The Defense Information Systems Agency has contributed a converged access network for the Air Force Space Command and a military satellite tracking station to communicate with a new space surveillance satellite currently in orbit.
MoreThe U.S. Air Force has activated a pair of new Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites in a move to expand the service branch’s capacity to track and characterize objects in space. The
MoreAir Force Gen. John Hyten, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, has confirmed the establishment of Joint Force Component Commands responsible for space, air, sea and missile defense efforts as part of a series
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The House voted 344-81 Friday to pass a defense spending bill that would allocate $621.5 billion in defense base budget and $75 billion in overseas contingency operations funds for fiscal year 2018, Defense
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Gen. John Raymond, chief of the Air Force Space Command, has said the joint force should be prepared to address potential conflicts in the space domain as potential adversaries work to build technological
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Gen. John Raymond, head of Air Force Space Command, has said the U.S. Air Force could consider a launch of spacecraft with reused rockets once the technology has been validated, Defense News reported Thursday. Valerie Insinna
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The U.S. Air Force will open a three-star Air Staff position to help increase the visibility of space-related matters within the Defense Department, Defense News reported Tuesday. Valerie Insinna writes the selected candidate will act as a
MoreMaj. Gen. Burke “Ed” Wilson serves as the deputy principal cyber adviser to the secretary of defense at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy within the Defense Department where
MoreMaj. Gen. David Thompson, vice commander of the Air Force Space Command, has said the Air Force plans to tap commercial contractors to operate its satellite constellations on a daily basis in
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Brig. Gen. Mark Baird, vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles, has been named director of space programs within the U.S. Air Force‘s office of the assistant secretary for acquisition. Air
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