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  • New SBIRS ground system celebrates final development capstone

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and the 460th Space Wing announced the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate completion of the Space-Based Infrared System's Block 10 Integrated Test and Evaluation (IT&E) Readiness Soak.  This is the final Block 10 Increment 2 system test

  • USSTRATCOM commander visits SMC

    U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, met with Space and Missile Systems Center Airmen and civilian personnel during a visit to Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California Jan. 20. Haney was welcomed to SMC by Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, SMC commander and Air Force

  • OPIR Battlespace Awareness Center's Initial Testing Successful

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and the 460th Space Wing Are proud to announce the initiation of 24/7 operations and Integrated Broadcast System messaging of Battlespace Awareness events in the newly stood up Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness

  • New SBIRS Full Constellation testing going well

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and the 460th Space Wing have confirmed the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate's ongoing success of the Space-Based Infrared System's Block 10 Integrated Test and Evaluation (IT&E) Readiness comprehensive evaluation.  Beginning Jan. 5, the

  • Security Forces practices and teaches active shooter scenario

    A series of coordinated attacks by terrorist extremists strikes the citizens of Paris, killing 130. A hotel siege in Mali by two men armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles and explosives claims 20 more in another jihadi attack. A shootout between two groups disrupts a neighborhood block party in New

  • Air Force Awards Two Rocket Propulsion System Prototype OTAs

    Today the Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the first two Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) for shared public-private investments in Rocket Propulsion System (RPS) prototypes to SpaceX for development testing of the Raptor upper stage engine and Orbital ATK for development of the Common

  • SMC "brat" makes guest star appearance on ABC-TV's "Modern Family"

    The siren call of Hollywood as the entertainment capital of the world and its images of fame, fortune and celebrityhood have lured many to try and "Make it Big in Tinsletown."Although many have had their dreams dashed, a few who once served in the Air Force have gone on to notable careers, such as

  • SMC strengthens community relations

    Mayor Suzanne Fuentes of El Segundo recently met with Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, Space and Missile Systems Center commander and Air Force program executive officer for space, Maj. Gen. Robert McMurry, SMC vice commander, Thomas Fitzgerald, acting executive director, Col. Donna Turner, 61st Air Base

 

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