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U.S. Air Force

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gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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Intuitive Machines also won a contract with the Air Force Research Lab for designs of nuclear-powered spacecraft.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 16, 2023Commercial lunar landers prepare for liftoff

The Air Force previously awarded SBIR Phase 1 and Phase 2 contracts to Synaptech of Colorado Springs, Colorado, for development of the RAPTR toolkit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 5, 2023LMI gets $98 million contract for space wargaming software

The U.S. Air Force awarded Logistics Management Institute a $98,000,000 contract for modeling and simulation software to analyze warfighting missions in space.

Mentioned as: air forceOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2023LMI gets $98 million contract for space wargaming software

The Department of the Air Force began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 28, 2023Rogue Space Systems Selected by AFWERX to Develop CubeSat Dispenser Prototypes

Xage Security received a 2019 Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1 award from the Air Force’s AFWERX program to demonstrate cybersecurity solutions for Air Force systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 27, 2023Cybersecurity firm Xage gets $17 million contract to protect Space Force networks

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded X-Bow Systems a $17,800,000 contract to demonstrate additive manufacturing technologies.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2023X-Bow to demonstrate additive manufacturing of solid rocket motors for U.S. Air Force

Xage Security won a 2020 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory to study options for end-to-end data protection across military and civilian assets to support command and control for the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 27, 2023Cybersecurity firm Xage gets $17 million contract to protect Space Force networks

The Department of the Air Force began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 27, 2023Rogue Space Systems awarded USSF Phase 2 contracts

X-Bow Systems’ STRATFI agreement includes $30,000,000 in U.S. Air Force funding and $30,000,000 in matching funds from private investors.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialSep 27, 2023X-Bow to demonstrate additive manufacturing of solid rocket motors for U.S. Air Force

The United States Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Istari Digital, Inc. a $19,100,000 contract to secure airworthiness certification through Military Flight Release of a digital aircraft using digital engineering processes.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 25, 2023US Air Force Awards Istari Digital $19 Million Contract

Space Systems Command reported the Department of the Air Force provided the WGS-12 certification letter on 2023-09-21.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 22, 2023Air Force validates Boeing’s new WGS satellite

The Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) was initiated by the Air Force in late 1963.

Mentioned as: the air forceNarrative GeneralSep 18, 2023Live, from orbit: the Manned Orbiting Laboratory’s top-secret film-readout system

The Department of the Air Force began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 18, 2023SCOUT Space awarded AFWERX Phase II to develop autonomous satellite software suite

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) collaborated with the Air Force to evolve MOL into a reconnaissance satellite carrying the DORIAN camera system.

Mentioned as: Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 18, 2023Live, from orbit: the Manned Orbiting Laboratory’s top-secret film-readout system

Walter Villadei will serve as pilot of Ax-3 and is an Italian Air Force colonel who trained as a backup for the Ax-2 mission.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanSep 13, 2023Axiom Space names crew for third private astronaut mission to ISS

Marcus Wandt is a Swedish former air force officer who was selected as a reserve member of ESA’s astronaut corps in November 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 13, 2023Axiom Space names crew for third private astronaut mission to ISS

Under a $5,100,000 Air Force Research Laboratory award, Rubicon will manufacture 10 one-newton thrusters and qualify the thrusters for spaceflight.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 8, 2023Rubicon wins NASA and AFRL ASCENT thruster contracts

Rubicon Space Systems won a series of contracts with a combined value of about $6,000,000 to deliver ASCENT thrusters to NASA and the Air Force Research Laboratory in 2024.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 8, 2023Rubicon wins NASA and AFRL ASCENT thruster contracts

A similar film readout system tested by a US Air Force Samos reconnaissance satellite in 1961 was eventually transferred to NASA.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 5, 2023Soviet television reconnaissance satellites

Northrop Grumman maintained the sensors for the past five years under an $866,000,000 contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force in June 2018.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 31, 2023SAIC Wins $575M US Space Force Task Order
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