June 24, 2019 DoD’s SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch to host AFIT’s Space Object Self-Tracker WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Space Object Self-Tracker flight experiment is set to launch on the Department of Defense’s first SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on June 24 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The SOS is a self-sufficient, low-cost,
June 21, 2019 (VIDEO) B-52 continues “mothership” role during hypersonic test In a scene reminiscent of the old days of a B-52 mothership carrying an X-15 underneath a wing, the 419th Flight Test Squadron successfully conducted the first flight test of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 12.
June 21, 2019 Air Force Research Laboratory prepares DSX spacecraft for launch KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Air Force Research Laboratory engineers have completed the final assembly and integration of the Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft in preparation for its placement on the first-ever Department of Defense SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle.The DOD
June 21, 2019 Green Propellant Infusion Mission to test AFRL-developed green propellant EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, CA – NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, along with co-investigators, including the Air Force Research Laboratory, Ball Aerospace, SpaceX, the Space and Missile Systems Center, and Aerojet, are scheduled to launch Ball’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM)
June 21, 2019 Views from the fishbowl: getting to know the new AFMC commander The first thing that Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr. placed on his desk when he arrived at the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters was not a nameplate, laptop or a to-do list for his first few days in office.Rather, it was a clear glass fishbowl containing a single orange goldfish with wide eyes
June 18, 2019 Auto GCAS team presented with Collier Trophy The 416th and 461st Flight Test Squadrons along with Lockheed-Martin, the F-35 Joint Program Office, NASA and the Defense Safety Oversight Council received the prestigious 2018 Robert J. Collier Trophy, June 13, 2019, for the development and testing of the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance
June 17, 2019 KC-46 completes testing with Super Galaxy The U.S. Air Force’s newest air refueling aircraft, the KC-46A Pegasus, is undergoing a variety of tests out of Edwards Air Force Base, California.
June 17, 2019 Simulators Division seeking proposals from small businesses WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In an effort to advance and improve Air Force simulators, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Simulators Division is seeking proposals from small businesses.The division is asking small businesses to “pitch” how they can help the Air Force in certain
June 17, 2019 New course aims to transform Air Force acquisition WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Improving the integration between the Air Force acquisition community and members of the operational community is one of the goals of the Air Force Materiel Command-sponsored Advanced Acquisition Course, the inaugural cohort for which is scheduled to start in
June 17, 2019 AFRL XQ-58A UAV completes second successful flight WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator, a low-cost unmanned air vehicle, successfully completed all test objectives during a 71-minute flight on June 11, 2019, at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona.The test marked the second successful flight for the aircraft this year.