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PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) July 14, 2025 : The U.S. Space Force’s Space Operations Command accepted a modernized operating system for Global Positioning System, which is designed to maintain resiliency of the constellation and improve positioning, navigation and timing services to meet user demand now and in the future.
The GPS Next Generation Operational Control System upgrade is one of several current Space Systems Command acquisition programs, which, in aggregate, will deliver numerous modernized GPS III enterprise capabilities. The other programs include the GPS III/IIIF satellite vehicles and Military GPS User Equipment. These modernized enhancements will enable improved signal access in electronically impeded environments; improved ability to detect failures; improved position and time transfer accuracy; and improved capability ensuring integrity and uninterrupted availability of the military code.
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U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs conducts a cold-gas launch of a conventional hypersonic missile on the path to Navy fielding in Cape Canaveral, Fla. This test informs the Navy fielding approach for the Conventional Prompt Strike offensive hypersonic capability, as well as the continued development and production of the common hypersonic missile that is being developed in partnership with the Army.
PENTAGON, (May 2, 2025): The Defense Department conducted a successful flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
The test marked the first launch of the Conventional Prompt Strike capability, using the Navy's cold-gas launch approach that will be used in Navy sea-based platform hypersonics.
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PENTAGON, (April 24, 2025): Official reslease - The U.S. Army announced "Dark Eagle" as the popular name for the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon following the system's successful end-to-end flight test of the common All-Up Round last December.
Part of the name pays tribute to the eagle — a master hunter known for its speed, stealth and agility — due to the LRHW's combination of velocity, accuracy, maneuverability, survivability and versatility. In addition, the bald eagle — our national bird — represents independence, strength and freedom.
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President Donald J. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brief reporters at the White House, March 21, 2025.
PENTAGON, (March 21, 2025): During a press conference at the White House today, President Donald J. Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Air Force would proceed with the production of the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter jet platform.
Intended to eventually replace the Air Force's fleet of F-22 Raptors, the NGAD platform is a network-connected family of systems — including a stealth fighter jet component, drone technology and others — that simultaneously interact to ensure air superiority.
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EXECUTIVE ORDER, (January 27, 2025): By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including my authority as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is hereby ordered:
Section 1. Purpose. The threat of attack by ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles, and other advanced aerial attacks, remains the most catastrophic threat facing the United States.