SpaceX has launched with a previously used Falcon 9 booster 38 times, says Michael Ellis, director at SpaceX’s National Security Space Launch director.
By Theresa HitchensModernizing our supply chain is a national security imperative
Closing supply chain gaps in innovating technology will reposition the industrial base to be a strategic source of value.
“Rather than imposing specific requirements, SPD-5 affords all government stakeholders a policy framework to implement prudent practices to enhance resilience, including specific efforts to work with the commercial space sector overall and promote information sharing. That’s an improvement from the status quo,” Andrew D’Uva, US industry chair of the Space Force/NSA’s Commercial Space INFOSEC Working Group (CSIWG) says.
By Theresa Hitchens
ULA’s immediate award is $337 million for two launches. SpaceX’s won $316 million for one launch, Will Roper said.
By Theresa Hitchens
SIA is hopeful that the COVID-19 pandemic will have only limited effects on the satellite industry, since it has been “generally deemed essential by governments.”
By Theresa Hitchens The HASC chair’s markup chides the GPS III program for “unjustified cost growth” in both Lockheed Martin’s GEO-based space segment and Raytheon’s OCX.
By Theresa Hitchens RAND is warning Congress and the Air Force “that there may not be enough resources right now being allocated to launch” to mitigate the risks in NSSL acquisition plans.
By Theresa Hitchens
“Given China’s willingness to allow for commercial dealings with countries hostile to the United States, these systems could pose a significant threat to U.S. interests,” the IDA authors say.
By Theresa Hitchens
Modernizing military simulation with open systems architecture
Best-of-breed common models and architecture enable virtual training and testing with the same data in a cyber-resilient posture.
The Space Force announced Saturday that it had accepted as operational Lockheed Martin’s latest anti-jam upgrade to the software powering its its stop-gap operational control system for GPS III.
By Theresa Hitchens
“The fighter jet era has passed,” says Musk. The future, he averred, is “autonomous drone warfare.”
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Griffin’s seeming skepticism about commercial ventures to provide global broadband and Internet services is in stark contrast to the enthusiasm bubbling out of the Air Force and the Army.
By Theresa Hitchens
Roper says he hopes Congress “will smile on the Air Force for breaking out of ‘Platform Land’ and actually putting money towards digital transformation.”
By Theresa Hitchens
“I don’t think this appreciably changes the competitive landscape, except that it provides more time for congressional appeals by the competitors,” said one former DoD official about the GAO protest decision.
By Theresa Hitchens ULA CEO Tony Bruno says he “would not be surprised” if the Air Force National Security Space Launch Phase 3 competition includes a requirement for responsive launch.
By Theresa Hitchens
Given the critical nature of National Security Space Launch, winners of the competition to replace the Atlas V and its Russian-made RD-180s engines should have the flexibility to adapt to unforeseen events, the self-knowledge and willingness to work closely with the Air Force, and a record of excellent performance to avoid wasteful contract award protests.…
By Mark Gunzinger