The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has conducted two critical design reviews for Missile Track Custody (MTC) Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) Overhead Persistent Infrared Sensor (OPIR) payloads by Raytheon Technologies [RTX] and Boeing‘s [BA] Millenium Space Systems. SSC said ...
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a more than $398 million contract for two KC-46A tankers for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, DoD said on Nov. 29. Work on the two tankers is to be completed in Everett, Wash., by June 30, 2025. Japan has six KC-46A tankers, and Boeing delivered the first ...
Commercial space is becoming key for DoD to detect, analyze and respond to threats, a top official said on Nov. 29. “As of today, we’ve got about 120 commercial mission partners working with us,” Army Gen. James Dickinson, the head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM), told a Mitchell ...
Pittsburgh’s Gecko Robotics said on Nov. 29 that the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has awarded the company an 18-month, $1.5 million Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to aid the Air Force in the planned conversion of 450 Minuteman III silos to accommodate the ...
The San Franciso-based DeepMedia said on Nov. 28 that it has won two U.S. Air Force Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards worth $150,000 for the detection of deep fakes–artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled creations of fake video and audio content that appear real. “ ...
The U.S. Air Force 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla., is seeking industry support for mission data loads for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. The wing “is seeking alternative sources for non-personnel services to provide sustainment, obtain technical engineering telephone ...