Air Force
Defense inspector general finds key Air Force space programs vulnerable to cyber attacks, sabotage
An audit by the Defense Department’s inspector general office found security cracks in the supply chain of four critical military space programs.
SN Military.Space | Space reorganization: Reform fatigue already? • SMD Symposium underway in Huntsville • DARPA soon to announce Blackjack winners
These are uncertain times for many of the agencies and offices in the military-space-industrial landscape.
Commercial space technologies a key theme in Air Force intelligence and data strategy
There will be tens of thousands of commercial satellites mapping the globe in minutes. The Air Force wants to take advantage of that technology.
Air Force close to selecting next-generation launch vehicles
The Air Force is seeking to take advantage of American industry investments in launch vehicles and ensure they are modified to meet national security space requirements.
Space Force impact on investment • Air Force trying to prove critics wrong
Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley sees big money coming to the space sector following the president’s announcement that a new military branch for space will be formed.
RL10 engine added to Air Force agreement with Aerojet Rocketdyne
Aerojet Rocketdyne and the U.S. Air Force have revised an existing agreement supporting development of a new large rocket engine to include work on an updated version of an upper stage engine.
First order of business for Air Force space innovation office: Decide what it wants to build
Randy Walden, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office: “It’s not the label on the door that actually makes you rapid. It’s the culture.”
Air Force pressing on with space programs amid uncertainty about future reorganization
“We’re executing exactly the way we’ve been executing to try to speed up acquisition,” said Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch Jr., military deputy at the office of the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition.
Trump: ‘We are going to have the Space Force’
Trump: Creating a Space Force and promoting space exploration by NASA and the private sector will be “important for the nation’s psyche.”
Defense budget bill creates path for future network of military, commercial communications satellites
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee approved $49.5 million to create a new “program of record for commercial satellite communications."
Air Force chief buyer: Don’t believe the hype, space procurement ‘not broken’
Thompson: SMC is a "great industrial age model for building space weapons systems in a benign environment” but not suited to the current geopolitical reality.
Air Force Space Command transfers cybersecurity responsibilities to Air Combat Command
Air Force Space Command is being relieved of the responsibility of fighting hackers in cyberspace. The job now belongs to Air Combat Command.
Air Force focus on resilience means big changes for spacecraft manufacturing and testing
The U.S. Air Force's plans to respond to emerging threats by launching constellations of satellites. That strategy has important implications for spacecraft manufacturing and testing.
Air Force aims for reliable launch services in spite of dramatic changes in commercial, military space
In the future, the U.S. Air Force will launch satellites of all different sizes for customers with varying degrees of risk tolerance.
Air Force Gen. Pawlikowski: Military satellites will be smaller, more mobile
Gen. Pawlikowski: "The size of satellites will change. The mobility of satellites will change.”
HASC takes up defense bill packed with space provisions • New missile-warning satellite contracts go to Lockheed, Northrop
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry has rolled out his mark of the FY-19 National Defense Authorization Act.
