Air Force
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Working Over $3.5 Billion In Hypersonic Programs; Northrop, Raytheon Playing Too
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has more than $3.5 billion worth of business it has captured in hypersonic weapons, with a lot of the development work expected to move into the prototype […]
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Air ForceBoeing Triggers Nuclear Option, Walks Away From ‘Unfair’ ICBM Competition
Citing “unfair” competition from a rival with a captive solid rocket motor business, Boeing Co. [BA] this week walked away from a potentially $25 billion Air Force contract to build […]
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Air ForceAir Force Vice Chief of Staff: First Flight of B-21 Expected Around Late 2021
The Air Force is currently expecting to see first flight of the B-21 next-generation bomber around December 2021, the service’s number-two military official revealed July 24. Speaking at an Air […]
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Air ForceAir Force Pilots Conduct First Flight of New Combat Rescue Helicopter
Air Force pilots conducted their first flight of the Sikorsky [LMT] HH-60W, slated to be the service’s new combat rescue helicopter to replace the aging HH-60G Pave Hawks. The 413th […]
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SpaceULA CEO: Component Issues that Delayed Summer Launches Won’t Affect Vulcan Rocket
A component issue that has prompted delays of two scheduled launches this summer aboard United Launch Alliance (ULA) rockets will not translate over to the joint venture’s forthcoming space vehicle, […]
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SpaceExpected ULA Launch of Second GPS III Satellite Delayed
The scheduled launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the Air Force’s second GPS III satellite has been delayed until the end of August due to […]
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InternationalTrump Indicates Turkey Will Not Receive F-35s as S-400 Deliveries Occur
After four days of silence from the U.S. government since Turkey first took delivery of the Russian-made S-400 weapon system, President Trump and his nominee for Secretary of Defense each […]
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International
Lawmakers Condemn Turkey’s S-400 Acquisition, Urge Consequences
House and Senate leaders of the armed services and foreign relations committees on July 12 urged swift action to counter Turkey’s acquisition of a Russian-made weapon system that the Defense […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Wins Contract to Provide New AESA Radars to B-52 Aircraft
Raytheon [RTN] has been selected to provide the new radar for the Air Force’s B-52 Stratofortress bomber, the company said July 11. The company will be contracted for a pre-Engineering, […]
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Air ForceWhite House ‘Strongly Objects’ to HASC NDAA Funding Cuts for F-15EX, Next-Gen Air Dominance
The White House critiqued the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) mark of the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act to be debated on the House floor this week, in […]