Air Force
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SpaceSaltzman Wants NASA’s Help For Cislunar Space Domain Awareness
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman wants to collaborate with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, a billionaire and commercial astronaut, on common mission areas, such as cislunar space domain awareness. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAs DAF Considers Future Communications Architecture, SDA Stays Focused On Supplier Diversity
As the Department of the Air Force (DAF) considers a future sensor-to-shooter communications architecture that may reserve a key spot for SpaceX, the Space Development Agency (SDA) intends to stick […]
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SpaceMeink And Duffey Determining Path Forward For GPS Ground System
Pentagon leaders, including Defense Department acquisition chief Michael Duffey, are weighing options for the future GPS ground system–options that include a cancellation of the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System […]
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SpaceSpaceX Awarded Task Order For SDA-4 Mission
SpaceX has received a more than $178 million task order from U.S. Space Force’s Systems Command (SSC) for two National Security Space Launch Phase 3, Lane 1 launches from Cape […]
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Air ForceDOT&E Advises Completion Of Adequate Testing For Large Penetrator Smart Fuze
The Air Force needs to complete adequate testing of the Large Penetrator Smart Fuze (LPSF) for the GBU-57 A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), according to the fiscal 2025 Director of […]
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SpaceAir Force Awards BlackSky $99 Million To Large Aperture Optical Payload For Space-Based Imaging
BlackSky Technology [BKSY] on Tuesday said a $99 million contract it received from the Air Force Research Laboratory in early March will accelerate the design and development of a large […]
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Air ForceMore Than $1 Billion Capacity Investment Will Help Boost F135 Production, Pratt & Whitney Says
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney said that it has spent more than $1 billion in the last five years to boost engine production–an investment that may come in handy, as […]
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Air ForceStrikes On AWACS And KC-135s At Prince Sultan Put Spotlight On Base Defense
Last July at the inaugural LANDEURO conference in Wiesebaden, Germany, Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, now the commander of Ukraine’s unmanned forces, told the audience that he had recently visited a NATO […]
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Air ForceTo Help Meet USAF Demand, PBS Aerospace Plans To More Than Double Small Turbojet Engine Capacity
PBS Aerospace, the U.S. subsidiary of the Czech-based PBS Group, plans to increase its production capacity for turbojet engines from 2,000 this year to 5,000 next year at its Roswell, […]
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Air ForcePrototype, Modular Silo For Sentinel To Aid Construction “At Scale”
Testing of Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] and Bechtel‘s prototype missile silo for the U.S. Air Force LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM is to demonstrate a modular design that the service and industry […]