Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Moving Forward On DVES For HH-60W, As House Appropriators Recommend $180 Million Add for More Helos
The House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal 2027 defense bill includes $180 million for more Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue helicopters by Lockheed Martin [LMT], as the […]
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WeaponsSOCOM to Buy Leidos AGM-190A for Small Cruise Missile Program
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded Leidos [LDOS] a more than $27.2 million fixed price incentive contract for procurement of the company’s AGM-190A “Havoc Spear” Small Cruise Missile (SCM) […]
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Air ForceDIU And Air Force Collaborating On MQ-9A Follow-On
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Air Force are collaborating on a project to replace the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper which, depending on payload, can cost up to $50 million […]
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Air ForceNATO To Buy Up To 10 Saab GlobalEye Aircraft To Help Replace Alliance’s AWACS Fleet
NATO is to buy up to 10 GlobalEye aircraft by Sweden’s Saab that may replace nearly all of the alliance’s aging 14 Boeing [BA] E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System […]
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SpaceSpace Force NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1 Field Now At Seven With Two New Companies Added
The field of companies eligible for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3, Lane 1 awards is now at seven after the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded […]
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InternationalRaytheon Qualifying More European Suppliers for AMRAAM, Company Says
In a bid to boost production of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon is qualifying more European suppliers for the missile, the company said on Tuesday […]
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SpaceCongressional Marks So Far Contain Full Funding For DARC, Despite Program Struggles
The congressional fiscal 2027 defense bill mark-ups so far contain the Space Force’s full $442 million request for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC). The Senate […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAV’s New C-UAS Deal Begins With $80 Million Titan Order To Air Force Global Strike Command
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Monday confirmed it will deliver its Titan counter-drone capability to support Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) base defense as the first task order under a new […]
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Air ForceUSAF Solicits Rapid Prototyping Of Supersonic, Ground Launched Counter Air Missile
As the Pentagon posits future confrontations involving advanced adversary aircraft and drone swarms, the U.S. Air Force wants rapid prototyping to develop and field 1,000 to 3,500 supersonic ground-launched counter […]
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Air ForceUSAF Point Defense Battle Lab Wants Performance Data On C-sUAS
The U.S. Air Force’s Point Defense Battle Lab (PDBL) at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., wants companies to submit their ideas on counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) by July 31, […]