The Air Force this week released two requests for information related to the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program that will eventually replace the service’s current Advanced EHF (AEHF) satellite constellation. Both notices were posted April 23 to FedBizOpps, with one related ...
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The Air Force is conducting a market survey for new F-15E simulators to train pilots should the service receive new Boeing [BA]-made F-15EX aircraft, according to an April 24 solicitation. The notice, posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps, states that the Air Force intends to upgrade its current F-15E ...
The Air Force’s first B-1B Lancer bombers started flying again this week following a stand-down in March related to safety issues, the service’s Global Strike Command said April 23. Individual aircraft will return to flight as they complete inspections and maintenance directions, the command ...
Air Force and Air National Guard combat veteran MJ Hegar on Tuesday announced her bid to take Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) seat back for the Democrats in 2020, just months after she led a viral campaign against – and narrowly lost to – Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) in 2018. “Unseating an ...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), a Marine Corps combat veteran and House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member, announced April 22 that he is running for president in 2020. Moulton, 40, served four tours in Iraq between 2003 and 2008 after graduating in 2002 from the Officer Candidate School in ...
The Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a not-to-exceed $605 million firm-fixed price contract modification to build one additional Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, according to an April 19 announcement. The new system would be the 11th WGS satellite in the constellation. Congress appropriated ...
