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U.S. Air Force

US
gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
www.airforce.com/
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The Department of the Air Force’s derived formula includes acquiring ground and software-intensive systems in smaller, more manageable pieces that can be delivered faster.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 27, 2023USSF “Simple Formula to Go Fast in Space Acquisition”

Virgin Galactic’s first commercial flight is a dedicated research flight for the Italian Air Force under a contract signed in 2019.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 26, 2023SpaceShipTwo makes first flight in nearly two years

AFWERX is the U.S. Air Force innovation arm that established the STRATFI program in 2021.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 26, 2023X-Bow announces $60 million STRATFI agreement

X-Bow Systems received a $60,000,000 U.S. Air Force Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) agreement.

Mentioned as: air forceOrg RelationshipApr 26, 2023X-Bow announces $60 million STRATFI agreement

SLC-6 was originally built in the 1960s to support the U.S. Air Force’s never-flown Manned Orbital Laboratory program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 25, 2023SpaceX to take over West Coast launch pad previously used by ULA

Hydrosat received a $1,200,000 U.S. Air Force award to investigate national security applications for thermal infrared data earlier in the year.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2023Hydrosat collects $20 million in investment and grants

Ursa Major won a U.S. Air Force $3,600,000 contract last year to support development and flight-qualification of the Hadley engine.

Mentioned as: air forceTechnical ProductApr 24, 2023Ursa Major to supply upper-stage engine for Astra’s new rocket

The Small Launch and Targets Division Office at Kirtland Air Force Base awarded an $11,500,000 Task Order to Astra Space, Inc. of Alameda, California for the Space Test Program STP-S29B launch service.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 24, 2023Space Systems Command (SSC) awards STP-S29B launch service Task Order to Astra Space, Inc.

In 2022, L3Harris and industry partners completed upgrades on a phased array radar at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

Mentioned as: air forceTechnical ProductApr 20, 2023L3Harris awarded million$$$ contract to modernize U.S. SDA capabilities

The Department of the Air Force completed an analysis nearly two years ago to justify funding in the 2024 defense budget for at least 20 new programs.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 19, 2023Air Force Secretary to seek new congressional authorities to speed up acquisitions

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall submitted a legislative proposal to Congress on 2023-04-12 to allow selected Pentagon programs to start before final appropriations are passed.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 19, 2023Air Force Secretary to seek new congressional authorities to speed up acquisitions

Orbital Sidekick has government contracts to supply hyperspectral data to the United States Department of Defense through partnerships with In-Q-Tel, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 18, 2023Orbital Sidekick Successfully Launches First Satellites in GHOSt Constellation

Lamborn has no updates on the Department of the Air Force's decisions regarding the location of U.S. Space Command.

Mentioned as: Department of the Air ForceTechnical ProductApr 17, 2023Lamborn urges military leaders to be less secretive on space issues

Orbital Sidekick has secured government contracts to supply hyperspectral data to the United States Department of Defense through partnerships with In-Q-Tel, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 16, 2023A Transporter-7 attainment: Orbital Sidekick launches their GHOSt smallsats

GomSpace provided the FACSAT-2 (6U) satellite for the Colombian Air Force on Transporter-7 using a GomSpace bus.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 16, 2023UPDATE 5: SpaceX’s beauty in the night as Transporter 7 launches

FACSAT-2, dubbed “Chiribiquete”, is a 6U Earth observation satellite built by GomSpace and was deployed using an EXOpod Nova for the Colombian Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 accomplishment: Exolaunch’s 21 smallsat rideshares deployed

Under EELV Phase 1A in 2019 the Air Force awarded three missions to ULA at an average of $147,200,000 per launch and three missions to SpaceX at an average of $99,000,000 per launch.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2023The next battle for U.S. military launch contracts is about to begin

The Air Force directed in 2016 that the Pentagon stop using launch vehicles powered by Russian engines and allowed DoD Atlas 5 contracts only through 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2023The next battle for U.S. military launch contracts is about to begin

From October 2018 through December 2020 the Air Force paid Blue Origin $255,000,000 for New Glenn development costs in exchange for access to engineering data under a terminated agreement originally valued at $500,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2023The next battle for U.S. military launch contracts is about to begin

SatixFy Communications completed a contracted demonstration with OneWeb Technologies and the Air Force Research Lab under the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) initiative.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralApr 10, 2023Satixfy Successfully Demonstrates New Antenna Together with OneWeb Technologies and Air Force Research Lab
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