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In March 2021, the U.S. Air Force engaged business satellite operators to develop a hybrid architecture that allows switching between commercial and military satellites.
The Department of the Air Force began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018.
Muon Space was awarded an option to its contract with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit to collect ionospheric data on the MuSat-2 satellite mission.
The U.S. Air Force is working with Albedo under a separate $1,250,000 contract to integrate Albedo imagery tasking with government systems.
The U.S. Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center is funding Albedo’s infrared technology under a $1,250,000 contract.
Muon Space will supply the U.S. Air Force with global soil moisture and sea surface wind measurements and will supply ionospheric data to the U.S. Space Force.
The original $2,800,000 contract awarded in 2022 to Muon Space by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit requires Muon Space to deliver terrestrial weather products to the Air Force 557th Weather Wing from a space-based prototype microwave sensor.
The Department of the Air Force began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018 to expand the range of innovations it funds.
Marcus Wandt, a Swedish Air Force pilot selected by ESA as a reserve astronaut in November 2022, will fly on the Axiom commercial flight funded by ESA and the Swedish National Space Agency.
Walter Villadei, an Italian Air Force pilot, flew on Virgin Galactic’s first commercial suborbital flight on 2023-06-29 and trained with Axiom Space while serving as a backup on the Ax-2 mission to the International Space Station in May.
John Williams served 21 years as a United States Air Force officer in roles including operations, acquisition, budgeting, strategic planning, and command.
ULA has executed rideshare partnerships with NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and commercial customers to deliver missions to orbits from low Earth orbit to the Moon.
Lockheed was awarded the contract to develop the reconnaissance satellite that utilized film-scanning technology for the Air Force.
In 1956, the Air Force selected film-scanning technology as the preferred option for satellite reconnaissance.
Out of the 31 drones, fifteen will be allocated to the navy, while eight each will be assigned to the army and the Indian Air Force.
Virgin Galactic performed the June 29 flight for the Italian Air Force under a contract signed in October 2019.
In 2020 the Air Force awarded Raytheon a $442,300,000 contract to design and develop a FAB-T terminal for aircraft communications with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite network.
iRocket signed a $1,800,000 contract with the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command funded through AFWERX and the Air Force Research Laboratory Technology Directorate.
Virgin Galactic and the Italian Air Force signed a contract in October 2019 to fly three Italian payload specialists on a dedicated research flight.
The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center awarded Raytheon Technologies a $625,000,000 contract to produce nuclear-hardened satellite communications terminals on 2023-06-28.