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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.
The House Armed Service strategic forces subcommittee supports the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, according to draft legislation released Monday, which will benefit joint operations with assured, resilient, low-latency military data and communications connectivity to space-based capabilities.
The Space Force's new deep space radar system is estimated to take an additional year to complete the program beyond the middle-tier acquisition timeframe of five years, the Government Accountability Office reported today, indicating a schedule risk.
The Air Force successfully tested its first experimental navigation, positioning and timing satellite, which is expected to lift off in late 2023, the service announced on June 5.
The payload deliveries of the new missile warning satellite will likely be delayed, pushing back the initial launch of the satellite scheduled in 2025, the Government Accountability Office reported today.
The Space Force’s Space Systems Command has opened a collaboration center in Virginia to strengthen its commercial space strategy and facilitate the delivery of commercial capabilities to the warfighter, the command announced June 6.
Lockheed Martin today announced it has selected General Electric Aerospace to provide the engine for the company's LMXT tanker, which it is offering for the Air Force's KC-135 recapitalization program.
The Space Development Agency has issued a draft request for information for payloads to be carried on a new group of satellites that are expected to launch in 2027.
When congressional authorizers soon begin the task of marking up the Air Force's fiscal year 2024 budget request, they will be relying in part on a recent report detailing the highest- and lowest-performing space acquisition programs.
Northrop Grumman will start testing subsystems on a new space radar after having approved the major system design, the company announced May 30.
Space Systems Command awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. a $45.5 million contract to provide orbital launch services, the command announced today in a press release.
The Space Force Range Contract final request for proposals release date scheduled for May 24 has been delayed to on or around June 5, the Air Force announced in a notice today.
The Air Force will be able to use space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets for tactical purposes, Lt. Gen. Leah Lauderback, deputy chief of staff for ISR and cyber effects operations, suggested on May 17.
The Air Force is working toward creating a new system of modern training jets and simulators but is nearly a decade behind initial plans, according to a May 18 Government Accountability Office report.
The Air Force is seeking information for data modernization and migration into commercial cloud environments, the service said in a May 18 notice.
Space Systems Command awarded an operations and integration contract to Parsons Corp., the command announced on May 16.
Space Systems Command has accepted formal delivery of the Control and Planning Segment of its Enhanced Polar System, the command announced May 11.
The Space Force is planning to launch its first Red Skies series of orbital warfare exercises for space warfighters in the summer, Maj. Gen. Shawn Bratton, commander of Space Training and Readiness Command, said last week.
The Space Development Agency has issued a draft request for proposals for a Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha variant for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The Space Force has completed its first increment of military code receivers, Space Systems Command announced in a May 8 press release.
The Space Force is planning to start the construction of the first of three new radar sites under its Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability effort to enhance deep-space object tracking.