With both launch costs and payload size going down, it will be easier for the U.S. Air Force to deploy the right kinds of sensors and systems to fight future space wars that will depend more on information and networking, said Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff.
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Space could benefit from shift in Air Force investment strategy
When Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson recently visited an air warfare command center in the Middle East, she was “struck” by how different things are now compared to just a few years ago.
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Secretary Wilson: Air Force to step up advocacy of space
“I will continue to advocate for space for all the services, and in particular for the Air Force,” Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson said Sept. 18 at the Air Force Association’s Air Space Cyber conference here.
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USAF to scrutinize science and technology strategy
“We need to update our research priorities, but validation of research areas isn’t enough,” Wilson said during her keynote speech at the annual Air Force Association Air Space Cyber Conference.
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Space Corps proposal will “figure” itself out, Wilson says
Updated 8:40 p.m. Eastern with clarified headline and first paragraph to better reflect Air Force Secretary Wilson’s comments. WASHINGTON — The current Congressional proposal to create a special Space Corps […]
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SpaceX launches X-37B ahead of Hurricane Irma
With Hurricane Irma looming off the Florida coast, SpaceX beat unfavorable weather odds Thursday morning to send the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B reusable spaceplane back into orbit for its fifth classified mission.
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As hurricane approaches, SpaceX poised to launch Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane
Officials in Cape Canaveral, Florida, are forecasting only a 50 percent chance of acceptable weather for Thursday’s launch, which is expected to occur sometime between 9:00 a.m. and 3 p.m. Eastern.
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Lockheed won’t protest now two-way race to refresh U.S. nuclear arsenal
Lockheed Martin Strategic and Missile Defense Systems will not protest the U.S. Air Force’s decision to move ahead with teams led by Boeing and Northrop Grumman for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program to replace Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
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Air Force names space operations officials
The U.S. Air Force has named Shawn Barnes to be assistant deputy chief of staff for space operations directorate, and Maj. Gen. Pamela Lincoln to be mobilization assistant to the deputy chief of staff for space operations.
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Op-ed | Is space warfare’s final frontier?
It’s one thing to prepare for the eventuality of warfare in space. It’s another to assert that space warfare is inevitable. The task before us isn’t just to acquire capabilities to fight, if necessary, but also to prevent warfare from occurring. Success involves deterrence as well as reassurance in the form of diplomatic engagement.
