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U.S. Air Force

US
gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $462,000,000 contract in 2018 to maintain the existing GPS ground control system until 2025.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 5, 2021Covid disruptions add to cost of GPS ground control system

The Air Force in 2018 awarded Lockheed Martin a $462,000,000 contract to maintain the existing GPS ground control system until 2025.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 4, 2021COVID disruptions add $13.5 million to the cost of GPS ground control system

Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson’s retirement ceremony took place at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California on 2021-07-27.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 3, 2021Lt. General John F. Thompson Retires From U.S.A.F. Active Service At The Space & Missile Systems Center, L.A.F.B.

The Air Force Research Laboratory will test the NTS-3 bus with the NTS-3 ground control and user equipment segments and perform integrated testing on the overall NTS-3 system architecture.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJul 30, 2021AFRL goes ahead with NTS-3 Spacecraft development

Rhea Space Activity will pitch the Scorpius concept to U.S. Air Force and Space Force officials on 2021-08-19 at a Space Pitch Day event hosted by the Space and Missile Systems Center.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 30, 2021Space Force eyes solar-powered vehicles for operations near the moon

The collaboration on CICERO-2 GNSS-R development is jointly funded by GeoOptics, the U.S. Air Force, and NASA.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductJul 29, 2021GeoOptics Orbiting Observatory Will Monitor The Earth

Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN) won a $26,000,000 task order on the Global Application Research, Development, Engineering, and Maintenance (GARDEM) IDIQ contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialJul 25, 2021Parsons Parlays AFRL + SDA Interest Into Contract Commitments

The Air Force awarded Braxton Technologies $19,800,000 and $75,000,000 follow-on contracts in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJul 22, 2021Space Force extends Parsons’ contract for satellite ground services

The Air Force first selected Colorado-based Braxton Technologies in 2017 to develop a ground enterprise concept under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJul 22, 2021Space Force extends Parsons’ contract for satellite ground services

Peterson Air Force Base will become a U.S. Space Force base and will be renamed Peterson Space Force Base in a ceremony planned for 2021-07-26.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 21, 2021Peterson, Schriever, Cheyenne Mountain to become Space Force bases

Schriever Air Force Base will become a U.S. Space Force base and will be renamed Schriever Space Force Base in a ceremony planned for 2021-07-26.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 21, 2021Peterson, Schriever, Cheyenne Mountain to become Space Force bases

Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station will become a U.S. Space Force base and will be renamed Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station in a ceremony planned for 2021-07-26.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 21, 2021Peterson, Schriever, Cheyenne Mountain to become Space Force bases

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory completed a two-year DSX experiment to study the effects of radiation on space hardware in medium Earth orbit on 2021-07-19.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 19, 2021Air Force satellite completes two-year experiment to study the medium Earth orbit environment

Congress mandated in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that the Air Force appoint a separate senior acquisition executive for space and that the new position must be filled by no later than October 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 16, 2021Biden to nominate CSIS’ Andrew Hunter as top Air Force acquisition executive

The U.S. Air Force awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts to 29 companies, including Umbra, Kymeta, Hughes Network Systems, and Hypergiant Galactic Systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJul 16, 2021Umbra and Hypergiant among firms selected for Air Force JADC2 contract

Virgin Galactic plans to perform two more test flights, including one for the Italian Air Force, before entering a maintenance period that will begin last fall and extend to early 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanJul 11, 2021Virgin Galactic, Branson laud SpaceShipTwo flight “beyond my wildest dreams”

The ESPAStar-D platform supports the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) mission for the Air Force Research Laboratory scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral in 2022.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJul 6, 2021Northrop Grumman Delivers A Star Of A Bus To L3Harris For Air Force’s NTS-3 Mission

Marinus van Meel built 'The BRIK' in 1913 as the first aircraft for the Luchtvaartafdeeling, the predecessor of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJul 5, 2021Brik-II first signals received

Virgin Galactic expects to perform two more SpaceShipTwo flights in 2021, including one revenue-generating flight for the Italian Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanJul 1, 2021Branson to be on next SpaceShipTwo flight July 11

Since the U.S. Space Force was established in December 2019, about 5,200 members of the former Air Force Space Command have transferred to the Space Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2021U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps service members selected to transfer to Space Force
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