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KBR awarded $176M contract to Air Force Maui Supercomputing Site at Haleakalā
KBR announced today it has been awarded a $176M cost plus fixed-fee, indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to provide operations and equipment maintenance support to the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (AMOS), on Maui. The single award Advanced Space Technology Research and Optimization (ASTRO) contract has a […]
Air Force proposes facility consisting of up to seven telescopes at Haleakalā on Maui
The proposed facility would consist of up to seven telescopes enclosed in domes that would be constructed on a developed site adjacent to the Haleakalā Observatory and the 15th Space Surveillance Squadron Maui Space Surveillance Complex.
DOD’s largest telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui gets mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness
Located on the summit of the 10,023-foot volcano Haleakalā, the telescope is part of a series of telescopes called the Maui Space Surveillance System, which the US Space Force uses for space domain awareness, or SDA, recognizing space as a priority domain for advancing national security.
Hawai‘i Congressman Kahele Visits Space Force Members at Maui Research Site
US Congressman Kai Kahele and his Deputy Chief of Staff Ikaika Māhoe, took part in a visit to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Maui Research and Technology Park on March 19.
US Space Force Guardians on Maui Among First Inducted in Hawai‘i
As the nation’s new branch under the Department of Defense, the Space Force was stood up Dec. 20, 2019. Although Detachment 15 is a small unit, the work accomplished on Haleakalā Summit is critical to US space domain awareness, and to providing a strategic advantage in space.
