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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 Air Force selected Vulcan Centaur in 2020, along with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, to launch national security satellites for the next five years.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 24, 2021After meeting with ULA and Blue Origin, Air Force secretary cautiously optimistic about Vulcan

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate announced plans in 2020 for the Cislunar Highway Patrol System to detect and track objects between geosynchronous orbit and the Moon.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 24, 2021Updated intelligence report calls for improved monitoring of cislunar space

The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act directed the Pentagon to name a senior acquisition executive with the title assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 24, 2021Kendall reorganizes Space Force acquisition office,  wants faster merger with Space Development Agency

Lawmakers asked the Department of the Air Force for an estimate of the cost to build a new U.S. Space Command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.

Mentioned as: Department of the Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 23, 2021Lamborn: The fight to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado is not over

The Air Force has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade military space facilities in Colorado, including Space Command’s current headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductAug 23, 2021Lamborn: The fight to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado is not over

Space Systems Command was established on 2021-08-13 at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 20, 2021Space Force to establish new command in Colorado focused on training and education

The U.S. Air Force selected United Launch Alliance as one of its NSSL Phase 2 providers in August 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 19, 2021National security launch in transition as Space Force waits for Vulcan

Hughes Network Systems, LLC holds one of several prime positions on a U.S. Air Force indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling of $950,000,000 to support the Advanced Battle Management System.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialAug 17, 2021U.S.A.F. Awards Hughes One Of The Prime Positions To Support ABMS

The late September Unity flight is for the Italian Air Force and is expected to produce about $2,000,000 in revenue for Virgin Galactic.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialAug 17, 2021Will suborbital space tourism take a suborbital trajectory?

Hughes will deploy intelligent multi-transport technologies, including its Terminal Management Agent, to provide resilient networking for Air Force mission assurance.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanAug 17, 2021U.S.A.F. Awards Hughes One Of The Prime Positions To Support ABMS

AFWERX was created by the U.S. Air Force in 2017.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 13, 2021Space Force’s new program to attract small businesses and startups

The U.S. Air Force began offering ‘Special’ SBIR topics starting with SBIR 18.2 and continuing with X20.3 that are faster, leaner, and open to a broader range of innovations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 13, 2021Sedaro Satellite Wins AFWERX SBIR Development Contract

The Air Force created AFWERX in 2017 to tap private sector investment and help bring nascent technologies relevant to national security to market.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 12, 2021Space Force to kick off new program to attract small businesses and startups

Orbital ATK secured nearly $800,000,000 in 2018 in Air Force funding to support the OmegA project.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 11, 2021Northrop Grumman has not ruled out another try at national security space launch

Larry James, a retired Air Force three-star general, has been deputy director of JPL since 2013.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 10, 2021JPL director to step down

The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $7,200,000,000 contract in 2018 with options to produce up to 22 GPS III Follow-on (GPS 3F) satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 9, 2021U.S. military doubles down on GPS despite vulnerabilities

Raytheon was selected by the Air Force to develop the Next Generation GPS Operational Control System (OCX) for GPS III, with an estimated cost of $6,700,000,000.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 9, 2021U.S. military doubles down on GPS despite vulnerabilities

The Department of Defense requested $434,000,000 in its budget proposal for M-code-compatible GPS receiver cards for Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps platforms.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialAug 9, 2021U.S. military doubles down on GPS despite vulnerabilities

GPS III satellites are built by Lockheed Martin under a 2008 contract from the U.S. Air Force with navigation payloads supplied by L3Harris.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 9, 2021U.S. military doubles down on GPS despite vulnerabilities

The 2021-07-26 Electron launch placed Monolith, a smallsat developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, into orbit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 6, 2021Rocket Lab shifts CAPSTONE launch to New Zealand
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