The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin “more than $50 million” on March 3 for a contract to perform launch and range operations on the East and West Coast, mission integration, systems engineering and program management, subcontract work, factory support engineering, and special studies—everything short of the launch itself. That comes in a separate contract, according to Florida Today, which noted that the exact amount of this contract is under wraps until USAF reaches a similar agreement with Boeing.
A new fast-track approval process for software on Defense Department networks will use AI tools to radically shorten a process that currently takes months or years, Acting Pentagon Chief Information Officer Katie Arrington said April 23.