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SpaceIn Response to House Cost Concerns with NSSL, Acquisition Office Says Launch Represents Just 13 Percent of Total R&D and Procurement Budgets
In response to House appropriators’ concerns that the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program represents 40 percent of the U.S. Space Force’s $2.5 billion procurement budget request, the office of […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyWill the Next Presidential Fleet Travel Faster than an SR-71?
Hermeus Corporation, an Altanta, Ga.-based startup developing hypersonic aircraft primarily for commercial use, was awarded a $1.5 million Phase 2 prototyping contract by AFWERX to further develop its Mach 5 […]
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Air ForceDelivery of 18 to 24 F-35s Likely Delayed Due to COVID-19, Lockheed Martin Says
COVID-19 is likely to delay the delivery of 18 to 24 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Lightning II fighters by several months, a company official said on Aug. 6. “Our goal […]
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Air ForceMultiple Reentry Vehicle Tests of Minuteman III Uncommon
While the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command conducted a test on Aug. 4 of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM with three test reentry vehicles, such tests with dummy, […]
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SpaceAir Force Contract with BlackSky Shows Promise, Challenges Ahead for Supply Chain Monitoring
A recent U.S. Air Force contract with small satellite company BlackSky Global LLC to monitor how COVID-19 is affecting military supply chains shows the promise of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-enabled […]
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Minuteman III Test Launch Featured Multiple RVs, Airborne Control Center
Air Force and Navy service members aboard an airplane on Tuesday remotely launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile with three unarmed warheads from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force and Northrop Grumman Complete Critical Design Review for EPS-R CAPS
The U.S. Space Force and Northrop Grumman [NOC] finished a delta Critical Design Review (dCDR) for the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) program, which is […]
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Air ForceDivesting Legacy Platforms Key Challenge for Air Force, Monasco Says
Divesting legacy platforms to pay for modernization is the key challenge for the Department of the Air Force, according to Undersecretary of the Air Force-nominee Shon Monasco. “The biggest challenge […]
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SpaceBarnes: Rapid Reprogramming for U.S. Space Force Would Retain Program Oversight
Rapid re-reprogramming through portfolio management would retain congressional insight into space programs and oversight of them, a leading U.S. Air Force official said last week. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the […]
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Missile DefenseMilitary Space Officials Continue Discussions on Missile Defense Architecture
U.S. Space Command and officials at the Pentagon are examining what resilience a missile defense architecture needs to have and what DoD can afford, as officials assemble the Program Objective […]