A military weather satellite cracked up Feb. 3 after the power system overheated causing it to spin out of control, Air Force Space Command officials told Air Force Magazine in a statement released March 3. The Joint Space Operations Center...
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Lockheed Martin has integrated the propulsion core and payload module for the Air Force’s fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communication satellite at its facility in Sunnyvale, Calif., announced the company on Monday. The milestone occurred nearly five months ahead of...
Air Force Space Command completed Advanced Extremely High Frequency military satellite communication system operational test and evaluation, paving the way for AEHF’s initial operational capability, officials announced. Once data from the six-month intensive evaluation is analyzed AFSPC “will decide whether...
The Air Force is eying Fiscal 2020 for the launch of the follow-on satellite that would replace the Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 spacecraft operating? on orbit today, said Maj. Gen. Martin Whelan, the Air Staff’s space operations chief....
The Air Force will base the first European F-35As at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, officials announced Thursday. The aircraft will arrive in phases beginning in 2020. Eventually a total of 48 F-35As will be based at Lakenheath, assigned to two...
Northrop Grumman delivered the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications payload to Lockheed Martin four-and-a-half months ahead of schedule, according to a Dec. 8 company release. A new hybrid satellite integration and test approach chartered by the Air Force and...
Lockheed Martin received a $40.3 million order for Paveway II laser guidance and control kits for the 500- and 2,000-pound bomb under an ongoing production contract, the company announced. The GBU-10 and GBU-12 seeker units incorporate an upgraded, more accurate...
The Air Force awarded Raytheon a $32.5 million contract for Griffin A and B air-to-surface missiles with $85.5 million in potential options under an indefinite quantity/delivery arrangement, the company announced Nov. 7. The 33-pound aft-firing AGM-176A Griffin missile is employed...
A total of 955 US and coalition munitions have been expended during offensive strikes on ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria as of Oct. 6, according to a US Central Command analysis. Although Air Forces Central Command has not provided...