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The Unified Data Library (UDL) project started in 2018 when Bluestaq received an Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to develop the concept.
AFWERX was created in 2017 to improve the Air Force’s relationship with the private sector and make the military a more attractive customer for entrepreneurs and investors.
Congress directed the Department of the Air Force to stand up a separate civilian acquisition executive for space by 2022.
Capella Space has contracts serving several U.S. intelligence and Department of Defense agencies, including the Defense Innovation Unit, the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy.
On 2021-03-19, the Government Accountability Office began a review of the Air Force’s methodology and scoring that led to the decision to move U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama.
Former Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett announced on 2021-01-13 that the Air Force was recommending relocation of U.S. Space Command from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama.
The Air Force developed a flexible modem interface that enables terminals to communicate with Wideband Global Satcom and commercial geostationary (GEO) satellites.
The Air Force launched a three-year study in 2016 on using commercial systems to augment and replace Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites.
HawkEye 360 added retired Air Force General Kevin P. Chilton, retired Navy Admiral Scott Swift, former Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence B. Lynn Wright, former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Stephanie O’Sullivan, and former U.S. Representative Mac Thornberry to its Board of Advisors on 2021-03-09.
Kevin P. Chilton retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2011 as Commander of U.S. Strategic Command.
Robert Dickman, a retired Air Force general and adviser to Spaceport Camden, positions the facility as an alternative to Cape Canaveral for small launch vehicles by offering lower cost and reduced bureaucracy.
LinQuest received a $200,000,000 contract last month for advisory and support services for the Space Force’s Space Operations Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base.
The $500,000,000 contract is intended to fill critical analysis gaps in acquisitions and increase the rigor of Space Force, Air Force, Army, Navy, and other Department of Defense resourcing decisions.
Space Vector was one of two companies selected by the Air Force in 2018 for the Sounding Rocket Program-4.
A three-stage suborbital sounding rocket launched an Air Force Research Laboratory experiment from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on 2021-03-03.
The U.S. Space Force and the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise launched an experimental research payload for the Air Force Research Laboratory aboard a Terrier-Terrier-Oriole sounding rocket on 2021-03-03.
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded SpaceX an $8,500,000 contract to investigate advanced materials and manufacturing techniques for heat shields that protect hypersonic vehicles in flight.
The Firefly Alpha launch carrying the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols hosted payload will lift off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California into polar orbit in 2022.
Blue Origin won a $500,000,000 Launch Service Agreement with the Air Force in October 2018 that was terminated in December 2020 after Blue Origin received $255,500,000.
Virgin Galactic has an agreement signed in October 2019 to fly a mission for the Italian Air Force that will carry research payloads and three Italian payload specialists.