Space
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SpaceSpaceX Awarded Air Force EELV Missions DSCOVR, STP-2
The Air Force awarded Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) two Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle- (EELV) class missions, according to a company statement. The missions awarded are Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) […]
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Space
Space-Based Environmental Monitoring ‘Ripe’ For Disaggregated Architecture, Key Air Force General Says
Space-based environmental monitoring (SBEM) is an area “ripe” for a disaggregated architecture approach, according to a key Air Force general. “Currently we use National Oceanic Atmospheric Association (NOAA) and NASA […]
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Air ForceSimple Satellites With Commercial Utility Could Be Onset For DoD Acquisition Change, Air Force General Says
Simple satellite sensors with broad commercial utility could be a starting point for the Defense Department to change its satellite acquisition culture as opposed to satellites with a complex and […]
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin To Deliver AEHF-4 System Module To Northrop Grumman
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is scheduled to deliver to Northrop Grumman [NOC] today the system module of the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite (AEHF-4) for payload integration, according to […]
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Air Force
AEHF Could Be Separated Into Strategic, Tactical Payloads, Shelton Says
Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) is thinking about separating its Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) secure communications satellite program into separate payloads on smaller satellites and having commercial industry host […]
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Air Force
USAF Investigation Into GPS IIF Launch Anomaly Delays Several Missions
The Air Force’s investigation into a launch anomaly during the Oct. 4 GPS IIF satellite liftoff is delaying several missions. Air Force spokeswoman Jennifer Green-Lanchoney said Wednesday the Orbital Test […]
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Air Force
USAF Needs ‘Clarification’ Of CIO-Issued Guidance On Hosted Payload Policy, Shelton Says
The head of the Air Force’s space efforts said the service is going to need clarification of September guidance discussing obtaining military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) services from commercial providers via […]
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Space
L-3 Coleman, Orbital To Bid On MDA’s MRBM Targets Program
The race for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) Targets program is down to three companies: L-3 Coleman Aerospace, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Orbital Sciences [ORB]. L-3 spokeswoman Jennifer Barton confirmed […]
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Space
Kendall Approves Milestone B For Air Force’s Next-Gen GPS Operational Control System
The Defense Department approved the next-generational Operational Control System of the Air Force’s Global Positioning System constellation to enter the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase, according to the Air […]
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InternationalFollowing Thrane Acquisition, Cobham Consolidates Satcom Businesses
Britain’s Cobham plc this week said it has a established Cobham SATCOM, a new strategic business unit that combines the company’s satellite communications businesses into one organization. The new alignment […]