The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center handed control authority of the sixth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite to Space Operations Command in late October. Space Vehicle 6 completes the AEHF satellite constellation designed to provide military leaders and warfighters jam-resistant communications and command and control capabilities during a nuclear war.
Read More »Space and Missile Systems Center Delivers TDO-2 Multi-Manifest Smallsat
The Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch Enterprise Mission Manifest Office has handed over to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida a multi-manifest small satellite vehicle designed to work with the sixth Advanced Extremely High-Frequency satellite.
Read More »Space Force Transfers Control of AEHF-5 Satellite to Space Ops Command
The U.S. Space Force has handed over to the Space Operations Command the authority to control a communications satellite built by Lockheed Martin.
Read More »Report: Congress Seeks Consolidation of DoD Satcom Acquisition
Lawmakers are planning to consolidate the U.S. military’s communications acquisition, which could drop the Defense Information Systems Agency in favor of the U.S. Air Force‘s Space and Missile Systems Center, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes that Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) indicated a provision in the House draft of the 2016 …
Read More »