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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDelays in Certification of ULA Vulcan Centaur V Will Not Result in Loss of ULA Launches
Delays in the test flight certification of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket’s Centaur V upper stage will not result in any extra launches for SpaceX for the U.S. […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Addressing F135 NMC Rate Due to Engine Maintenance
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said that it is addressing a higher than desired non-mission capable (NMC) rate for maintenance of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter’s F135 engine by […]
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Air ForceFirst Delivery of F-35 with TR-3 Expected Between April and June Next Year
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said in an 8-K Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Sept. 6 that the company expects to deliver the first F-35 in a Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3) […]
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Air ForceLatest Unarmed Minuteman III Test One of More Than 300 So Far, AFGSC Says
U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command and the U.S. Space Force’s 30th Space Launch Delta Guardians launched an unarmed Boeing [BA] Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) equipped with three […]
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SpaceSecond Slate of SDA Tranche 0 Satellites on Orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lofted 13 satellites for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 0 effort into orbit on Sept. 2 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, […]
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SpaceLow Earth Orbit Communications Services ‘Not a Panacea’ for DoD, Hughes Official Says
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) is pursuing the Transport Layer of proliferated low Earth orbit satellites to reduce satellite data transmission times to military forces. Delays of […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Considering Hemisphere Solicitation to Consolidate Weapons Development/Sustainment
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) may issue a solicitation for a “Hemisphere” contract under which SSC could pursue five task orders for industry to aid SSC in weapons’ […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySecond Launch of SDA Tranche 0 Satellites on Aug. 31 to Be Followed by Third Later This Year
Last November, Derek Tournear, the director of the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA), said that SDA was working to resolve delayed deliveries of microelectronics and space system components […]
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Air ForceMissteps Delay Rapid Fielding of USAF 3DELRR
Acquisition missteps are delaying the fielding of the U.S. Air Force Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR), a program that began in 2009 and that the Air Force designated a Middle […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyShield AI Successfully Demonstrates Autonomous Teaming Of V-BAT UAS, Says Technology Ready To Deploy
Technology startup Shield AI on Wednesday said that it has successfully demonstrated its autonomous piloting technology in a teaming arrangement aboard three of the company’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and […]
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