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Marc Selinger
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UncategorizedDefense Watch
FlightWave Drone. FlightWave Aerospace Systems, a California-based startup, has introduced the Edge, a small, tri-copter, fixed-wing unmanned aircraft that takes off vertically like a helicopter and flies horizontally like a […]
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UncategorizedAustralia, Netherlands To Host F-35 Parts Warehouses
The U.S. Department of Defense has picked the Netherlands and Australia to host the European and Pacific warehouses that will store and distribute parts for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II, […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s New Space Operations Directorate Nears IOC
The U.S. Air Force expects its new space operations directorate to achieve an initial operational capability (IOC) on Aug. 21, the service announced Aug. 17. The Air Force also revealed […]
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SpaceNASA Exploring Next-Generation Space Communications Satellites
With NASA gearing up to launch its last Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-M), the agency has begun studying what its next generation of space communications satellites might look like. One […]
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InternationalAustralia, Netherlands To Host F-35 Parts Warehouses
The U.S. Department of Defense has picked the Netherlands and Australia to host the European and Pacific warehouses that will store and distribute parts for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
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Air ForceAir Force Studying Possible Commercial Role For Surplus ICBM Motors
The U.S. Air Force plans to finish a study later this year on the potential impact of changing existing law to allow surplus intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) motors to be […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Face Challenges, GAO Says
The U.S. Air Force does not have adequate resources to address the long-term needs of its nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Aug. […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s X-37B Spaceplane Might Fly Again In September
The next launch of the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B unmanned reusable spaceplane will occur “no earlier than September,” launch vehicle provider SpaceX said Aug. 14. The Air Force had previously […]
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Air Force’s OCX, FAB-T Programs Face New Delays
Two troubled U.S. Air Force space-related acquisition efforts — the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) and the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminal […]
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Air Force Delays Launching AEHF, SBIRS Satellites
The Air Force is pushing back the launches of two Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built satellites that were supposed to lift off in fall 2017. Each spacecraft – the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-4) […]