec 1, 2017The Colombian Air Force orders its second advanced Nanosatellite platform from GomSpace

ViaSat Inc. was awarded Lot 5 and Lot 5a contracts totaling $88,300,000 from the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to provide MIDS JTRS terminals to the U.S. Navy and Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 25, 2017ViaSat Tripling MIDS JTRS Production Capabilities for U.S. Airborne Forces

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