Air Force Reserve Command plans on Jan. 7 to activate a new space unit—the Headquarters Reserve National Security Space Institute—to work with the NSSI in Colorado Springs, Colo. The NSSI is the DOD lead for educating the military about space power. The Reserve NSSI will provide a “surge capacity” for the NSSI to develop new courses and offer “long-term continuity and a firm knowledge base,” says the unit’s commander, Col. Susan Rhodes. It will be part of AFRC’s 310th Space Group at Schriever AFB, Colo., and comprise 11 full-time reservists and 44 traditional reservists.
Anduril and General Atomics will develop their Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the Air Force, beating out Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, the service announced on April 24. But any of the non-selected companies can compete to actually manufacture the eventual design, the Air Force said.