In budget drills, the space radar, along with all other space systems, is subjected to the same three questions, Space Command boss Gen. Kevin Chilton explained. “What do you need? When do you need it? And what’s the risk of not doing it?” Space Radar also will have to answer the questions “how you’ll use it.”
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.