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Hydrosat won a $1,200,000 Air Force contract to investigate uses of thermal infrared data for national security applications on 2023-02-02.
The AFWERX organization of the U.S. Air Force awarded the contract to Hydrosat.
On 2022-12-22, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and the Air National Guard, with joint support from the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, flight tested an MQ-9A remotely piloted aircraft equipped with a Low Earth Orbit satellite communications Command and Control system.
Orbital Sidekick has secured 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.
The 2023 Summer Series enhances students’ potential to be selected for flights to space as part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative in November 2023 and for the full U.S. Air Force University Nanosatellite Program in 2024.
NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative is collaborating with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force to solicit applicants for a set of hands-on learning engagements for higher education institutions, faculty, and students.
The AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield completed a critical design review milestone with Lockheed Martin as a partner and the U.S. Air Force observing.
The Air Force estimated that about 20 NTS-3 satellites would be needed to provide global PNT coverage.
The 1,250-kilogram NTS-3 satellite was built by L3Harris under an $84,000,000 contract awarded in 2018 by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
L3Harris delivered the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) to the U.S. Air Force on 2023-01-26.
NTS-3 is an experiment funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to broadcast positioning, navigation, and timing signals from geostationary Earth orbit.
The Air Force plans to launch NTS-3 on the USSF-106 mission, which is projected to be the first national security launch by United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket.
The U.S. Department of the Air Force designated NTS-3 in 2019 as one of the first three Vanguard programs to deliver innovative capabilities to the warfighter at an accelerated pace.
The Department of the Air Force’s Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) Vanguard program reached a major milestone in preparation for the satellite’s launch in late 2023.
Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper met with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on 2023-01-26 and urged him to reverse the Air Force’s decision to relocate U.S. Space Command headquarters.
The Air Force Research Laboratory plans to launch a demonstration mission to deep space in 2025 to detect and track objects near the moon that cannot be viewed optically from Earth or from satellites in traditional orbits.
NTS-3 is managed by the AFRL Transformational Capabilities Office and has program partners in both the U.S. Space Force and the U.S. Air Force.
The SARSAT Mission Control Center at NOAA’s Satellite Operations Facility in Suitland, Maryland sends distress location information to Rescue Coordination Centers operated by the U.S. Air Force for land rescues and by the U.S. Coast Guard for water rescues.
The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center received the Personal Locator Beacon alert for the 2022-06-10 Utah hikers and notified the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, which launched a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter to the provided coordinates.
Lockheed Martin built 10 GPS III satellites under a 2008 contract from the U.S. Air Force and will produce at least 10 more GPS IIIF satellites.