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April 24, 2020
SBIRS GEO-5 Space Vehicle Enters Critical Thermal Vacuum Testing

The Space and Missile Systems Center’s next Space Based Infrared System satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) reached a major milestone on its the road to launch when Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) testing began on April 16 at Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Sunnyvale, California. SBIRS GEO-5 is a high-priority
April 23, 2020
Space Surveillance Telescope Sees First Light: through US & Australian Partnership

In partnership with the Australian Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) Program recently achieved “first light” on March 5, 2020, reaching a key milestone after it was moved from White Sands Missile Range, New
April 22, 2020
SMC Announces Annual Award Winners

The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) announced its outstanding military and civilian personnel for 2019, April 17.SMC cancelled the award banquet in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, however leadership still found a way to recognize the winners.“Like many
April 20, 2020
SMC’s Capt. Vowell wins USSF level 2020 Colonel James Jabara Airmanship Award

Capt. Benjamin Vowell from Space and Missile Systems Center Special Programs has been awarded the US Space Force 2020 Colonel James Jabara Airmanship Award as the top nominee, a first under the newly established United States Space Force. According to it's website, the Colonel James Jabara
April 10, 2020
Space and Missile Systems Center awards $35 million Space Test Program launch service contract

The U.S. Space Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP) Office at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico, part of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise, today awarded a $35 million task order to VOX Space, LLC of El Segundo, California, for the Space Test Program-S28
April 7, 2020
SMC reschedules GPS III-3 launch

The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has decided to reschedule the launch of GPS III SV03 (GPS III-3) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to minimize the potential of COVID-19 exposure to the launch crew and early-orbit operators.The current GPS constellation is
April 6, 2020
LA AFB Airman thwarts kidnapping attempt

First Lieutenant Jaime Torres, project manager for the Next Generation Missile Warning System at Los Angeles Air Force Base, didn’t waste any time intervening when he witnessed a woman in distress last October while driving to work.“I was driving in San Pedro when I noticed a woman pushing a
March 30, 2020
SMC awards $500 million contracts to Raytheon and L3 Technologies Inc.

The Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Raytheon Company – Space and Airborne Systems and L3 Technologies Inc. two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multi-award contracts with ceiling values of $500 million each, totaling $1 billion, for development and production of Protected Tactical
March 28, 2020
Contingency Operations Program and GPS III SV02 Receives Operational Acceptance from USSF

The Space and Missile Systems Center achieved a major Global Positioning System milestone on March 27 with the Contingency Operations (COps) program and GPS III Space Vehicle (SV) 02 receiving U.S. Space Force’s Operational Acceptance approval.COps is an upgrade to the current GPS Operational
March 28, 2020
SMC prepares GPS Next Generation OCX for Operations

On March 26, the U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center’s GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) program instructed Raytheon to replace the computer hardware in OCX prior to system delivery due to sale of IBM’s computer product line to a Chinese company.The Committee on

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