... and reports on the topic. Dr Swan graduated from the US Military Academy in 1968 and served 20 years in the US Air Force with a variety of R&D positions in the space arena. In 1988 he joined Motorola to lead the team responsible for the...
... for the Eastern Range in historic fashion,” said U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, commander of the 45th Space...21 statement. “This was a first for us at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and I can’t even begin to describe the excitement the...
... other writers with a life-long interest in the subject. This book is different in that its author is a former US Air Force space and missile officer and self-confessed ‘amateur space historian’. His experiences as a young lieutenant at Vandenberg...
... of the first dedicated small commercial launch vehicles was a horizontal air-launch system. The then Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus is a three ...protected during ferry operations In 1974, the US Air Force was studying options for making large missiles more...
...fuel run through a heat exchanger. The engine, called Sabre, is being developed by UK-based Reactions Engines. The US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), under a co-operative research and development agreement with Reaction Engines, is exploring technical...
... Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) was introduced by the US Air Force as a tool for military operations. The system used around 30... being recommended as a part of a Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) for the US and potentially ...