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U.S. Air Force

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gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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Air Force and Space Force programs will leverage digital engineering to reduce design and testing time and will use digital engineering principles to design, code, and build systems.

Mentioned as: air forceNarrative PlanSep 14, 2020Space Force seeks to influence private sector investments in space technology

Under a 2019 Air Force phase two SBIR contract worth nearly $750,000, Brandywine Photonics is developing the Compact Hyperspectral Infrared Sounding Instrument to measure atmospheric temperature and moisture and to monitor winds in three dimensions.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2020Brandywine Photonics conducts design study of constellation of hundreds of small weather satellites

The central task for companies selected to DEUCSI over the subsequent three years is to assist the U.S. Air Force in understanding technical issues related to equipping military platforms with communication terminals that can communicate with satellites from multiple broadband providers.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductSep 14, 2020Raytheon bags contract to connect military aircrafts to commercial internet satellites

Two of the final five Delta IV Heavy missions scheduled between now and 2024 will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Mentioned as: air forceTechnical ProductSep 11, 2020Atlas 5 to fly Northrop Grumman’s solid boosters in upcoming launch of NRO satellite

Relativity Space reached an initial agreement with the U.S. Air Force in June 2020 to set up a second launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2020Relativity co-founder steps aside

Northrop Grumman won a $13,300,000,000 Air Force contract to produce solid rocket motors for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 9, 2020Northrop Grumman to terminate OmegA rocket program

In 2019 the U.S. Air Force reached an agreement to take over GOES-13 from NOAA.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 8, 2020NOAA’s former satellite now providing weather data to the U.S. military

The Department of the Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $13,300,000,000 contract on 2020-09-08 to develop the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinental ballistic missile.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 8, 2020Northrop Grumman receives $13.3 billion contract to develop next-generation ICBM

The U.S. Air Force entered discussions with NOAA in 2017 about the possibility of taking over one of NOAA’s GOES satellites.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 8, 2020NOAA’s former satellite now providing weather data to the U.S. military

The White House request indicated that without the anomaly most Space Force activities during the continuing resolution period would be funded from Air Force accounts, requiring manual adjustments of obligations and disbursements and creating administrative burden that would adversely impact Space Force mission execution.

Mentioned as: Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 8, 2020In stopgap funding bill, White House wants Space Force accounts separated from Air Force

GOES-13 was launched in 2006 aboard a Boeing Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralSep 8, 2020NOAA’s former satellite now providing weather data to the U.S. military

ISISPACE designed, built, and tested NAPA-1’s satellite platform and ground segment and will deliver the satellite in orbit to the Royal Thai Air Force after commissioning.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 3, 2020Successful ISILAUNCH26 campaign on Vega VV16 flight

ISISPACE designed, built, and tested NAPA-1’s satellite platform and ground segment and will deliver the satellite in orbit to the Royal Thai Air Force after commissioning.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 3, 2020Successful ISILAUNCH26 campaign on Vega VV16 flight

The U.S. Air Force awarded National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contracts to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance rather than to Northrop Grumman.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2020NASA and Northrop Grumman test SLS booster

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a Launch Service Agreement in 2018 valued at $792,000,000 to support work on the OmegA rocket.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2020NASA and Northrop Grumman test SLS booster

The Space Force is naming its units deltas to create a separate identity from the Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 26, 2020Cape Canaveral’s Air Force launch wing to become a space delta

The 45th Space Wing is one of the few Air Force wings run by a one-star general.

Mentioned as: Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 26, 2020Cape Canaveral’s Air Force launch wing to become a space delta

The Space Force deactivated three former U.S. Air Force space wings and replaced them with nine deltas and two garrison commands.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 26, 2020Cape Canaveral’s Air Force launch wing to become a space delta

Most Air Force wings are commanded by colonels.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralAug 26, 2020Cape Canaveral’s Air Force launch wing to become a space delta

The Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office paid United Launch Alliance about $2,200,000,000 for the final five Delta 4 Heavy missions.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipAug 24, 2020ULA to launch Delta 4 Heavy for its 12th mission, four more to go before rocket is retired
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