Lockheed Martin announces it has concluded on-orbit testing for the Air Force’s first Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satellite, paving the way for transfer of control to Air Force Space Command’s 50th Space Wing. AEHF supports space superiority by enabling control of both tactical and strategic forces.
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand a nuclear attack and keep…