LITTLETON, CO -- Aiming to provide continuous capability upgrades to satellites, Lockheed Martin has released open-source plans for docking systems that would allow for autonomous, in-orbit hardware additions.
Monday, April 29, 2024
Monday, April 29, 2024
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LITTLETON, CO -- Aiming to provide continuous capability upgrades to satellites, Lockheed Martin has released open-source plans for docking systems that would allow for autonomous, in-orbit hardware additions.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- Speed needs to be a greater priority for industry when developing and delivering space capabilities, Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond said today.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO -- U.S. Space Command will work more closely with commercial companies to more quickly integrate existing and new technology, Gen. James Dickinson told reporters here Tuesday.
The Air Force won't seek procurement funding for one of its highest-profile hypersonic missile programs in fiscal year 2023, Maj. Gen. James Peccia said Monday.
The Air Force is seeking billions more in funding to support several of its nuclear modernization programs that would replace Cold War-era systems, according to the service's fiscal year 2023 budget request released Monday.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is yet another reason U.S. Space Command should not be moved from Colorado Springs, CO, to Huntsville, AL, Colorado's congressional delegation told President Biden in a letter released today.
Congress cut tens of millions of dollars from one of the Air Force's highest-profile hypersonic efforts in the fiscal year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill amid recent "failures and delays" of the program.
The Air Force's overhaul of its command and control and battle management systems could receive a bump in funding from Congress in the long-awaited compromise defense spending bill -- about 30% more than the service had requested.
The Air Force Research Lab will host an online briefing next month for industry regarding Directed Energy Technology Experimentation Research, according to a notice posted last week.
Moving forward with its air-breathing hypersonic effort, the Air Force Research Laboratory called on contractors Tuesday to submit research proposals for the Mayhem program.
The Defense Department inspector general will audit the Air Force's Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar Program beginning this month, the IG's office announced Friday.
The Air Force needs to consolidate its financial systems by fully migrating to the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Monday.
As part of its efforts to modernize nuclear command, control and communication systems, Air Force Global Strike Command has implemented the largest upgrade in more than three decades.
Hypersonic technology needs to be cost-effective and mixed with other systems to be a useful tool in the Air Force's arsenal, service Secretary Frank Kendall said today.
The Air Force is asking contractors for concepts and proposals -- focused on deliveries by as early as 2030 -- to inform budgeting decisions for creating the Advanced Battle Management System.
The Air Force Research Laboratory recently held its third wargames simulation focused on directed energy uses, this time testing out how directed and kinetic energy can be used in combination in future battles.