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  • GPS III Launch Services Draft Request for Proposal Released

    The Air Force released a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for GPS III Launch Services, May 13. The launch service includes launch vehicle production, mission integration and launch operations.This draft RFP marks a milestone in the Air Force's ongoing efforts to reintroduce competition into the

  • SBIRS HEO-3 Is On Orbit

    The Air Force has successfully completed the on-orbit checkout of the third Space Based Infrared System sensor operating in a highly elliptical orbit (HEO-3) over the northern hemisphere. HEO-3 was launched in 2014 on a host satellite. HEO-3 is the first major delivery from the SBIRS Follow-on

  • SMC and SpaceX Formally Amend CRADA

    The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) have formally amended the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between the two organizations for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Certification of the Falcon 9

  • New SBIRS Ground System Moves into Evaluation Phase

    Recently, the Space and Missile Systems Center announced the successful completion of the Capability Integration (CI) phase and transition into the Capability Evaluation (CE) phase for its new Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) ground system, which is currently in development.  Completion of CI

  • SMC awards 7.8 million dollar contract to Georgia Tech Research Institute

    Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, has been awarded a $7,857,568.00 contract, for combustion stability modeling and design tool development. This contract provides for the development of a suite of software-based design tools for predicting and analyzing stability characteristics of

  • 60 Minutes Goes Behind the Scenes at SMC

    CBS/60 Minutes correspondent Dave Martin interviews Brig. Gen. Bill Cooley, director of the GPS directorate for the Space and Missile Systems Center. While in Los Angeles, 60 minutes also toured the Boeing facility where the GPS satellites are built.

  • SMC Commander Highlights Developments at 2015 Space Symposium

    Lt. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves, commander of the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center, spoke at the 2015 Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Apr. 16.  He highlighted how space is essential to the warfighter capability; how space is changing, and how SMC must change; launch competition

  • Rapid Innovation Fund Award to the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate

    The Space and Missile Systems Center Remote Sensing Systems Directorate was recently selected for a Rapid Innovation Fund award of $3 million to support Space Based Infrared System data exploitation innovations.  This award will be used to fund the Architecture for Real-time Overhead Persistent

  • Earth Day at Los Angeles Air Force Base

    Air Force Colonel Donna Turner, commander of the 61st Air Base Group at Los Angeles Air Force Base, and members of the 61st Civil Engineering and Logistics Squadron participate in a tree-planting ceremony to kick off the Earth Day celebration on April 21.  

  • Home Cooking Club at the Youth Center

    Colonel Donna Turner, 61st Air Base Group commander, and Master Sgt. Zachary Pate, 61st ABG First Sergeant, participate with base housing children in the Home Cooking Club at the Youth Center at Fort MacArthur on April 16. The 61st Force Support Squadron offers a variety of activities throughout the

 

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