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U.S. Air Force

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gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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The Department of the Air Force plans to deliver a final version of the report to Congress soon.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanMay 24, 2020Air Force: Report on space acquisition reforms ‘not finalized’

The Air Force sent the report to congressional committees on 2020-05-21 and notified them that the version they had received was not final.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 24, 2020Air Force: Report on space acquisition reforms ‘not finalized’

Congress directed Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to propose alternative acquisition processes to speed development and lower the cost of space systems.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 24, 2020Air Force: Report on space acquisition reforms ‘not finalized’

The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act directed the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a separate Senior Acquisition Executive for space equal to the current Senior Acquisition Executive for the Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 21, 2020Space Force proposes ‘alternative acquisition system’ with less red tape

Barry Behnken served a 20-year Air Force career that included work as a National Reconnaissance Office program director.

Mentioned as: air forceNarrative GovernanceMay 19, 2020York opens manufacturing facility, hires engineering chief

The experiment flew to orbit on May 17 aboard the U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 18, 2020Navy’s solar power satellite hardware to be tested in orbit

The Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding in October 2018 to be spread over six years to help defray the cost of rocket certification for national security launch and of building launch pads on East and West coast ranges.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 17, 2020Senators ask Air Force to not terminate partnerships with space launch industry

The Air Force plans to terminate the October 2018 Launch Service Agreements except for those with companies that win a National Security Space Launch Phase 2 procurement contract.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 17, 2020Senators ask Air Force to not terminate partnerships with space launch industry

United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas 5 rocket carrying the U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane to orbit on 2020-05-17.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 17, 2020U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane off to its sixth mission

On 2020-05-15 the U.S. Air Force opened a bidding process to select the permanent location of U.S. Space Command headquarters.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 15, 2020Air Force widens search for future location of U.S. Space Command

The Air Force expects to select the permanent U.S. Space Command headquarters location in early 2021 and estimates it will take up to six years to build new facilities.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 15, 2020Air Force widens search for future location of U.S. Space Command

The ongoing National Security Space Launch Phase 2 competition by the U.S. Air Force plans to award contracts to two companies this summer.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanMay 14, 2020NASA refines plans for launching Gateway and other Artemis elements

Lt. Gen. David Thompson participated in an online interview on 2020-05-12 with retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula, dean of the Air Force Association’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

Mentioned as: the air forceNarrative GeneralMay 12, 2020Space Force vice commander: China can’t be allowed to buy bankrupt U.S. space companies

Rocket Lab completed construction of a launch complex at Wallops Island, Virginia and plans to launch an Air Force satellite from Wallops in August.

Mentioned as: United States Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 11, 2020Shakeout in small launch industry is coming but nobody can predict when

Participants in the 2020-05-04-7 conference workshop included officials from the Defense Innovation Unit, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the U.S. Space Force, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Space Council, NASA, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, academia, and the private sector.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNoiseMay 11, 2020National security space conference to propose plan to boost industrial base

The U.S. Air Force agreed to let VOX Space launch the STP-27VP mission from Guam.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 7, 2020VOX Space signs deal to fly LauncherOne from Andersen Air Force base in Guam

The sixth mission of the U.S. Air Force’s reusable X-37B spaceplane is scheduled to launch 2020-05-16 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2020X-37B spaceplane to carry DoD and NASA experiments in upcoming mission

FalconSat-8 is a small satellite developed by the U.S. Air Force Academy and funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 6, 2020X-37B spaceplane to carry DoD and NASA experiments in upcoming mission

Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond opened an online event hosted by the Space Foundation on 2020-05-06 to roll out a new Space Force recruitment video.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralMay 6, 2020Space Force rolls out recruitment video: ‘Maybe your purpose isn’t on this planet’

Blue Origin supports the Air Force continuing to support three U.S. launch service providers through 2023.

Mentioned as: the air forceNarrative GrowthMay 3, 2020RAND finds risk in Air Force plan to support two launch companies
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