U.S. Air Force

gov defenseFounded 1947

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

www.airforce.com/

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The $26,400,000 contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force’s AFVentures with funding from the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: air forceOrg RelationshipJun 29, 2021Analytical Space Inc. hires KSAT’s Monson and Velazco of JPL

A 2021-06-16 House Armed Services Committee hearing examined the Department of the Air Force’s fiscal year 2022 budget request and Space Force investments in next-generation systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 29, 2021HASC to scrutinize Space Force budget: Satellites have to be ‘easier to defend’

The Cogswell Award was established in 1966 in honor of Air Force Col. James S. Cogswell, who was the first chief of the Unified Office of Industrial Security.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 23, 2021Viasat Receives Two Prestigious James S. Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Awards from the U.S. Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

The European Space Agency, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Department of Defense have awarded contracts to Hydrosat.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 17, 2021Hydrosat raises $5 million in seed funding round

Civil Air Patrol partnered with the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility to etch more than 27,000 CAP member names, 270 Air Force Association StellarXplorers names, an 80th anniversary CAP logo, and messages from CAP and AFA leadership onto a microchip the size of a postage stamp.

Mentioned as: air force associationNarrative GovernanceJun 17, 2021More than 27,000 Civil Air Patrol Names Headed to the Moon

The SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare mission is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida on 2021-06-25.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 16, 2021Orbital Sidekick announces upcoming launch of its most powerful satellite: Aurora

The Air Force invested millions of dollars to upgrade Space Command’s facilities at Peterson known as Building 1.

Mentioned as: the air forceNarrative GeneralJun 16, 2021Air Force defends choice of Alabama’s Redstone Arsenal to host U.S. Space Command

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. C.Q. Brown testified at the House Armed Services Committee hearing on 2021-06-16.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 16, 2021Lawmakers question Space Force technology investments

Roosevelt "Ted" Mercer Jr., a retired Air Force major general, will be the chief executive and executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority beginning 2021-08-01.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 13, 2021New Virginia spaceport head seeks to increase launch activity

Mercer served 32 years in the U.S. Air Force and commanded the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductJun 13, 2021New Virginia spaceport head seeks to increase launch activity

QMR-KWT is due to be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on 2021-06-24.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 13, 2021The QMR-KWT Smallsat From Orbital Space Set For A SpaceX Launch On June 24

Mercer retired from the Air Force in 2008.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralJun 13, 2021New Virginia spaceport head seeks to increase launch activity

Phase Four won a Small Business Innovation Research award from the U.S. Air Force in April to develop a version of Maxwell that uses iodine as propellant.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 11, 2021Phase Four raises $26 million

The Department of the Air Force requested $173,700,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, a 3% increase over the current budget.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductJun 10, 2021FY22 Budget Gives Air + Space Forces The Strength To Meet Threats, Roth, Brown, Raymond Tell U.S. Senate

The proposed Department of the Air Force budget includes $6,000,000 for diversity and inclusion initiatives, including new training and recruiting scholarships.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialJun 10, 2021FY22 Budget Gives Air + Space Forces The Strength To Meet Threats, Roth, Brown, Raymond Tell U.S. Senate

The Air Force approved 1,500 contracts with new and non-traditional businesses to provide goods and services faster while injecting innovation and competition.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipJun 10, 2021FY22 Budget Gives Air + Space Forces The Strength To Meet Threats, Roth, Brown, Raymond Tell U.S. Senate

The Department of the Air Force plans to procure GPS III Follow-on Space Vehicles that include a spot beam providing an anti-jam improvement 100 times greater than current encrypted military code.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanJun 10, 2021FY22 Budget Gives Air + Space Forces The Strength To Meet Threats, Roth, Brown, Raymond Tell U.S. Senate

The U.S. Air Force budget request for fiscal year 2022 is $156.3 billion, a 2.3% increase from 2020-10-01.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductJun 10, 2021FY22 Budget Gives Air + Space Forces The Strength To Meet Threats, Roth, Brown, Raymond Tell U.S. Senate

Colorado’s congressional delegation increased advocacy after the Air Force announced in January that Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, was selected as the home of U.S. Space Command headquarters.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductJun 9, 2021Colorado lawmakers invite VP Harris to tour space facilities

The Air Force budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 requests $47,900,000 for the rocket cargo program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative FinancialJun 4, 2021Air Force: Using commercial rockets to deliver supplies not as far-fetched as it sounds

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