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X-37B Offers New Opportunity for Student Satellite Builders

May 15, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The X-37B spaceplane launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on May 17, sending the U.S. Air Force Academy's largest batch of satellite experiments to date along for the ride. USAFA’s FalconSat program, run with the Air Force Research Laboratory and contractor Geneva Technologies, ...

HASC Members Press FCC on Ligado Approval

May 8, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Nearly two dozen House Armed Services Committee members wrote to the Federal Communications Commission on May 7 to jump into the spectrum dispute that pits the FCC and Ligado Networks against several federal agencies and national security stakeholders. “The national security community was unanimous in ...

CSAF Nominee Seeks Roles and Missions Review

May 7, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
Pacific Air Forces boss Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. is arguing for a wholesale refresh of the Air Force’s roles and missions as he prepares to take the service’s top job. Brown, a decorated combat pilot, faced the Senate Armed Services Committee May 7 during ...

Shadowy X-37B Spaceplane Heading Back to Orbit

May 6, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The X-37B spaceplane will embark on its sixth mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on May 16, Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett said. The secretive, unmanned orbital test vehicle, which will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, is notching new ...