Air Force
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CongressWittman: Number Of USAF Fighters Below Congressionally Mandated Inventory, But New Study Raises Hopes
While the U.S. Air Force remains below a fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act enacted floor of 1,145 Primary Aircraft Inventory (PMAI) fighters, a new 10-year fighter force structure study […]
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Nuclear ModernizationWarren Asks STRATCOM Nominee To “Not Stand In The Way” Of Independent Studies On Sentinel
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) last week asked President Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) not to “shield” nuclear weapons programs “from independent oversight.” During the confirmation […]
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Air ForceElectronic Warfare and Air-to-Ground Missions Focus of GA-ASI Gambit 6 Design
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) said on Tuesday that it is developing the Gambit 6–the company’s latest version of the Gambit series drones–for electronic warfare and air-to-ground operations. The […]
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Air ForceB-21 May Move From Two Pilots To One Pilot, One WSO
The U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman [NOC] may have a crew of one pilot and one weapons systems officer (WSO) instead of two pilots, as […]
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Air ForceYFQ-44A Has First Flight, Anduril Planning for Weapons Shot Next Year
Anduril Industries‘ YFQ-44A Fury prototype drone for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program had its debut flight Oct. 31 at a California test site, according to the […]
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Air ForceDifficulty Ahead For USAF In Meeting 1,558 Combat Coded Fighter Goal
The Air Force will have problems meeting its goal of 1,558 combat-coded manned fighters in the next decade–a number laid out by the service in a required fighter force structure […]
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Air ForceUSAF “Boneyard” Personnel to Show Industry Reps B-52H Carriage Equipment to Be Modified for LRSO
Next month, Air Force personnel from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group at the Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., “boneyard” in the Sonoran Desert plan to show industry representatives examples of […]
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Business/FinancialCharge On 777X Commercial Aircraft Dings Boeing’s Earnings And KC-46 Program
Boeing [BA] on Wednesday reported narrower losses in its third quarter despite a hefty charge related to the 777X commercial aircraft, while the company’s defense segment continued to show signs […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyX-59 Flies For First Time From USAF Plant 42
The X-59 supersonic aircraft by Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division had its first flight from U.S Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., the company said on Tuesday. Billed […]
