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Air Force

Air Force Leader Stays Confident In SpaceX After Rocket Losses

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, September 8th, 2016

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Air Force Leader Stays Confident In SpaceX After Rocket Losses

Screen shot of footage from SpaceX failure on September 1 at Cape Canaveral. Photo from YouTube video by USLaunchReport.

SpaceX, a new competitor for launching U.S. Air Force satellites, continues to have the confidence of a key service official despite losing two non-military rockets in the past 14 months.Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Sept. 7 that she expects SpaceX will be able to identify and fix the cause of the latest Falcon 9 failure. The rocket, which was carrying the AMOS-6 commercial communications satellite, blew up Sept. 1 during a test on the company’s launch pad at Cape…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for a third reconciliation bill that includes $60 billion for defense, a figure slightly below the Trump administration’s request to cover Iran war […]

Congress

Senate Dems Block Consideration Of FY ‘27 NDAA Over Iran War Concerns

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) raised concerns at a hearing on Tuesday about the majority of funds in the $153 billion first reconciliation bill being unobligated thus […]

Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]