Air Force
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Space
Timeline for Fielding Unified Data Library Uncertain, As U.S. Space Force Continues Prototyping
The timeline for fielding the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Unified Data Library (UDL) is uncertain, as the service continues prototyping for UDL to serve as a centralized, cloud-based data repository […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force Looking Into Buy of Dronebuster 3 Jammers for Joint Base Andrews
The U.S. Air Force is looking into the buy of Dronebuster 3 jammers by Portland, Ore.-based Flex Force Enterprises for the Air Force District of Washington (AFDW) at Joint Base […]
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Space
China and Russia Increased Number of Satellites 70 Percent Between 2019 and 2021, DIA Says
Between 2019 and 2021, China doubled its number of satellites in orbit from some 250 to 499, while Russia increased its number of orbiting satellites from about 150 in 2019 […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Wants to Harness Commercial Industry Ideas on Debris Removal
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) may hold an industry day to hear from commercial companies about possible technologies for space debris removal, the profit potential for such companies […]
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Space
NTS-3 Experiment Offers Possibility of Adopting GPS/PNT Protection In Existing Production Lines
Next March’s planned launch of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) 1,100 pound experimental Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) offers the potential for the U.S. Space Force to adopt advanced protection […]
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Nuclear Modernization
Department of Air Force Dubs GBSD As LGM-35A Sentinel
The Department of the Air Force has designated the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) next generation ICBM under development by Northrop Grumman [NOC] as the LGM-35A Sentinel. “The name Sentinel […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Wants to Avoid GMTI Duplication with Intelligence Community Programs
The Department of the Air Force is to take advantage of efforts led by Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David ‘DT’ Thompson on future ground moving target indication (GMTI) […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
L3Harris Technology Accelerator Has Eye of CEO Chris Kubasik
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has Skunk Works, Boeing [BA] its Phantom Works. Over the last five years, L3Harris [LHX] has been developing its own technology accelerator for classified DoD and intelligence […]
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International
U.S. State Department Approves Sale of F-16 C/D Block 70s to Bulgaria
The U.S. State Department has approved a nearly $1.7 billion sale of up to eight Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 C/D Block 70 Viper fighters and related munitions to Bulgaria. The […]
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Navy/USMC
As Navy Looks to AARGM-ER, Build of Baseline Missile to Continue Through Fiscal 2024
While the Navy finished its last buy of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] AGM-88 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM) last year, the company is to continue building the missiles for the […]
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