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L3Harris Technologies launched the first satellite of a remote sensing constellation it is developing for the U.S. Air Force.
The NTS-3 contract includes options for the U.S. Air Force to procure up to nine satellites.
The Department of the Air Force plans to choose a location for U.S. Space Command headquarters in January 2021.
The Department of the Air Force received nominations from 26 states to host U.S. Space Command headquarters as of 2020-07-05.
On 2020-05-15, the Department of the Air Force opened an open bidding process to select the permanent location of U.S. Space Command headquarters.
The Department of the Air Force did not disclose which 26 states submitted bids to host U.S. Space Command headquarters.
An experiment launched 2020-05-17 onboard the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-6 is based on over a decade of work focused on a modular space solar satellite capable of beaming energy to Earth.
HASC Strategic Forces subcommittee Chairman Jim Cooper offered an amendment requesting an independent review of proposed space acquisition reforms that the Secretary of the Air Force submitted in a 2020-05-20 draft report.
Adam Smith’s bill supports the Air Force plan to select two providers for Phase 2 while accelerating the timeline for the Air Force to begin investing in Phase 3 technologies.
Clint Crosier, a retired U.S. Air Force Major General who helped establish and provided early guidance to the U.S. Space Force, will lead AWS’s Aerospace and Satellite Solutions division.
The Air Force planned to begin investing in National Security Space Launch Phase 3 by 2023.
The Department of the Air Force will award two contracts in the summer of 2020 for the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 procurement.
SpaceX’s first GPS launch in December 2018 used an expendable Falcon 9 without landing legs or grid fins because the Air Force determined the vehicle could not both perform the required mission trajectory and return the first stage.
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman multiple contracts since 2007 to sustain and update the Defense Support Program constellation.
The Department of the Air Force will award two contracts this summer for the NSSL Phase 2 procurement.
The HASC bill supports terminating Launch Service Agreements with companies that do not win Phase 2 procurement contracts while directing the Air Force to find a different way to continue investing in commercial launch vehicles.
Smith’s mark sets a 2021-09-30 deadline for the Air Force to sign three agreements with National Security Space Launch providers for Phase 3 investments.
In October 2018 the Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement development funding to be spread over six years.
The HASC bill supports the Air Force’s plan to select two providers in NSSL Phase 2 while accelerating the timeline to begin investing in technologies for Phase 3.
Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) directs the Air Force to create a $150,000,000 program for the development of space launch technologies in the chairman’s mark of the draft 2021 NDAA.