Air Force kicks off AMTI program with competition for first ‘increment’
Awards will be issued “fairly shortly” for the first operational satellites that can track aircraft and from space, according to Air Force Secretary Troy Meink.
Awards will be issued “fairly shortly” for the first operational satellites that can track aircraft and from space, according to Air Force Secretary Troy Meink.
The rollout of a new acquisition model could reshape entities like the Space Development Agency or Space Rapid Capabilities Office, though their missions will persist, Gurpartap (GP) Sandhoo told reporters.
The Space Force's projections of its needs for orbital warfare and electronic warfare are only included in the classified version of the new Objective Force plan, but Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman confirmed that the service wants new kit for orbital warfare.
Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant said SSC is working to hire "several hundreds" of personnel to rebuild its decimated acquisition corps.
The Trump administration’s National Initiative for American Space Nuclear Power unveiled today says the Pentagon and NASA will run “design competitions” that are “parallel and mutually reinforcing” to achieve space-based nuclear power.
Planet in a March 9 notice to its customers, obtained by Breaking Defense, explained that the company would be instituting a 14-day delay on release of imagery not just of Iran, but also of nearby military bases, the Gulf States and "existing conflict zones."
Missile warning and tracking programs, and the emerging Space Data Network being developed to ferry space sensor data to shooters on the ground, in the air and at sea are among the programs seeing huge increases.
The service has tapped 14 firms to compete for rolling task orders through April 2036 under the Andromeda program, formerly known as RG-XX.
The Secure World Foundation's annual report also identified a trend towards bodyguard satellites that shadow and defend high-value military and intelligence satellites from adversary attack.