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  • 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

  • SMC's Remote Sensing Systems Acquisition Successes

    The Remote Sensing Systems Directorate, at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, is responsible for the acquisition activities for DoD's Space-Based Remote Sensing needs to include the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile-warning system, Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

  • The new Remote Sensing Systems Directorate is activated

    The Space and Missile Systems Center announced the activation of a new organization, the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate.  The new directorate combines the Infrared Space Systems and Defense Weather Systems Directorates to create synergies by leveraging the diverse capability portfolios. The

  • AFAF Campaign Kicks Off

    This year's Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicked off March 23 and runs for six weeks. The annual fund drive benefits four official Air Force charities - the Air Force Aid Society, Air Force Village Foundation, Air Force Enlisted Village, and the General and Mrs. Curtis LeMay Foundation."These