MILITARY SPACE

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Space station project seeks to crystallize the means to counteract nerve poisons
Jul 18, 2017 (SPX)
"With increasing worldwide concern about the use of chemical weapons, there is significant interest in developing better counteragents," said David A. Jett, Ph....
US Space Corps: Why the Idea of Battling China and Russia in Space is So Flawed
Jul 18, 2017 (Sputnik)
"National security space can no longer be treated as a pay-for," Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's strategic forces su...
US lawmakers advance 'Space Corps' plans
Jul 14, 2017 (AFP)
The space force measure has met stiff resistance from the Trump administration, which says there's no need to establish another tier of military bureaucracy. Bu...
45th Space Wing cuts into a new era of space exploration
Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)
The $485,000 yearlong project created a state-of-the-art communications hub used for the Department of Defense's human spaceflight support missions from the SOC...
Aerospace policy paper examines Outer Space Treaty
Jul 03, 2017 (SPX)
The analysis by Dr. James Vedda, senior policy analyst at Aerospace, examines the treaty provisions that may affect space commerce and highlights both possibili...
Russian Soyuz Rocket Puts Military Satellite Into Earth's Orbit
Jun 26, 2017 (Sputnik)
A Russian Soyuz rocket has successfully taken a military satellite to the Earth's orbit after blasting off earlier on Friday from the Plesetsk space port in nor...
New Satellite Gives India the Edge Along the Border
Jun 26, 2017 (Sputnik)
The 712-kg Cartosat-2 series satellite has the highest ever resolution in panchromatic and multi-spectral cameras used for capturing targets on the ground at le...
Air Force Stands Up New Headquarters Space Directorate
Jun 21, 2017 (AFNS)
"This is the next step in our effort to integrate, normalize and elevate space operations in the Air Force," said Wilson. "The United States is dependent on spa...
USAF Secretary Heather Wilson determined to stay ahead in Military Space
Jun 20, 2017 (SPX)
"Innovation doesn't always come from something the government sets out," she said at Air Force Association event in Washington. "It comes from your laboratories...
An inside look at how the FY18 DoD budget request affects miltiary space
Jun 20, 2017 (SPX)
The Trump administration released its request last week for $1.15 trillion in federal funding for the 2018 fiscal year. While the administration has touted the ...
US Air Force Awards Engility $42Mln for Spacecraft Quality Control
Jun 20, 2017 (Sputnik)
"Engility will provide technical analysis and risk assessments in a variety of areas such as reviewing and verifying space systems, ground systems and launch sy...
2 SOPS bids farewell to ageing satellite
Jun 16, 2017 (AFNS)
The process took several days, and each day focused on a different aspect of the disposal, such as putting the vehicle into a spin-stabilized configuration, fir...
Oldest AF Satellite Control Network welcomes new commander
Jun 16, 2017 (AFNS)
Maj. Edmond Chan assumed command of the detachment from Maj. Robert F. Shumaker. Lt. Col. Phillip Verroco, 21st Space Operations Squadron commander, presided ov...
Secretary of the Air Force's first visit emphasizes space and cyber
May 29, 2017 (SPX)
Wilson visited the 21st Space Wing, 302nd Airlift Wing, and North American Aerospace Defense Command/U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, and the 5...
Russia's Next-Gen Military Satellite Launched Atop Soyuz-2.1b Carrier - MoD
May 26, 2017 (Sputnik)
The spacecraft was sent from pad 4 of Plesetsk's Site 43 at 06:34 GMT. "The Aerospace Forces' Space Forces combat crew successfully implemented the launch of 'S...
Defense Officials Describe Priorities for Operating in Contested Space Domain
May 24, 2017 (AFNS)
Air Force Gen. John Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command and Air Force Lt. Gen. David Buck, commander of the Joint Functional Component-Space for the U...
Senior leaders discuss US space posture
May 19, 2017 (AFNS)
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, Gen. John Raymond, the Air Force Space Command commander and Lt. Gen. Samue...
45th Space Wing enables nation's space mission
May 19, 2017 (AFNS)
As the need for space lift grows globally, partnerships between the Air Force, other government agencies and the commercial space industry are enhancing the 45t...
Pentagon Space Programs Continue to Suffer Long Delays, Huge Cost Overruns
May 18, 2017 (Sputnik)
"Costs for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite program grew 118 percent and its first satellite was launched more than 3.5 years late," the report s...
US Hypersonic Aircraft Will Not Catch Russia Flat-Footed
May 18, 2017 (Sputnik)
The all-new Voronezh-class radar stations are able to spot and track America's hypersonic aircraft designed to bypass Russia's missile warning system. Until ver...
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