DAYTON, OH -- The Air Force is expecting to release a request for proposals for the Cloud One Next program by the end of August and will award the contract next spring, according to a senior Air Force officer.
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Originally from India, Apurva Minchekar was an Air Force and Space Force Reporter. She worked for Inside Defense from March 2023 to January 2024 and has experience writing for print and digital platforms in India and the U.S. She has a Master's in Journalism from Boston University.
DAYTON, OH -- The Air Force is expecting to release a request for proposals for the Cloud One Next program by the end of August and will award the contract next spring, according to a senior Air Force officer.
DAYTON, OHIO -- The hypersonic attack cruise missile has been in development for about a year and is progressing positively on the middle-tier acquisition development plan, according to Brig. Gen. Jason Bartolomei, program executive officer for armament.
DAYTON, OH -- The Air Force will release a draft request for information with formal requirements for the KC-135A recapitalization by this September, Scott Boyd, deputy program executive officer for mobility aircraft, said yesterday.
L3Harris Technologies announced today it has completed the acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Senate appropriators have added $40 million to the budget for the Space Force's Commercial Space Office to test "direct tasking initiatives" for commercial space service, according to the report accompanying the Senate Appropriation Committee's fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill.
U.S. Space Command will transfer its non-military responsibilities of understanding space situational awareness to the Commerce Department in the next few years, Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the nominee for SPACECOM commander, said July 26.
The Space Force has issued a request for information for a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve Framework to identify potential sources and develop an acquisition strategy, according to a notice posted July 25.
Senate appropriators will continue to support the Space Force's launch acquisition program and noted the program has contributed to stabilizing the launch market, according to the report accompanying the Senate Appropriations Committee's fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill.
L3Harris Technologies this morning announced the Federal Trade Commission would not block the company's Aerojet Rocketdyne acquisition and the deal is expected to close on or about July 28.
Space technology company Maxar Technologies announced it has completed the first critical design review of the Maxar 300 series for the Space Force's Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.
On July 18, the Space Force awarded 16 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts for proliferated low earth orbit satellite-based services, Space Systems Command announced yesterday.
Despite a strong second-quarter earnings record, RTX this morning disclosed its Pratt & Whitney business unit found a rare condition in the powdered metal used to manufacture certain engines that would require an accelerated fleet inspection.
The Space Force plans to launch at least 80 missions --30 missions for Lane 1 and 56 missions for Lane 2 -- under space launch acquisitions Phase III from fiscal year 2025 to FY-29, according to a recent industry day briefing.
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket is expected to lift off late this year, said ULA CEO Salvatore Bruno, after an explosion delayed the first launch of the rocket scheduled in May.
A senior space official today said U.S. Space Command has seen advantages of mega-constellations for the first time via commercial space entities' contribution to the Ukraine-Russia war.
The FOO Fighter, a new classified initiative of the Space Development Agency, will track specific threats that are not addressed by the existing tracking constellation, SDA Director Derek Tournear said Tuesday.
Space Systems Command yesterday posted a second draft request for proposals for Phase III of the space launch acquisitions program, a dual-lane approach with two separate contract types.
President Biden has nominated Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting to be the next head of U.S. Space Command, the Defense Department announced today.
The Senate Armed Services Committee, in its fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill, is asking for a transition plan to move Air National Guard units to the Space Force.
The Space Development Agency has issued a draft solicitation for the "Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter Program" for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.