Air Force
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Air ForceAt Least Three-Year Delay Foreseen in Fielding of Smart Fuze for GBU-57
The U.S. Air Force has delayed by at least three years the fielding date of a smart fuze for the Boeing [BA] GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)–a 20-foot, 30,000-pound munition […]
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Air ForceAurora Flight Sciences Plans Flight of Active Flow Control Demonstrator in 2025
Boeing‘s [BA] Aurora Flight Sciences plans to fly an Active Flow Control (AFC) demonstrator in 2025 under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems to Receive USAF Contract to Support Mission Data Loads for F-35
The U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) plans to award BAE Systems’ electronic systems sector in Nashua, N.H., a five-year contract before Oct. 1 to support the testing of mission […]
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Air ForceUSAF Fiscal 2024 Budget Request May Touch on Rejuvenation of EW, Building Munitions Capacity, Next Gen Mobility/Tanking Aircraft
Rejuvenating U.S. Air Force electronic warfare (EW), building industrial capacity for munitions development and production in light of the Ukraine conflict and future deterrence of China, and development of next […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Work Continues on Cobra Dane Sustainment
On March 16, 2018, the Department of the Air Force awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a seven-year, $511 million contract award for operations and maintenance of the AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane missile […]
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Air ForceSimulating Extreme Heat and Speed Key Challenge for Draper in Mayhem Program
Simulating the high heat and speed of hypersonic systems is key for Massachusetts’ Draper Laboratory in its work on the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Mayhem program. A Leidos [LDOS] […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Launches Falcon Heavy with Boeing and Northrop Grumman Satellites
U.S. Space Force (USSF) said that a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lofted the Boeing [BA] Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (CBAS)-2 and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE)-3A communications […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Commander Points to Benefits of Disaggregated Space Architectures
The head of U.S. Space Force said this week that the war in Ukraine has emphasized the “criticality of space in modern warfare” and said that commercial systems will continue […]
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Air ForceU.S. Space Force Looks for Bidders for Cobra Dane Systems Lifecycle Sustainment.
The U.S. Space Force this week issued a solicitation to sustain systems for the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane radar. The chosen contractor will provide life-cycle management of systems […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Developing New AN/APG-85 Radar for F-35 Lot 17 and Beyond
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 11 that it is developing the AN/APG-85 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for Lot 17 and beyond of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
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