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Cape Canaveral Mission Capable After Blue Origin Rocket Explosion
2+ hour ago (576+ words) Officials at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. , said the range is "fully mission capable" to support launches following a major May 28 mishap involving Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket. The rocket exploded on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral during…...
Space Force Gives Space X $4. 2 B for Airborne Target Tracking
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (305+ words) The Space Force awarded Space X a $4. 16 billion contract on May 29 to build a constellation of satellites that can sense and track airborne targets from orbit." The award is part of the service's Space-Based Air Moving Target Indication program. Under…...
Vance to Air Force Grads: AI Changes Warfare, Not Who Makes Decisions
1+ day, 28+ min ago (433+ words) Vice President JD Vance told new officers graduating from the U. S. Air Force Academy they will need to be adaptable in a new and unpredictable era'and that artificial intelligence may change warfare, but not the need for leaders capable of making…...
Hypersonic Startup Nabs Contract For High-Speed Drone Testing
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (633+ words) Venture capital-backed aircraft startup Hermeus announced May 28 its Quarterhorse unmanned aircraft will conduct a series of flight tests with the Defense Innovation Unit over the next few years. Under the $159 million contract, the company will provide flight data from upcoming…...
F-35 Controls General Atomics Drone in CCA Autonomy Test
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (663+ words) An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter teamed up with a General Atomics MQ-20 Avenger drone in a recent test to refine the Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft concept, the company said in a May 27 statement. General Atomics worked with Lockheed Martin, the…...
USSF Gives Space X $2. 29 B for New Data Network "Backbone
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (315+ words) Space Systems Command has'awarded a massive $2. 29 billion contract to Space X for the "backbone" of its new Space Data Network, a constellation of satellites in low-Earth orbit that will provide connectivity for the entire joint force. SDN is the Space…...
T-7 Simulator Blurs the Lines Between Live and Virtual Flying
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (988+ words) Editor's Note: This is the second in a two-part series on Air Education & Training Command's new aircraft simulators. Part 1, on Detachment 24, is available here. JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas'When the'first'T-7 A Red Hawk touched down'here'in late December,'senior leaders celebrated…...
Space Force Awards $90 M to Rocket Lab for Two GEO Satellites
1+ week, 33+ min ago (533+ words) Space Force has awarded a $90 million contract to Rocket Lab for satellites to host payloads that tracks objects in geosynchronous orbit. The award, announced by Rocket Lab and the Pentagon on May 21, will expand the Space Force's space domain awareness…...
Space Force Seeks to Operationalize On-Orbit Logistics Demos
1+ week, 1+ day ago (615+ words) As the Space Force makes plans for two on-orbit refueling and maneuver demonstrations in 2027and closely watches similar government and commercial endeavorsthe service official overseeing the effort say he want to take these capabilities from demo to operations in short order....
Report: Time Is Now to Start Work on Guardians in Space
1+ week, 1+ day ago (752+ words) To counter Chinese ambitions, the U. S. Space Force must start work now to put Guardians in orbit and on the moon in the decades to come, according to a new paper from AFA's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. The report, authored…...