Air Force
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SpaceRAND Advises Training Changes for U.S. Space Force to Combat Limited Number of Cyber/Intel Personnel
A new RAND study advises U.S. Space Force (USSF) to encourage or require its Guardian officers to have a third skill area to reduce the effects of a limited supply […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Awards Lockheed Martin $240 Million for ‘Extreme Range’ JASSM Development
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT]’s missiles and fire control segment in Orlando, Fla., a $240 million contract for the development, test, and integration of the company’s […]
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CongressDebt Ceiling Deal $886 Billion Defense Cap Defines Trade Space; Fate of UPLs Uncertain
The debt ceiling deal’s $886 billion fiscal 2024 defense cap will heighten congressional scrutiny of military service defense budgets this year and will likely mean congressional leaders will have to […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program: F135 ECU and PTMS ‘Must Be Designed Together’
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) considers the planned Engine Core Upgrade for the Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Pratt & Whitney F135 engine and a new or upgraded Power and Thermal […]
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Air ForceUSAF Gives Go Ahead to Start Construction of Support Infrastructure for Sentinel
Robert Moriarty, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Installations, has given the go-ahead to start the support construction phase for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel […]
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CyberAbout 10 Percent of Air National Guard Personnel in Cyber Mission
About 10 percent of the U.S. Air National Guard’s 108,000 personnel are in the cyber field, as the ANG develops offensive and defensive cyber operations at the 179th Airlift Wing […]
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Air ForceNo Power and Thermal Management System Chosen Yet for F135 ECU, GAO Says
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget asks for $245 million for Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 and cancels a new […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman Announces Completion of CDR for Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on May 30 that it has completed Critical Design Review (CDR) and a software demonstration for the planned U.S. Space Force Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Says Solicitation on Space Force Range Contract Imminent
The U.S. Space Force was to release a final solicitation for the Space Force Range Contract (SFRC) by May 25, but the service now expects the RFP will come around […]
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Air ForceT-7A Taxi Tests Imminent With Air Force Flight Testing Set To Begin Mid-June
ST. LOUIS—Boeing [BA] as early as this week is slated to begin taxi tests of its first T-7A trainer aircraft that is in the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase […]