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May31

Recent House Action Highlights Importance Of Timely Ground System Processing Acquisition

The Air Force does not currently expect to fully exploit data from the SBIRS staring sensors that are currently on-orbit until at least 2016 because the associated ground system software will not be completed until then.  It turns out that some of ...[Read More]
Published: May-31-12 | 0 Comments

May31

Congratulations to the Air Force Space Community on Successful AEHF Launch and Initial Orbit Raising

The Air Force's second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite had a flawless launch on May 4 and successfully completed the Liquid Apogee Engine phase of orbit raising May 28.  According to Col. Michael Sarchet, the AEHF program mana ...[Read More]
Published: May-31-12 | 0 Comments

May08

Recent GAO testimony on satellite acquisiton highlights challenges

GAO testimony before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate focused on (1) the current status of space system acquisitions; (2) results of GAO’s space-related reviews this past year; (3) actions taken to a ...[Read More]
Published: May-08-12 | 0 Comments

May01

US Air Force changing space acquisition plans

At the National Space Symposium in April 2012, several senior Air Force leaders laid out changes in the service's space acquisition plans.  The key points were: -- Smaller companies could help government save costs -- New approaches needed to deal ...[Read More]
Published: May-01-12 | 0 Comments