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  • US AIR FORCE SPACE PITCH DAY

    The Air Force Space Pitch Day is an "invitation only" two-day event that features esteemed keynotes, expert panels, innovative startup pitches, a dynamic expo floor of up to 60 booths and the potential for Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) Phase II awards tor small businesses focused on:

  • Boosting Space Situational Awareness: SMC Awards SBIR Phase 2 Contract

    The Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center's (SMC) Directorate of Special Programs (DirSP) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2 contract to Bluestaq LLC who will develop the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Marketplace program under the auspices of AFWERX.AFWERX was

  • GPS III SV 2 ready to launch aboard Delta IV from CCAFS

    The Air Force’s newest Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, Space Vehicle 02 (SV02) is ready for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37The Lockheed Martin GPS III SV02 is set to launch  Aug. 22 aboard an United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket. The

  • Air Force officer’s career is out of this world

    Lighting up the pre-dawn skies over Florida’s Space Coast, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket, carrying the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF)-5 satellite for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, lifted off from Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force

  • AEHF-5 Ready for Launch

    The Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite, the culmination of a prominent acquisition effort championed by the nation’s launch and satellite procurer of choice, the USAF Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), completed it’s roll out to Space Launch Complex-41 launch

  • A Day of Celebration for SMC Families

    61st Air Base Group and Space and Missile Systems Center  families and civilian employees gathered on July 24 at Los Angeles Air Force Base to celebrate the importance of family members and to showcase what SMC does.     For approximately four hours, bounce houses for kids, SMC Heritage Center