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Air ForceAir Force Chief Scientist Promoting Rapid Prototyping To Combat ‘Requirements Churn’
The Air Force’s chief scientist is pursuing rapid prototyping as a means to combat costly “requirements churn.” Mica Endsley said Wednesday the Defense Department, over the years, hasn’t done a […]
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Air ForceAir Force Purchasing F-16D Longerons Following Grounding Due To Cracking
The Air Force decided to purchase F-16D longerons after cracking along the jet’s canopy sill forced the service to ground over half its fleet. Air Force spokeswoman Susan Murphy said […]
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SpaceBoeing Receives Inaugural 502 Phoenix Small Satellite Order
Boeing [BA] received its first commercial order for the 502 Phoenix small satellite that will carry the commercial remote sensing industry’s first high-resolution hyperspectral payload, according to a company statement. […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Aims For New Year’s Day 2015 Space Fence Groundbreaking
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is aiming for a New Year’s Day 2015 groundbreaking for its $915 million Space Fence ground-based space situational awareness (SSA) radar, according to a company executive. Lockheed […]
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Air ForceDoD Resumes F-35 Engine Deliveries Following Aircraft Fire, Metal Supply Issue
The Defense Department on Aug. 29 resumed deliveries of the engine that powers the F-35 after an aircraft fire and supply chain issue earlier this summer halted deliveries. Joe DellaVedova, […]
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SpaceAsiaSat 6 Satellite Performing Post-Launch Maneuvers Following Sunday’s SpaceX Launch
The AsiaSat 6 satellite is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers after it was successfully launched early Sunday morning, according to satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SSL). Launch took place around 1 am […]
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Defense Watch
DEFENSE WATCH
SpaceX Launch? Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is reportedly going to give its scrubbed launch of AsiaSat 6 another chance early in the morning of Sept. 7, but neither the […]
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Air ForceF-35 Engine’s ‘Flex’ Greater Than DoD Anticipated, Bogdan Says
The amount by which the F-35’s engine flexes during flight is greater than what the Defense Department initially anticipated, according to the head of the program. F-35 Program Executive Officer […]
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PentagonDoD Needs To Regain Electromagnetic Spectrum Dominance, Official Says
The Defense Department needs to regain dominance, or at least parity, in the electromagnetic spectrum or else high-end platforms like ships and aircraft will be impacted, according to a top […]
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Air ForceDoD Knows How F-35A Fire Happened, But Not Why, Bogdan Says
The Defense Department believes it knows how an F-35A caught fire in June and the head of the program believes he will have a root cause analysis complete as to […]