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UND, Northern Plains UAS Test Site awarded Air Force contracts [Grand Forks Herald] Dec. 13—The United States Air Force has awarded four contracts to UND and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site to help develop unmanned aerial systems. The Air Force awarded the contracts under its Agility Prime initiative, the goal of which is to develop small, agile and low-cost unmanned aerial systems to support basic Air Force missions. NPUASTS, UND and the UND Aerospace Foundation were awarded contracts to d...

The effort was made in the first of a three-phase program. 8:00 am, Dec. 13, 2020 × Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.Submitted photo The United States Air Force has awarded four contracts to UND and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site to help develop unmanned aerial systems. The Air Force awarded the contracts under its Agility Prime initiative, the goal of which is to develop small, agile and low-cost unmanned aerial systems to support basic Air Force missions. NPUASTS, UND and the UND Aerospa...

By   Theresa Hitchens on December 10, 2020 at 4:41 PM Will Roper WASHINGTON: The Air Force hopes to persuade skeptical lawmakers to accept its space acquisition reform plans, promising increased transparency in exchange for more budgetary freedom. Senior officials are engaging with defense appropriators as they near the end game on the 2021 defense spending bill, Shawn Barnes, deputy assistant secretary for space acquisitions and integration, said today. Both sides of Capitol Hill have stomp...

Announcing the final agenda for TC Sessions: Space 2020 TC Sessions: Space is happening this December 16 and 17 — our first-ever dedicated space event. This is a live, virtual two-day conference featuring the most important people in the space industry, across public, private and defense. We’re thrilled to be hosting NASA’s head of the Human Spaceflight Office Kathryn Lueders, Rocket Lab CEO and founder Peter Beck, U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations General Jay Raymond, Lockheed M...