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U.S. Air Force

US
gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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The US Air Force Special Operations Command awarded SpaceX a $1,900,000 contract to trial Starlink Internet services in Europe and Africa for one year.

Mentioned as: us air force special operations commandOrg RelationshipAug 22, 2022US Air Force awards $1.9m Starlink deal to connect military bases in Europe and Africa

The U.S. Air Force selected five companies on 2022-08-19 for a $4,800,000,000 multi-award contract to provide research, development, and software services over 10 years in support of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 21, 2022Five companies win $4.8 billion in contracts from the National Air and Space Intelligence Center

The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command awarded SpaceX a $1,900,000 one-year contract to evaluate Starlink internet services in Europe and Africa.

Mentioned as: air force special operations commandOrg RelationshipAug 15, 2022SpaceX gets $1.9 million Air Force contract for Starlink services in Europe and Africa

The work performed by HII Mission Technologies will provide network connectivity and interoperability between Air Force major commands.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 11, 2022HII awarded a million$$ USAF contract to support MAF Distributed Mission Ops

The Air Force and Space Force have advocated shifting surveillance traditionally performed by aircraft to the space domain to support missions in denied areas.

Mentioned as: Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 11, 2022Army looking at new ways to use space technology for unconventional warfare

The final decision on the location of U.S. Space Command will be made by the Department of the Air Force.

Mentioned as: Department of the Air ForceTechnical ProductAug 9, 2022U.S. Space Command basing decision approaching final stretch

The Department of the Air Force recommended in January 2021 that Space Command move from Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.

Mentioned as: Department of the Air ForceTechnical ProductAug 9, 2022U.S. Space Command basing decision approaching final stretch

The Air Force completed a study on the environmental impact of locating Space Command at Redstone Arsenal last month.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 9, 2022U.S. Space Command basing decision approaching final stretch

Descartes Labs secured a $1,500,000 contract in 2020 to help the U.S. Air Force extract intelligence from imagery and other data collected by satellites and autonomous aerial vehicles.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialAug 4, 2022Geospatial analysis provider Descartes Labs sold to private equity firm

The U.S. Air Force canceled procurement of the seventh and eighth SBIRS satellites in 2018 due to concerns that those systems were not resilient to possible attacks by adversaries.

Mentioned as: air forceTechnical ProductAug 4, 2022ULA launches the last SBIRS U.S. Space Force missile warning satellite

United Launch Alliance collaborated with the U.S. Space Force to form a human "75" next to the SBIRS GEO-6 launch vehicle in honor of the U.S. Air Force’s 75th anniversary.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2022UPDATE 4: ULA launches the USSF / SSC SBIRS GEO 6 satellite — SSC + Lockheed Martin’s additional mission info…

The new Aerojet Rocketdyne board installed on 2022-07-06 includes Eileen Drake, retired Air Force Generals Kevin Chilton and Lance Lord, former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, and former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductAug 2, 2022RS-25 delays impact Aerojet earnings

B. Chance Saltzman served most of his military career in the U.S. Air Force and commanded coalition air forces in the Middle East before transferring to the U.S. Space Force in 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 28, 2022Saltzman tapped to succeed Raymond as chief of the U.S. Space Force

The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $13,300,000,000 contract for the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent in September 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJul 28, 2022Northrop Grumman dismisses speculation that its 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK could be challenged

Northrop Grumman and Boeing were competing for the Air Force Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent program to develop and build the next-generation ICBM during the time of the Orbital ATK acquisition.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductJul 28, 2022Northrop Grumman dismisses speculation that its 2018 acquisition of Orbital ATK could be challenged

The Skyborg Program team includes the U.S. Air Force Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, USAF 40th Flight Test Squadron, USAF 46th Test Squadron, and Kratos.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 19, 2022Kratos and the USAF successfully complete the XQ-58A Valkyrie Skyborg flight series

The XQ-58A Valkyrie was developed in cooperation with the Air Force Research Laboratory on the Low Cost Attributable Strike Demonstrator Program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 19, 2022Kratos and the USAF successfully complete the XQ-58A Valkyrie Skyborg flight series

The Tranche 1 Tracking Layer satellites will be operated from SDA’s Operations and Integration Centers at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota and Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022UPDATE 2: Space Development Agency contracts for 28 satellite builds for the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer — L3Harris statement — Northrop Grumman statement

The United Kingdom sends personnel to Space Flag, an annual exercise started by the U.S. Air Force in 2017 and now managed by the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022US-UK special relationship deepens in space

Raytheon Missiles & Defense partnered with Northrop Grumman to complete a second flight test of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2022Scramjet-powered HAWC achieves a successful 2nd flight test by Raytheon + Northrop Grumman
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