Air Force
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UncategorizedU.S. Space Force Systems ‘Can’t Afford to Be Overly Redundant’ With NRO’s, Saltzman Says
U.S. Space Force will need to limit duplication of Space Force systems with those of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Lt Gen. B. Chance “Salty” Saltzman, the Space Force’s chief […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Conducts Flight Test On Prototype Missile
Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed a third captive flight test of an unnamed internally funded air-launched prototype missile development series last month, the company said on July 25. The test occurred […]
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Navy/USMCPratt & Whitney Wins $4.4 Billion Contract For F-35 Engines, Components
The Navy awarded Raytheon Technologies’ Pratt & Whitney [RTX] an undefinitized contract modification worth up to $4.385 billion on June 14 for almost 180 F-35 engines. The award adds scope […]
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Navy/USMCBell-Boeing Nabs $1.6 Billion Osprey Logistics Contract
The Navy awarded the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] Joint Program Office a $1.6 billion logistics requirements contract on Jan. 6 that covers the repair, replacement, required availability, configuration management, and inventory […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Names Rolls Royce as Choice for B-52 Re-Engining
The U.S. Air Force on Sept. 24 awarded Rolls Royce a contract worth potentially $2.6 billion through fiscal 2038 for the re-engining of the Boeing [BA] B-52 bomber with the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Leaders Underscore Need To Change Now
Air Force leaders on Monday talked about the need for the service’s capabilities to change and adapt in the face of a modernizing China, especially the need to spend money […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Nabs $2 Billion F-35 Logistics Contract
The Defense Department awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $2.014 billion contract definition award on Sept. 13 to provide logistics support for domestic and international customers of the F-35 Joint Strike […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Nabs $1.8 Billion Award For More F-35 Logistics Support
Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a not-to-exceed $1.8 billion undefinitized contract action (UCA) on June 30 to procure recurring logistics services for delivered F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. […]
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Air ForceBETA’s eVTOL Receives First Air Force Airworthiness Approval for Human Flight in Electric Aircraft
After a year of testing, BETA Technologies‘ electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, ALIA, has received the first airworthiness approval for manned flight in an electric aircraft from the […]
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Unmanned SystemsJCO Completes First C-sUAS Demonstration
The Defense Department’s Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) tested counter-small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) from Aurora Flight Sciences, ELTA North America, and XTEND during its first semi-annual demonstration […]