Investigators have identified a hardware problem that has been delaying the launch of the third Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite. The problem is not with the SBIRS early missile warning satellite, but with other systems that use a...
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New Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein has three areas he wants to deeply study to revitalize the Air Force, and he has named three generals to lead a team charged with figuring out how to do that....
The Space-Based Infrared Systems’ mission control station is on track to be operationally accepted in November, Col. Kerri Mellor, division chief of the Air Force Exploitation Capabilities Division, said Friday. Command and control of the SBIRS satellites and payloads were...
The latest two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites launched from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., early Friday aboard a Delta IV rocket, Los Angeles Air Force Base announced. The satellites are the third and fourth in the program, which...
The State Department has approved a possible sale of precision-guided munitions to NATO, and in turn nations in the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, to increase the arms available in the fight. The total sale, pending Congressional approval, would be $231...
USAF fixed-wing aircraft have used BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System in combat for the first time. The service has fielded the laser-guided rockets—designed to minimize collateral damage—on A-10s and F-16s in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a BAE...
France is seeking to almost double the amount of Hellfire missiles it is buying from the US government. The State Department has approved the possible $30 million sale of an additional 200 Hellfire Missiles, Hellfire Missile conversion kits, blast fragmentation...
The Air Force on April 5 awarded Boeing a $275 million contract to research ground-based space technology. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract calls for Boeing’s Directed Energy and Strategic Systems arm to advance capabilities that would maintain technological superiority in space from...
Command and control of Space-Based Infrared Systems and Defense Support Program satellites and payloads have been transferred from three legacy sites in Colorado to the new Block 10 ground system Mission Control Station at Buckley AFB, Colo., according to a...