Boeing formally entered the Air Force’s $30 million, self-awareness space situational awareness contest with the submittal of its proposal earlier this month, the company announced May 28. Lockheed Martin is already in the fray, having submitted its bid on May 1. “Boeing’s solution provides a low-risk approach that offers full mission capability,” said Craig Cooning, VP and GM for Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. The Air Force seeks a contractor to demonstrate a system of tactical sensors on a satellite that can detect threats to the host spacecraft. The service expects to issue the contract later this year. To show its commitment, Boeing said it has already validated the compatibility of its system with a host vehicle and with multiple threat-warning instruments, thereby confirming a high level of technology readiness.
The U.S. military carried out air strikes against Islamic State training camps in Syria on Oct. 11, U.S. Central Command announced. The airstrikes came amid concerns that the militant group is trying to rebuild its capabilities following its defeat in 2019 by the U.S. and its regional allies, the Syrian Democratic…