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Marc Selinger
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Air ForceAir Force’s X-37B Spaceplane To Launch Next Week
The U.S. Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office is making final preparations to launch the fifth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) on Sept. 7, the service said Aug. […]
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UncategorizedSenators Ask DoD How Budget Caps Could Harm Military
Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Armed Services Committee, have asked Defense Secretary James Mattis to explain how the […]
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SpaceDream Chaser Spaceplane Undergoes Captive-Carry Flight Test
The Dream Chaser reusable spaceplane, which Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) is developing to ship cargo to the International Space Station, has completed the first of two captive-carry flight tests that […]
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Air ForceLockheed Won’t Protest Air Force GBSD Contracts
Lockheed Martin [LMT], which recently lost a competition to mature designs for the U.S. Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), announced Aug. 30 that it has chosen not to challenge […]
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UncategorizedAir Force Lab Tests Radar Warning Receiver For New Combat Rescue Helicopter
The AN/APR-52 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), which is being developed to detect radar threats for the Air Force’s future HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter (CRH), has demonstrated its technological maturity in […]
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Air ForceMilitary Surveillance Aircraft To Aid Hurricane Harvey Operations
The U.S. military plans to deploy a mix of fixed-wing and rotary-wing surveillance aircraft to aid the search for victims of Hurricane Harvey, a National Guard official said Aug. 29. […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Eyes Improved Object Detection For Air Force Joint STARS
Northrop Grumman [NOC], the prime contractor for the U.S. Air Force’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS), is looking to improve the ability of the ground-surveillance aircraft […]
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Boeing, Northrop Win Air Force Contracts For New ICBM
Boeing [BA] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] have edged out Lockheed Martin [LMT] for contracts to mature designs for the Ground-based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the replacement for the Air Force’s aging, nuclear-armed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic […]
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Aerojet, Orbital Join Northrop Grumman’s GBSD Team
Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] and Orbital ATK [OA] both announced late Aug. 21 that they have joined the Northrop Grumman [NOC] team that will compete against Boeing [BA] to develop the U.S. Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent […]
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Lockheed, Raytheon Win Air Force Contracts For New Nuclear Cruise Missile
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN] received contracts Aug. 23 to mature designs for the Long Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO), a replacement for the U.S. Air Force’s aging, nuclear-armed, air-launched cruise missile (ALCM). […]