Air Force Seeking Understanding Of Space Weather Impact On Satellites

By Courtney Albon / May 16, 2014 at 2:14 PM
The Air Force Research Lab's Space Weather Center of Excellence is asking for industry and academic proposals to advance its understanding of the impact of the space environment on Air Force systems. The service on May 13 issued a broad agency announcement aimed at helping it both gauge the impact of space environmental factors and developing capabilities to "specify, predict, mitigate, and exploit the effects of the space environment that can disrupt or degrade operational systems." "Of particular interest to...

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