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U.S. Air Force

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gov defenseFounded 1947
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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York Space Systems’ S-CLASS platform achieved a successful launch prior to 2019-10-29 and has been awarded missions for the United States Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 29, 2019York Space Systems Accelerates Satellite Production with Facility Expansion

Aevum moved from winning a $50,000 SBIR study grant to receiving a $4,900,000 U.S. Air Force launch contract within three weeks.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 29, 2019Vector’s lost contract gives wings to new startup Aevum

The Air Force plans to launch the sixth X-37B mission from Cape Canaveral in 2020 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 27, 2019Air Force X-37B secret spaceplane lands after 780 days in orbit

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center posted a request for information on 2019-10-25 to announce the start of a National Security Launch Architecture study.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 27, 2019Air Force to begin sweeping study of space launch industry capabilities and future markets

The U.S. Air Force selected Boeing in 2006 to build the follow-on X-37B.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 27, 2019Air Force X-37B secret spaceplane lands after 780 days in orbit

The Air Force is evaluating proposals from launch providers for the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement and will select two winners in 2020.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanOct 27, 2019Air Force to begin sweeping study of space launch industry capabilities and future markets

A U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility on 2019-10-27.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceTechnical ProductOct 27, 2019Air Force X-37B secret spaceplane lands after 780 days in orbit

Space Launch Complex-6 was originally built in the 1960s to launch the Air Force’s never-flown Manned Orbital Laboratory.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 26, 2019Northrop Grumman to launch OmegA rocket from ULA’s Delta 4 pad at Vandenberg

Voyager's board features retired Air Force Gen. William Shelton and former NASA associate administrator for science Alan Stern.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2019Voyager Space Holdings to acquire Altius Space Machines

The U.S. Air Force will select two providers in 2020 to split national security missions 60/40 from 2022 to 2026.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2019For Air Force launch competition, ULA will offer Vulcan and Atlas, but not Delta

United Launch Alliance is developing the Vulcan Centaur rocket and is offering it to the U.S. Air Force in its proposal for the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service Procurement.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2019For Air Force launch competition, ULA will offer Vulcan and Atlas, but not Delta

The U.S. Air Force awarded United Launch Alliance a five-year $1,180,000,000 contract on 2019-09-30 to complete the last planned five Delta IV Heavy National Reconnaissance Office missions from 2020 through 2024.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2019For Air Force launch competition, ULA will offer Vulcan and Atlas, but not Delta

Congress appropriated $600,000,000 above the Air Force’s fiscal year 2018 budget request to procure WGS-11 and WGS-12.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2019Air Force reviewing Boeing’s bid for WGS-11, projects satellite could be ready in five years

Use of WGS-11 as a platform for hosted payloads is a sticking point in negotiations between the Air Force and Boeing.

Mentioned as: Air ForceTechnical ProductOct 20, 2019Air Force reviewing Boeing’s bid for WGS-11, projects satellite could be ready in five years

The U.S. Air Force and Boeing are negotiating the terms of a $605,000,000 deal awarded in April for production of the 11th Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS-11) satellite.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2019Air Force reviewing Boeing’s bid for WGS-11, projects satellite could be ready in five years

SpaceX pitched Starship point-to-point transportation as a way to deliver cargo in minutes to locations halfway around the world to the U.S. Air Force.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 16, 2019SpaceX sees U.S. Army as possible customer for Starlink and Starship

Preparations to create a space service under the Department of the Air Force continue despite an uncertain political climate and no assurances from Congress that it will enact a Space Force in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative PlanOct 14, 2019Pentagon presses case for Space Force amid political uncertainty

The Air Force released the solicitation for OSP-4 on 2019-08-14 and received nine proposals that were due on 2019-08-29.

Mentioned as: the air forceNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2019Air Force selects eight launch providers to compete for $986 million worth of orders

Air Force Space Command took over responsibility in December for procuring the Defense Department’s commercial satellite communications services from the Defense Information Systems Agency.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceNarrative GeneralOct 9, 2019Military turns to private sector for rapid space innovation

SpaceX launched the AMOS-17 telecommunications satellite on a Falcon 9 and 34 hours later United Launch Alliance launched an Air Force communications satellite from a different pad in August.

Mentioned as: U.S. Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 9, 201945th Space Wing commander: Changes underway to support commercial launch
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