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Vivienne Machi
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Air ForceAir Force Temporarily Grounds One Quarter of C-130 Fleet Due to Cracks
The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command has ordered the temporary removal of over 100 C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft from service for inspections following discoveries of “atypical cracks” during maintenance. […]
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Air ForceULA Receives $157 Million for Third NRO Mission – and Last Sole-Sourced Delta IV Heavy Launch
The Air Force has awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) $156.7 million for the last of three National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) launches, which will possibly mark the final national security launch […]
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Air ForceAir Force Officials Pledge to Better Engage Congress on Next-Gen Air Dominance
The Air Force is committed to a future where each of its systems, platforms and assets are fully connected and able to perform in multi-domain operations. However, authorizers and appropriators […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAFRL Test Sets New Record for Hypersonic Engine Thrust
The Air Force said Aug. 5 that it recently set a record for the highest thrust produced by an air-breathing hypersonic engine in service history during a nine-month testing period. […]
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SpaceAir Force Gearing Up to Launch Atlas V Rocket with Latest AEHF Payload
The Air Force is ready to launch the latest Advanced EHF satellite payload Aug. 8, after a component issue on the rocket caused a monthlong delay. The Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyTroops Overseas to Test Counter-UAS Laser Weapon Systems
Two prototype high energy laser weapon systems built by Raytheon [RTN] will be deployed to troops overseas as part of an Air Force experiment, the company said Aug. 5. The […]
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BudgetSenate Passes Two-Year Budget Deal to Stave Off Sequester Threat
The Senate passed Aug. 1 the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, officially setting defense funding toplines for the next two years and allowing the U.S. government to avoid any further […]
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CongressSASC Moves Hyten Nomination Out of Committee as Pentagon’s Number-Two Is Confirmed
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) said July 31 that it had voted to favorably report Air Force Gen. John Hyten’s nomination to become the next vice chairman of the […]
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CongressThree HASC GOP Members Already Planning Retirement in 2020
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) will need to replace at least three Republican members after 2020 as multiple members of the minority party recently announced forthcoming retirements. Two-term Rep. […]
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InternationalBulgaria Set to Procure New F-16 Aircraft from U.S. Government
The Bulgarian government has committed to investing in new F-16 Fighting Falcons after a short backtrack last month on the $1.6 billion deal. The State Department approved June 3 a […]