Author Archive
Audrey Decker
Staff Writer
Contracts
'You can’t hide': Spy agency will have 100 new sats on orbit by year's end
Persistent imagery is key for future intel-gathering, NRO director says.
- By Audrey Decker
Podcasts
WT 360: Defense One’s Audrey Decker on Boeing’s direction and Air Force, Space Force priorities
Audrey Decker from our partner publication Defense One explains the ongoing turmoil in Boeing’s government business, along with what’s important these days for the Air Force and Space Force customers she covers.
- By Audrey Decker and Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Mission systems sold separately: Air Force debuts ‘next-gen acquisition model’
Service says buying planes’ brains separately will help integrate the entire force.
- By Audrey Decker
Contracts
Air Force picks homes for expeditionary ‘Air Task Forces’
The new deployment model will get its first real-world test next year.
- By Audrey Decker
Companies
RTX moves away from competing as a prime for space contracts
RTX's soon-to-be CEO tells investors the company will turn its focus to "the key components that go in the prime satellites and buses.”
- By Audrey Decker
Contracts
AFWERX’s private-sector collab program abruptly closes up shop
The program sent military personnel to spend time at tech firms.
- By Audrey Decker
Contracts
Industry needs to stop ‘whining’ about supply chain, space acquisition official says
Frank Calvelli also blasted industry’s practice of low-bidding contracts.
- By Audrey Decker
Companies
How X-Bow plans to break the current rocket motor ‘duopoly’
The New Mexico-based startup aims to have its first production line up and running in a few months.
- By Audrey Decker
Companies
L3Harris rejects fears it will deny Aerojet rockets to competitors
With the transaction now green-lighted for closure, L3Harris' chief executive describes to investors how the company will work as a merchant supplier of solid rocket motors across the defense industry.
- By Audrey Decker