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U.S. Air Force

US
gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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The Department of the Air Force selected Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, as the preferred location to host Space Training and Readiness Command Headquarters (STARCOM).

Mentioned as: Department of the Air ForceTechnical ProductJun 1, 2023Department of the Air Force announces preferred locations for STARCOM HQ, three Deltas

Valerie Vasquez serves as a Foreign Affairs Officer in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air Force ReserveTechnical ProductJun 1, 2023True Anomaly Scales its Brand with Expanded US Presence

The Air Force selected Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, as the preferred location for Space Delta 12.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductMay 31, 2023Florida Space Coast selected as home of U.S. Space Force training command

The Department of the Air Force selected Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, as the preferred location for the headquarters of the Space Training and Readiness Command and Space Delta 10 on 2023-05-31.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 31, 2023Florida Space Coast selected as home of U.S. Space Force training command

The Air Force selected Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, as the preferred location for Space Delta 11.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductMay 31, 2023Florida Space Coast selected as home of U.S. Space Force training command

The Department of the Air Force will conduct environmental impact analyses at each base, which are expected to be completed later 2023 before final decisions are made.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 31, 2023Florida Space Coast selected as home of U.S. Space Force training command

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded L3Harris Technologies a contract worth $80,800,000 to conduct communications experiments using multiple commercial space internet services.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 26, 2023L3Harris wins $80 million Air Force contract for satcom experiments

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Exosonic, Inc. a $1,250,000 contract to initiate the design and development of a supersonic, fifth-generation target.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 24, 2023AFWERX selects EXOSONIC for SBIR Phase 2 contract for a digital design and trade study

Ursa Major’s contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory is an eight-figure agreement and is larger than a $3,600,000 Air Force contract the company received last year for development of its Hadley engine for small launch vehicles.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialMay 23, 2023Air Force Research Lab to fund development of Ursa Major’s rocket engines

Ursa Major won a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract on 2023-05-23 to support the development of two of the company’s rocket engines.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 23, 2023Air Force Research Lab to fund development of Ursa Major’s rocket engines

Rep. Mike Rogers stated that the Air Force's actions concerning the selection of Space Command headquarters require the Committee to seek document preservation.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductMay 19, 2023HASC chairman questions ‘continued delays’ in settling dispute over Space Command’s location

The fight over the relocation began after the Air Force's proposal during the final days of the Trump presidency to move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductMay 19, 2023HASC chairman questions ‘continued delays’ in settling dispute over Space Command’s location

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has been questioned by lawmakers about the relocation decision, which is still under review.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductMay 19, 2023HASC chairman questions ‘continued delays’ in settling dispute over Space Command’s location

Zeno Power Systems was awarded a $30,000,000 contract to build a radioisotope-powered satellite for the U.S. Air Force by 2025.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2023Zeno Power gets $30 million to build radioisotope-powered satellite for U.S. military

Orbit Logic and Chooch were awarded a USAF Phase II SBIR to develop the Cloud-based Automated Satellite Tactical Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (CASTT) system.

Mentioned as: USAFTechnical ProductMay 17, 2023Orbit Logic enabling closed-loop geospatial intelligence

A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, landed at Yokota Air Base, Japan on 2023-05-10 while assisting Space Systems Command in delivering a second payload for QZSS.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 17, 2023Space Systems Command (SSC) completes final delivery of 2nd USSF hosted payload to Japan

The Air National Guard provides 60% of the deployable space electromagnetic warfare units that support U.S. combatant commands around the world.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 16, 2023Political fight escalates over Space National Guard

When the U.S. Space Force was established in December 2019, active duty space units were moved out of the Air Force and placed in the Space Force without creating a corresponding Space National Guard component.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 16, 2023Political fight escalates over Space National Guard

The Air National Guard has roughly 1,000 members who perform space operations duties such as controlling communications and missile warning satellites and operating electronic warfare systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 16, 2023Political fight escalates over Space National Guard

The Department of the Air Force drafted a March 2021 report recommending establishing a Space National Guard with minimal or no new cost and transferring space-duty units under the Air National Guard.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 16, 2023Political fight escalates over Space National Guard
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