Air Force
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Air Force
Omnibus Language Advises $5.9 Billion Add to U.S. Air Force Procurement
The U.S. Air Force receives a $5.9 billion procurement boost in fiscal 2023—just behind the U.S. Navy’s $6.5 billion increase—in the defense portion of the fiscal 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. […]
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Air Force
Congressional Appropriators Cite ‘Multiple Factors’ in $1.8 Billion Add for F-35 Contract Shortage
Legislators on the fiscal 2023 House-Senate defense appropriations conference said that the budgeted amount for Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighters in Lots 15-17 was significantly short of the mark and […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Hermeus Picks F100 As Turbine Component of Planned Chimera II Hypersonic Engine
The Atlanta-based Hermeus Corp. said on Dec. 20 that it chose Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan, which powers F-15 and F-16 fighters, as the turbine component of […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force Grounds B-2s for Safety Inspections After Dec. 10 Emergency Landing
The U.S. Air Force has grounded its fleet of 20 Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 Spirit stealth bombers after a Dec. 10 emergency landing of one of the aircraft at Whiteman […]
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Air Force
Leidos Emerges In Hypersonic Aircraft Field, As U.S. Air Force Awards Demonstrator Contract
While Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works, Boeing‘s [BA] Phantom Works, and commercial companies, such as Hermeus, have received the ink regarding possible Pentagon development of hypersonic aircraft, Leidos [LDOS] has […]
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Space
Space Delta 11 to Scale Up Training to Improve Satellite Protection, Function
In keeping with direction from Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Delta 11 unit plans to scale up training in the next several years […]
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Navy/USMC
Navy Sustainment Strategy-Aviation May Lay Out Mission Capable Rate Goals for Aircraft
A Department of the Navy Sustainment Strategy-Aviation effort, begun in 2018, may lay out mission capable (MC) rate goals for service aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Sikorsky CH-53K helicopter. […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force and Navy to Create Expeditionary Electronic Attack Squadrons
The U.S. Air Force and Navy are to create joint expeditionary, land-based electronic attack squadrons with the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve under Section 121 of the House-Senate […]
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Air Force
Raytheon Targets F135 Engine Core Upgrade for 24 F-35 Squadrons by 2030
Raytheon Technologies [RTX] said that it will be able to outfit 24 F-35 squadrons with an Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the company’s Pratt & Whitney F135 engine by 2030–seven […]
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Congress
Defense Authorizers Want Further Insight on DoD Plans for Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations
The House-Senate agreement on a fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill requires DoD to give Congress further insight on electromagnetic spectrum operations (EMSO) and says that DoD should provide unclassified versions […]
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