Air Force
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SpaceSmaller Space Companies Want To See Programs Of Record For Their Investments
Smaller space companies want to see how the “commercial first” mantra of Pentagon acquisition reform translates into programs of record. The Space Force contends that its nine, new program acquisition […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Awarded $603 Million For New Radar For B-52
The Air Force on Tuesday said it awarded RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon an up to $603 million contract through August 2031 for a new radar, the APQ-188, for the service’s 75 […]
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Air ForceAir Force Mulls Draft Solicitation On Future Air Operations Center Weapon System
The Air Force is looking to issue a draft request for proposals in September and a final one in January on a Next Generation Air Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System […]
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace Says Company Completed Altitude Testing of EPACS
RTX‘s [RTX] Collins Aerospace said on Monday that its Enhanced Power and Cooling System (EPACS)–the company’s proposed replacement for the F-35 fighter’s current Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS)–has undergone […]
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Air ForceUSAF Working on CCA Increment 2 Acquisition Strategy, As Service Considers An Evolution Of Increment 1
The U.S. Air Force continues to develop its acquisition strategy for Increment 2 of the service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, which centers on fielding air-to-air drones to give the […]
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Air ForceQatar Could Become Fourth Country With KC-46As, As State Department Okays $4.5 Billion Sale
The State Department has approved a proposed $4.5 billion sale of four Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tankers and associated equipment to Qatar, which could become the fourth nation after the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Interested In New, Lower-Cost Aerial Targets
The Air Force is looking into new aerial targets that have lower costs than the more than $1 million Kratos Defense [KTOS] BQM-167A and the Boeing [BA] QF-16, a retired […]
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Air ForceAnduril Says 2nd CCA Exercise With Air Combat Command’s EOU Featured Multiple Daily Sorties Of YFQ-44A
Anduril Industries on Tuesday said that its YFQ-44A Fury prototype for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program flew multiple daily sorties during a second exercise last month with […]
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Air ForceF.E. Warren’s 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron To Buy DJI Drones For Counter-UAS Testing
The 90th Missile Security Operations Squadron (MSOS) at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., plans to buy Chinese DJI unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from a small business or businesses to conduct counter […]
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Air ForceGE Aerospace And Kratos Announce USAF EMD Contract For Alternate JASSM-ER Engine
Cincinnati’s GE Aerospace [GE] and San Diego’s Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] said on Monday that the U.S. Air Force has awarded the companies an engineering and manufacturing development […]