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Lockheed Martin is helping the Air Force Research Lab develop and mature high energy laser weapon systems, including the high energy laser pictured in this rendering. (Air Force Research Lab)

Lockheed delivers airborne laser LANCE to Air Force Research Lab

WASHINGTON: Lockheed Martin today revealed that it delivered a compact directed energy weapon to the...
Space Systems Command (SSC) officials and other agencies involved in Space Domain Awareness (SDA) will meet with traditional and non-traditional space industry professionals July 28th in Colorado Springs to exchange ideas and methods to execute SDA missions at the next SSC Industry Day. To register, visit the SSC Front Door webpage.

Space Systems Command’s next Industry Day to highlight Space Domain Awareness (SDA)

Space Systems Command (SSC) officials and other agencies involved in Space Domain Awareness (SDA)...

Ask-Me-Anything sessions set to demystify Spark Tank process

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- In an effort to demystify the Spark Tank process for Air...
Artist illustration GETTY / MAX DANNENBAUM

Space Runs on Open Source Software. The US Air Force Is Fine With That

Open source software has a mixed reputation for security, yet it drives commercial space enterprises...
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCU) LED UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTER (UARC)

Historically Black Colleges And Universities (Hbcu) Led University Affiliated Research Center (Uarc)

‘Tactical Autonomy’ is defined as autonomous systems acting with delegated and bounded authority of...
U.S. Space Force Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, chief of space operations, speaks at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. Credit: U.S. Air Force

Space Force to establish intelligence unit at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

The National Space Intelligence Center will be run by a new Space Force unit, Space Delta 18...
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