Aerospace Group:

Air Force

ACC Commander Looks Forward to Rapid CCA Fielding

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, July 11th, 2024

SHARE:

ACC Commander Looks Forward to Rapid CCA Fielding

U.S. Air Force Capt. Dustin Remmenga, 20th Attack Squadron pilot and executive assistant to the squadron commander, operates an MQ-9 Reaper simulator at Creech AFB, Nev. on Feb. 1 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the head of Air Combat Command (ACC) at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., said this week that he believes that the service will field Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) rapidly. "I see that we're gonna get Collaborative Combat Aircraft on the ramp pretty quick, and I think they're gonna be quicker than some of the manned platforms that we've experienced in the last few decades," he told a July 10 Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies' virtual…

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]