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Vivienne Machi
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Air ForceAir Force Puts Focus on Next-Generation Air Dominance, Establishes New PEO
The Air Force has officially stood up a new program executive office dedicated to advanced aircraft that will help the service realize its goal of fielding a new fighter aircraft […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Transportation Command Taking Measured Approach to Integrating AI
U.S. Transportation Command sees potential in the way commercial artificial intelligence solutions can help it leverage vast amounts of data and improve its logistics operations, but is still in the […]
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Air ForceULA Wins $98 Million For Three Atlas V Launches
The Air Force awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) a $98.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for Atlas V Completion launch services, marking the end of a series of sole-source contracts to the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards ULA $1.18 Billion for Five Delta IV Heavy Launches
The Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) have awarded a contract modification worth $1.175 billion to United Launch Alliance that includes five national security space launches. The contract, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Awards Pratt & Whitney $2.1 Billion for New F-35 Engines
The Defense Department on Sept. 30 awarded Pratt & Whitney [UTX] a $2.1 billion contract modification that includes new F135 engines for the department’s three F-35 Joint Strike Fighter variants. […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Nabs Two Air Force Contracts at End of Fiscal Year
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received two Air Force contracts worth a collective $1.88 billion right at the end of fiscal year 2019. The service said Sept. 27 it awarded Northrop […]
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AnalysisAnalysts, Colleagues Call Thornberry Retirement ‘A Loss’ for Congress
When Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) leaves Congress in January 2021, he will take with him a deep knowledge and support of national defense that will take years to replace, colleagues […]
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CongressTop HASC Republican Thornberry to Retire from Congress in 2020
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), the former chairman and current ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Sept. 30 that he would not be running for reelection in 2020. […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards Boeing $2.6 Billion for 15 KC-46 Aircraft
The Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a contract modification worth over $2.6 billion for Lot 5 production of the KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueler. The contract, which was announced Sept. […]
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Air ForceUncertain Path Ahead for Air Force Light Attack Experiment
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Nearly three years since the Air Force first announced plans to experiment with procuring an off-the-shelf, low-cost light attack aircraft for use in permissive environments, the […]