Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force Officials Say F-35 Will Take Years to Meet Cost Per Flying Hour of F-15EX
Defense officials told lawmakers May 2 that while they continue to drive down the sustainment cost of the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, it will be “multiple years” before it can […]
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Congress2020 Candidate Moulton Calls for New Arms, New Arms Control and New Alliances to Counter China
The United States must consider investing in next-generation technologies over legacy programs, developing new arms control policies for autonomous systems and building fresh alliances to counter China in the decades […]
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ArmyBoeing Finished Six Wind Tunnel Tests on Compound Apache in January
In January, as planned, Boeing [BA] completed a series of six wind tunnel tests on a 30 percent scale model of an AH-64E Block II compound helicopter, which the company says […]
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PentagonNew GAO Report Paints Worrying Picture for F-35 Sustainment
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new report April 25 offering new recommendations to improve the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s supply chain and sustainment issues, and warns that without […]
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ArmyArmy Finalizing Hypersonic Weapon Prototype Plans For FY ’20 Flight Test, Initial Fielding In 2023
The Army has moved its land-based hypersonic missile program into experimental prototyping with a focus this year on finalizing launcher and command and control system decisions ahead of a first […]
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CyberPentagon’s New AI Center Has Delivered Maintenance Tool For Black Hawks, DoD CIO Says
The Pentagon’s new artificial intelligence center has delivered its first product, a predictive maintenance tool for UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the department’s chief information officer (CIO) said Tuesday. DoD CIO […]
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InternationalDoD Ends Search-And-Rescue Efforts For Japanese F-35, Pledges Continued Support
The Defense Department has ended its role in the search-and-rescue efforts following the disappearance of a Japanese F-35A Joint Strike Fighter last week, but continues to work with its Japanese […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force Funding New Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Sites At Arnold AFB, Indiana Universities
The Air Force is funding the construction of new wind tunnels for hypersonic testing, with new sites in development at two Indiana universities and an additional tunnel being built at […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAF Global Strike Command Leader Expects Cost of New ICBM to Increase in Short Term
The leader of Air Force Global Strike Command expects the cost of the service’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to increase in the short term, he said April 17. However, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNew Air Force S&T Strategy Recommends Forming CTO Position
The Air Force wants to stand up a new civilian chief technology officer position whose role would be to oversee science and technology S&T efforts across the service, and have […]