Air Force
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Space
U.S. Space Force Launches Third Pathfinder Mission to Demonstrate High-Bandwidth Protected Communications
The U.S. Space Force launched Hispasat‘s Amazonas Nexus satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 6 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. The Pathfinder 2 mission is […]
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Navy/USMC
Pentagon Limits V-22 Fleets Due To Clutch Issue
Bell [TXT]/Boeing [BA] V-22s Osprey tiltrotor aircraft across the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force are getting time limits and some aircraft are being grounded due to an engine clutch […]
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Pentagon
DARPA Program Explores Possibility of Scaling Up Quantum Computers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing (US2QC) program is exploring the costs and benefits of accelerating the development and scaling up of quantum […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force Acquisition Chief Letter to North Dakota Senators Acknowledges Threat of Chinese Company Near Base
A letter from U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter last month to North Dakota’s senators acknowledges the thteat that a Chinese company would pose to national security, if the […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force Awards Boeing Up to $1.6 Billion for ICBM Engineering Support
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill AFB, Utah has awarded Boeing [BA] an up to $1.6 billion sole-source contract through Feb. 1, 2039 for engineering services to support […]
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Air Force
USAF Official Proposes Leasing Intellectual Property to Allies to Ramp Up Production
A top U.S. Air Force official has broached allowing allies to use intellectual property for defense articles to ramp up their production overseas. “We are going to need to figure […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force and Industry Pass L3Harris F-16 EW System in Critical Design Review
The U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin [LMT], and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] held a critical design review (CDR) last month for the L3Harris AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield electronic warfare system for foreign […]
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Air Force
BAE Systems Receives Nearly $652 Million Under ICBM Support Contract
BAE Systems has received a nearly $652 million fixed-price level of effort contract modification from the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill AFB, Utah to support the Boeing [BA] […]
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Pentagon
Former USAF Acquisition Head Chairing Defense Innovation Board’s Strategic Investment Capital Task Force
Former U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper is chairing the Defense Innovation Board’s (DIB) strategic investment capital task force to examine ways to spur public-private partnerships to help field […]
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Air Force
AFRL ‘Airlift Challenge’ Seeks New Algorithms for Transportation Planning
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) information directorate in Rome, N.Y., is seeking the online submission of new, artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms to speed the planning and execution of airlift […]