USAF awards massive launch service awards to rivals ULA and Space-X
Contracts for February 19, 2019 Release No: CR-032-19 AIR FORCE United Launch Services, Centennial, Colorado, has been awarded a $441,761,778 firm-fixed-price contract, for launch services to deliver the SILENTBARKER, SBIRS GEO-5, and SBIRS GEO-6 missions to their...
President Donald J. Trump Moves to Establish America’s Space Force
Issued by the White House on February 19, 2019 President Donald J. Trump’s Space Policy Directive-4 is a bold, strategic step toward guaranteeing American space dominance that sets the framework for establishing the United States Space Force. Space Policy Directive-4...
Industry Offerings Featured at IDEX 2019
Among the aerospace and defense companies touting their offerings at the International Defence Exhibition & Conference (IDEX) show held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre February 17-21, 2019 -- are AM General, BAE Systems, Cubic Global Defense, Damen...
DOD Statement on the President’s Declaration of a National Emergency on the Southern Border
DOD statement on the president's declaration of a national emergency on the southern border: The president has declared a national emergency on the southern border. The president invoked sections 12302, 284(b)(7), and 2808 of Title 10, U.S. Code, and requires the use...
Army Utilizing “Other Transaction Agreements” to Clear the Acquisition Chaos
Story by Maj. Douglas Halleaux Michigan National Guard 11 February 2019 UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania -- U.S. Army researchers and technology developers, together with peers from across the spectrum of government research, spent two days with researchers, scientists,...
Autonomy, Technology, and National Security: The Case for Reforming the Missile Technology Control Regime
Dr. Christopher Ashley Ford, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of International Security and NonproliferationHudson Institute - Washington, DC, February 12, 2019 Good morning, everyone — and thank you to the Hudson Institute for the chance to say a few words to all...
FLIR Systems to Acquire Endeavor Robotics, Expanding Unmanned Systems Portfolio
WILSONVILLE, Ore., February 11, 2019 – FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Endeavor Robotic Holdings, Inc., a leading developer of battle-tested, tactical unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for the global...
Boeing and Safran Announce New APU Joint Venture Name: Initium Aerospace
13 February 2019 CHICAGO and PARIS -- Boeing and Safran today announced the name of their 50-50 joint venture to design, build and service Auxiliary Power Units (APUs): Initium Aerospace. From its Latin roots, initium means 'the beginning' or 'to start.' This is what...
DHS Science & Technology (S&T): Working with NASA to Secure Drone Traffic
12 February 2019 In a couple of years, the number of drones in the U.S. national airspace is projected to grow to more than seven million. So many drones together in the air at once has the potential to create serious safety, efficiency and security issues if not...
Service Secretaries: “We have the tools that we need”
Following two years of top-line budget increases passed through Congress and appropriated on time and recent acquisition authorities, the top civilians of the Army, Navy, and Air Force all echoed similar sentiments that they have all the authorities and tools they...