Space Force Will Boost Reliance On Commercial Sats: Gen. Raymond
"We see a huge opportunity here to have a fused relationship with industry that will provide great advantage," Gen. Raymond says.
All Domain Requires New Requirements Process; DoD, Congress Must Compromise: Lt. Gen. Hinote
"We have got to come up with a compromise with the people's representatives when it comes to defining requirements in the future," he said.
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T-7A Red Hawk Simulator Production Starts
The Air Force has ordered 46 simulators and associated ground equipment, but can purchase up to 120 simulators under the current contract with Boeing.
STARCOM: Training Troops To Fight Space Wars, Boldly
"We've decided that the topic is important enough and unique enough that we need a group of people who understand it down to its most fundamental levels."
Space Force, AFRL To Demo Mobile Lunar Spy Sat
The highly mobile D2S2 satellite will carry a 20cm camera to test the sensor performance needed for lunar imaging.
RCO To Manage ABMS Buys; Tankers First To Sport New Data Links
"When you can launch an austere airbase in a space capsule, that's frickin' awesome," says AF acquisition head Will Roper about the idea of suborbital transport spacecraft.
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New International Partnerships Could Spur Hosted Payloads: Gen. Thompson
SMC is "working on innovative relationships with, believe it or not, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, and some other places you wouldn't think of as traditional spacefaring nations," says Gen. DT Thompson, Space Force vice.
Space Force Struggles To Shape New Acquisition Command
"There is history; there is legacy; there is politics; there is money -- obstacles that we're going to have to overcome to do this," says SMC head Gen. 'JT' Thompson.
Space Force Ponders NSSL Revamp For New Missions
"I don't think we're at the position to know both what the demand is, but also where industry is going, what's the viable way to consider other orbits if we were asked to do," says Col. Robert Bongiovi, director of SMC's Space Vehicles Directorate.
Peterson, Redstone Back In Race For SPACECOM HQ
Newcomers to the contest are: Kirtland AFB, New Mexico; Offutt AFB, Nebraska; Patrick AFB, Florida; and Port San Antonio, Texas.
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It’s Open Architectures For ALL New Weapons As JROC Sets JADC2 Requirements
Joint All-Domain Command & Control "will fundamentally change how we fight as a nation, and will change how we organize, train and equip," Air Force director of operational capabilities Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop says.
NGAD Strategy Faces Hill Headwinds
"The business case is a naïve bet on out-year operating cost savings – that’s an act the Hill has seen before, and it never pays off," independent analyst Rebecca Grant says of the Digital Century Series concept.
Eye On Arctic, Congress Pushes More C-130Js; Including Ski Planes
"The C-130 has been the most plus-upped aircraft in history," says Teal Group's Richard Aboulafia.
SAC Kills AF Push For Funding Flexibility; Space Force Likely Hit
"I think Space Force and its advocates hoped that they'd have a radically new approach to budgeting and acquisition," CSIS's Mark Cancian says, but Congress is unlikely to agree.