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  • SMC's Cost Centralization Team earns high honors

    A team from the Space and Missile Systems Center's Financial Management and Comptroller Directorate was recently recognized for saving over $76 million in budgeted Air Force funding through their cost centralization initiatives.SMC/FM's Cost Centralization Team earned a Special Acts and Services

  • SMC leadership team prepares for a dynamic future

    Twenty-three principal leaders and directors from across Space and Missile Systems Center along with senior executives from The Aerospace Corporation and Mitre gathered for an off-site conference April 1 at the Fort MacArthur Community Center in San Pedro, Calif. The purpose of the off-site was to

  • SMC commander enlists Delayed Entry recruits at NASCAR race

    In front of a National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing crowd,  Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, SMC commander and Air Force program executive office for space, administered the oath of enlistment for Air Force Delayed Entry recruits during a racing event at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, March

  • The evolution of GPS: From Desert Storm to today's users

    In a desert, it's easy to get lost.There are no roads, no signposts, nor vegetation to give you a clue as to where you are. That was the grim situation facing U.S. and coalition forces during the 1990-1991 crisis in the Persian Gulf, known as Desert Shield/Desert Storm.Sometimes called "the first

  • "Masters of Space" keep GPS constellation grounded and on time

    On the high plains of El Paso County, Colorado in the shadow of Pike's Peak, a group of twenty-somethings hold the technological fate of the world in their hands. Just a few years out of high school or freshly minted from college, these individuals share a common bond of responsibility in

  • Air Force Awards Final Rocket Propulsion System Prototype OTAs

    Today the Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the final Other Transaction Agreements for shared public-private investments in Rocket Propulsion System prototypes.  One award is to Aerojet Rocketdyne for development of the AR1 rocket propulsion system.  The initial government investment is

  • Goo, giggles and sugar encourage students to pursue STEM careers

    Thirty-seven Space and Missile Systems Center volunteers gathered at Center Street Elementary School Feb. 3 to participate in the school's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Family Night.At least 13 SMC organizations were represented within the pool of volunteers.  Approximately 800

  • Final GPS IIF satellite joins constellation

    The 50th Space Wing accepted satellite control authority of the final Global Positioning System GPS IIF satellite from the GPS Directorate during a ceremony held Feb. 12 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.Following its launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Feb. 5, operators from

 

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