The Air Force has given Lockheed Martin a $996 million contract to produce a reentry vehicle (RV) for its new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile by Oct. 20, 2039.
Technology
Members of the Texas Air National Guard’s 147th Air Support Operations Squadron recently teamed up with Texas state agencies in Austin to try out a new technology that should help military and civilian first responders save lives faster in a natural disaster or humanitarian support ...
A month after revealing plans for prototype “Integrated Mission Deltas” to put operations and sustainment under one roof, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman announced the creation of corresponding acquisition units called “System Deltas.” The new organizations are part of Saltzman’s push to align ...
Space Force Guardians face a temporary ban on using generative artificial intelligence tools and large language models (LLM) for official purposes. The move, first reported by Bloomberg, was announced in a Sept. 29 memo from Lisa Costa, the Space Force’s Chief Technology and Innovation Officer. ...
The Air Force is adding ground and air test apparatus and developing new live-fly test ranges in anticipation of a more frequent and aggressive hypersonic test capacity, officials with the Air Force Test Center said.
Derek Tournear, director of the Space Development Agency, has made it his mission to spearhead innovation and change in the Pentagon’s approach to space acquisition. In a recent LinkedIn post, he doubled down on that commitment to "constructive disruption"—and pushed back on what he said ...
As the B-52 fleet prepares for new engines, radar, communications, and other tech upgrades, a team of test pilots and engineers at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. wants to make the aging bomber easier for crews to operate.
The Space Force wrapped up its largest-ever exercise focused on electromagnetic warfare, Black Skies 23-3, on Sept. 23, with more than 170 participants. Introduced last year, Black Skies is an electronic warfare-focused evolution of the Space Flag exercises. Organized by Space Training and Readiness Command, ...
The 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, launched a B-1B Lancer on Sept. 8 that received a slew of technology upgrades through a new program designed to modernize the aging bomber fleet much faster than usual.