July 19, 2024 AFGSC’s local business partnerships boost DAF technological capabilities, modernization efforts Another win for DAF & American small businesses! To date the partnership between AFGSC and local small businesses have secured contracts totaling $240 million of outside AFGSC funding for 70 modernization technologies from U.S. small businesses, with an additional $74.3 million in pending contracts.
June 11, 2024 GT-249 and 250 Test Launch Patching Ceremony Vandenberg Space Force Base held a patching ceremony following an ICBM launch.
June 6, 2024 Second Minuteman III test in week's time showcases readiness of U.S. ICBM fleet For the second time in a week, a joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen supported by Space Force Guardians launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile June 6, 2024, from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
April 17, 2024 SpaceWERX, Aerospace Corporation collaborate to guide technologies through the 'Valley of Death' SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force and a unique division within AFWERX, has partnered with the Aerospace Corporation to establish a cutting-edge “Technology Readiness Level”, or TRL, bootcamp lab in El Segundo, California.
March 21, 2024 DAF SELs testify on importance of caring for service members, families Leaders spoke on the link between Airmen and families' quality of life and military readiness and retention.
Oct. 24, 2023 First international CRADA between AFRL, Indian startups ignites strategic collaboration for USSF in space technologies In a historic achievement, scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, are leading the first non-domestic Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, or CRADA, between the U.S. Space Force and companies located outside the U.S. This signing marked the U.S. Space Force’s first
June 1, 2023 STC completes most rigorous capstone event yet featuring multi-domain assets The latest iteration of the Space Test Course, class 23-1, at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School recently completed their capstone exercise, the course’s most rigorous and comprehensive yet.
June 1, 2023 AFMC reaches one-year anniversary as Servicing Major Command for U.S. Space Force Air Force Materiel Command today recognized a year of fully providing Servicing Major Command support to Airmen supporting the U.S. Space Force.
March 27, 2023 Hack-A-Sat competition highlights on-orbit hacking The Department of the Air Force, or DAF, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and Space Systems Command, opened registration Feb. 22, 2023, for the qualification round of the fourth annual “Hack-A-Sat” competition, the world’s first satellite hacking contest hosted for
Sept. 19, 2022 Kendall draws direct connection to mission success, diverse, fulfilled, accomplished Total Force Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall addresses issues from personnel to recruiting and China during his keynote address at the annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference.