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Marc Selinger
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CongressHASC Chairman Aims To Ease Barriers To Arms Sales
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) is exploring ways to make it easier for the United States to sell military equipment to allies, the panel’s chairman said May 22. Lessening bureaucratic […]
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SpaceDoD To Finish Space Organization Review In June
The U.S. Department of Defense, which is conducting a congressionally mandated review of potential improvements to its space organization, plans to send a report on its findings to Capitol Hill […]
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UncategorizedTime Ripe For U.S. Military To Pursue Fast Access To Space, Experts Say
Efforts to achieve low-cost, fast access to space for the U.S. military stand to benefit from an increasingly favorable financial, political and technological climate, Air Force and industry experts said […]
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Air Force’s X-37B Spaceplane Finishes Two-Year Trip
The U.S. Air Force’s X-37B reusable spaceplane returned to Earth May 7 after spending almost two years in space, its longest mission ever. The Boeing [BA]-built orbital test vehicle landed on a runway […]
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Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1 Engine Completes Critical Design Review
Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] announced May 8 that its AR1 engine, one of two contenders for the first stage of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) Vulcan next-generation launch vehicle, has successfully completed its critical design […]
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Air Force Expects FY 2018 Budget To Continue Funding Improved Satellite Resiliency
The U.S. Air Force, which has strived in recent years to make its satellites more resilient to potential attack, expects to receive funding in the Trump administration’s upcoming fiscal year […]
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SpaceX Tests Falcon Heavy’s Center Booster
SpaceX has test-fired the center booster of its new Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time, the company announced May 9. The “center core” test occurred the week of May 1 […]
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Air Force’s B-21 Bomber On Track, General Says
U.S. Air Force efforts to develop the new B-21 Raider bomber aircraft are proceeding as planned, according to the head of Air Force Global Strike Command. ”We’re where we said […]
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Air Force ‘Extremely Happy’ With F-35A’s First Overseas Training Deployment
The U.S. Air Force’s first overseas training deployment of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A Lightning II went smoothly and provided an opportunity to test the new fighter jet’s procedures and […]
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Air ForceAir Force Lab Unveils Counter-Drone Systems
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on May 18 unveiled two technology efforts it is working on to disrupt and capture small, hostile drones. The first system, or spiral, which […]