Air Force
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Air ForceUSAF Moving to Field KC-46A Communications ‘Backbone’ in Next Year
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force intends to field a communications “backbone” for the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus in the next year in Capability Release 1 (CR1) of the service’s Advanced […]
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SpaceEarly Notice of Missions to Space Force Advised For Civilian Satellite Operators
The 18th and 19th Space Defense Squadrons (SDS) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., have issued recommendations for future satellite operators on how to lessen the chances of collision in […]
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SpaceEPS-R Launch to Improve Polar Communications Slated for Next Year
The U.S. Space Force and Northrop Grumman [NOC] are highlighting recent developments in the service’s effort to launch two Enhanced Polar System-Recapitalization (EPS-R) payloads next year to improve military communications […]
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Air ForceUSAF Needs to Boost Modernization of C-sUAS, Service Official Says
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force needs to increase funding to modernize counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS), a service official said this week. “In response to urgent operational needs, we […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Expands Partnership with Archer
In a significant advancement for both the eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) industry and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Archer Aviation Inc. has announced an expanded partnership with […]
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Air Force‘Flex’ Missile Capacity May Be Future Focus for USAF
DAYTON, Ohio–Providing “flex” capacity for the U.S. Air Force to ramp up the production of certain missiles to hit mobile targets may be a future focus for service leaders and […]
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Air ForceAFRL Uses Artificial Intelligence in Three Hour Sortie of XQ-58A
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) conducted a three-hour artificial intelligence (AI)-navigated sortie of the Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] XQ-58A Valkyrie drone at Florida’s Eglin Test and […]
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Air ForceUSAF Examining ‘Trade Space’ for Number of CCAs Deployed by Each Manned Fighter
DAYTON, Ohio–While U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has set out a planning number of up to five Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for deployment by a Next Generation Air Dominance […]
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Air Force
USAF to Use AETP Technologies for NGAP, Carry GE and RTX into Engine Prototyping
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force plans to use technologies developed in the Advanced Engine Transition Program (AETP) for the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program, which will move into engine […]
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Air ForceNo ‘Show Stoppers’ So Far on F130 Engine for B-52H CERP
DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force believes that the Rolls-Royce F130 engine holds significant promise for reducing B-52H life cycle costs and improving bomber performance. Thus far, the F130 looks to […]