The Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., has issued a final request for proposals for the Transformational Satellite Communications System space segment. The contract could be worth up to $15 billion. Teams led by Boeing and Lockheed Martin have been vying for TSAT, both successfully completing system design reviews earlier this year. The Air Force expects to launch the first TSAT spacecraft in 2016. Congress withheld some TSAT funding last year, but they seem inclined this year to support the Administration request.
Wilsbach on Key Takeaway from Pacific ABMS Onramp
Oct. 27, 2020
Real-time, highly-detailed airfield status around the Pacific theater was one of the standout features of the Valiant Shield/Advanced Battle Management experiment run in September, Pacific Air Forces chief Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach reported at an AFA Mitchell Institute streaming event Oct. 27. It's the single feature he would most want…