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Marc Selinger
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Air ForceVance Air Force Base Resumes T-6A Flights
Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma resumed flying its T-6A Texan II trainer planes Dec. 5 after grounding the turboprops for nearly three weeks due to recent physiological events. While […]
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Air ForceAT&L Moves Oversight Of GPS III Satellites, KC-46A Tanker To Air Force
Decision-making authority for several major U.S. Air Force programs, including the Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite constellation and the KC-46A tanker, shifted from the Pentagon’s acquisition chief to the […]
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PentagonContinuing Resolutions Slowing Munitions Buys, DoD Official Says
The lack of a fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations act is delaying Pentagon plans to boost production rates for heavily used munitions, a Department of Defense official said Dec. 7. […]
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BudgetContinuing Resolutions Slowing Munitions Buys, DoD Official Says
The lack of a fiscal year 2018 defense appropriations act is delaying Pentagon plans to boost production rates for heavily used munitions, a Department of Defense official said Dec. 7. […]
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CongressWebb Telescope’s Launch Slips To 2019
The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, which was scheduled for October 2018, will be delayed five to eight months because integration and testing are taking longer than expected, a […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s First KC-46A Tanker Takes First Flight
Boeing [BA] has begun flight-testing the first KC-46A Pegasus refueling plane that it plans to deliver to the U.S. Air Force, the company announced late Dec. 5. During the tanker’s […]
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Unmanned SystemsSOFWERX To Host Counter-Drone Demo
SOFWERX, a Florida-based experimentation hub created by the nonprofit Doolittle Institute and U.S. Special Operations Command, plans to host a series of demonstrations next year to assess technology that industry […]
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Air ForceNew Missile-Warning Satellites Must Be Easier To Defend Than Current Ones, General Says
The U.S. Air Force should make its next generation of missile-warning satellites easier to defend than the existing spacecraft due to growing threats from potential enemies, according to the head […]
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Budget
House Appropriations Chair Proposes Short-Term Continuing Resolution
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, has introduced a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government running until Dec. 22. The CR is intended to […]
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UncategorizedNASA, NOAA Launch JPSS-1 Weather Satellite On ULA Rocket
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have launched the first of four Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites, which are designed to provide more accurate weather forecasts […]