Air Force
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SpaceWittman and Graves Prod FAA to Rectify ‘Extensive Delays’ in Commercial Launch Licensing
Two House Armed Services Committee (HASC) members, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), want the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to take immediate action to shorten the commercial […]
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Air ForceUSAF Asks Industry to Update NGAD Proposals, As Service Defers Decision to Next Administration
The U.S. Air Force is asking industry to revise company proposals for Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD), as the service defers program decisions to the incoming Trump administration. Air Force […]
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Air ForceRogers: ‘We’re Not Gonna Eliminate the F-35’
Elon Musk had his 4-year-old son X Æ A-12, or “X” for short, on his shoulders when the SpaceX billionaire emerged from a meeting with Capitol Hill legislators on Thursday […]
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Nuclear ModernizationUSAF Acquisition Strategy Review of Sentinel Continues As DoD Awaits New Administration Guidance
As the White House prepares to change hands and parties next month, the U.S. Air Force is continuing its acquisition strategy review of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Commander Discusses B-21 Production Options
Last year’s Strategic Posture Commission report advised the Pentagon to increase the planned buy of the U.S. Air Force B-21 stealth bomber and supporting tankers. The Air Force has said […]
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SpaceTrump NASA Nominee: ‘The Second Space Age Has Only Just Begun’
President-elect Trump on Wednesday nominated 41-year-old Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut/pilot and the billionaire founder of the Shift4 [FOUR] payments processing company, as the next administrator of the National Aeronautics […]
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SpaceEPS-R Arctic Communications Payloads Operational, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday the company’s two Enhanced Polar System – Recapitalization (EPS-R) payloads for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command are operational. The EPS-Rs were part of […]
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Air ForceTwo SASC Democrats Urge Biden Policy Directive Barring Unauthorized Use of Military for Deportations
On Nov. 18, President-elect Trump responded, “True!”, to a post on his Truth Social network by the president of the right wing organization, Judicial Watch, that praised a possible national […]
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SpaceFifth NRO Mission in Proliferated Architecture Launched from Vandenberg
NROL-126–the fifth mission for the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) proliferated constellation–lofted into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., in the wee hours of […]
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Air ForceSNC Says Its Design for USAF SAOC Moving Forward
Colorado-based Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) said on Monday that it has completed another step in engineering and manufacturing development of the U.S. Air Force’s planned survivable airborne operations center (SAOC) by […]