Air Force
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace: EPACS PTMS for F-35 Will Provide More Than Twice the Current Cooling
Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Collins Aerospace said last week at the Paris Air Show that it has conducted a lab test in Windsor Locks, Conn., of the Enhanced Power and Cooling […]
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SpaceHouse Appropriators Want More Frequent Updates on ‘Troubled’ Space Programs
House GOP appropriators note that the U.S. Space Force fiscal year 2024 budget request is more than $30 billion–a $3.9 billion, 15 percent increase over last year’s enacted level, but […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Prototype LN-351 GPS M-Code Receiver Flight Tested Last Month
Last month, Northrop Grumman [NOC] flight tested a prototype of the company’s LN-351 modernized Global Positioning System (GPS) military code (M-code) capable receiver, Northrop Grumman said on June 27th. The […]
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Air ForceUSAF to Certify New Material for Polarization Appliques to Allow KC-46 Operation in Chem-Bio Environments
Gear that will allow boom operators on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker to continue their work in chemical and biological agent environments is a requirement that the U.S. Air […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Command Looks to Accelerate Enhancement of Space Domain Awareness
A significant step up in space domain awareness to counter China is a key focus for U.S. Space Command in the next several years. “One area that I think we […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force to Certify New Materiel for KC-46A Self-Protection
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is planning to certify new self-protection materiel for Boeing [BA] KC-46 tankers with the Remote Vision System […]
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Air ForceHouse Appropriators Insist on MYP Cost Savings, Zero EOQ Funding
Since fiscal 2018, Congress has added $1.6 billion to the U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding and conversion accounts for warship line items, including the Columbia-class attack submarines, to ramp up production through […]
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Air ForceHouse Appropriators Propose Funding Reinstatement of $150 Million for AETP
The House Appropriations Committee’s version of the fiscal 2024 defense funding bill turns back the U.S. Air Force’s proposal to cancel the Advanced Engine Transition Program (AETP) and provides $150 […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Backs AETP for F-35 Block 5 and Above; Pratt & Whitney Pushes Back
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is suggesting that its F-35 fighter will need an Advanced Engine Transition Program powerplant or something akin to it for Block 5 and above of the F-35. […]
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Air ForceSix Senators Co-Sponsor Bill to Provide Multi-Year Buy for LGM-35A Sentinel
Six Republican senators, including Deb Fischer (Neb.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) strategic forces panel, have introduced a bill to authorize multi-year procurement (MYP) authority […]