Space
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Air ForceU.S. Space Force Prepares To Receive Army, Navy Space Programs
U.S. Space Force officials are meeting with their counterparts in the Army and Navy to work out final details on transferring Army and Navy space capabilities to the new service. […]
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SpaceULA Prepares Delta IV Heavy Rocket for Launch with NRO Payload on Aug. 26
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) of Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] is preparing a Delta IV Heavy rocket with a classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload, NROL-44, for launch […]
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Air ForceGBSD Won’t Have Hypersonic Variant, But It Possibly Could One Day, Air Force General Says
Nobody is planning to put a hypersonic glide vehicle on the next silo-based, intercontinental ballistic missile, but that doesn’t mean it could never happen, according to careful statements Wednesday by […]
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Business/FinancialKBR To Acquire Centauri, Adding Space Business For Military And Intelligence Customers
KBR, Inc. [KBR] on Wednesday said it has agreed to acquire Centauri for $827 million in cash in a deal that complements its existing civil space business with work in […]
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Missile DefenseNew CRS Report Lays Out Hypersonic Missile Defense Issues for Congress
A new Congressional Research Service report lays out some of the issues involved in building a hypersonic missile defense system. The report comes as Vice Adm. Jon Hill, the director […]
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Force MultipliersAmanda Bacchetti, United Launch Alliance
In this monthly column, Defense Daily highlights individuals from across the government, industry and academia whose efforts contribute daily to national defense, from the program managers to the human resource leaders, to […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin’s Third GPS III Satellite Receives Operational Acceptance
The newest military GPS satellite has recently received Operational Acceptance approval. Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) public affairs said Monday that the GPS III Space Vehicle 03 received approval […]
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SpaceAir Force Determining Cut Off Date for LSA Funding for Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin
The U.S. Air Force is to determine when to shut off Launch Services Agreement (LSA) funding for Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Blue Origin, the two companies that lost out in […]
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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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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 […]