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Air Force News
GAO: KC-46 Tanker Program Faces Further Delays
The Air Force’s KC-46 tanker program is likely to face major delays unless risks are mitigated, the Government Accountability Office warned in a report released April 18.
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Air Force News
Air Force Noncommittal on Next-Gen Communication Satellites
It will be at least another year before the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center will be talking publicly about what comes next for its protected communications satellites.
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Space
Coast Guard to Receive Polar Satellites Under Responsive Space Initiative
The Coast Guard will receive two small satellites this summer that will assist it in search-and-rescue missions in remote polar regions.
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Space
DARPA Kicks Off Responsive Launch Challenge
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced a grand challenge that will ask competitors to rapidly launch small payloads on “extremely short notice,” then turn around and repeat the process days later.
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Space
U.S. to Manage Congested Space Domain with Policy, Space Fence Technology
With space debris, thousands of small satellites scheduled for launch in the coming years, and more spacefaring countries than ever, the U.S. government is sorting out how to manage traffic and avoid accidents in a domain it relies on for commerce and security.
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Emerging Technologies
Pentagon Will Move ‘Aggressively’ to Pursue Hypersonic Weapons
Whether or not claims made by President Vladimir Putin that Russia has a hypersonic weapon capable of flying at Mach 10 for 2,000 kilometers are true,...
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Air Force News
Air Force Reorganizes Space and Missile Systems Center to Speed Up Acquisitions
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced April 17 a reorganization of the service’s Los Angeles-based Space and Missile Systems Center, a move she said would pave the way for faster acquisitions of space assets.
National Defense Columnists
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING INSIGHTS
By Kevin T. Barnett, Bryan Byrd, Jason Workmaster and Ryan Burnette
National Defense Contributors
Viewpoint
By Tim Belski, Lt. Col. Matthew Clark and Hannah Feldman
National Defense Podcasts
APRIL 2018
355: Is the Navy Shipbuilding Vision Real or a Mirage?
Our April 2018 podcast focuses on the Defense Department’s push to build a 355-ship Navy, an anticipated rise in hypersonics funding and the Army’s work to develop autonomous convoys.