The Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin “more than $50 million” on March 3 for a contract to perform launch and range operations on the East and West Coast, mission integration, systems engineering and program management, subcontract work, factory support engineering, and special studies—everything short of the launch itself. That comes in a separate contract, according to Florida Today, which noted that the exact amount of this contract is under wraps until USAF reaches a similar agreement with Boeing.
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.