Air Force
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Air ForceSpace Based Radar Could Help Sew Up Intelligence, Targeting Gaps, USAF Official Says
A Space Based Radar providing ground moving target indication (GMTI) could help sew up intelligence and targeting gaps that DoD faced during Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) against ISIS in Syria […]
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Air ForceTHOR Defeats Swarm of Drones in AFRL Test Last Month, Lab Says
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory said that its directed energy directorate at Kirtland AFB, N.M., used the high-power microwave Tactical High-power Operational Responder (THOR) system to shoot down drones […]
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Air ForceAFRL Looks to Conduct Experiment for New Airborne ISR to Bolster Coverage of Afghanistan
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) may conduct an experiment by July to help bolster the coverage of Afghanistan, the Pentagon Inspector General said in a new report on […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Looks to Additive Manufacturing to Accelerate Hypersonic Ground Testing
The U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tullahoma, Tenn., wants additive manufacturing to aid the building of parts for DoD hypersonic test facilities, including Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Plans Simultaneous First Launch of Tranche 2 Beta and Alpha Satellites
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) is planning a simultaneous, inaugural launch of Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) Beta and Alpha satellites by Sept. 1, 2026, SDA said […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Tests New Communications Pod for B-52
The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) said that it is undertaking a demonstration to equip B-52H bombers with advanced communications. ““The AgilePod TENTaCLE [Tactical Edge Network Targeting in […]
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Air ForceIntegration Risk of AETP Engine on F-35 Would Require Further Analysis, Program Says
If Congress decides to continue the U.S. Air Force Advanced Engine Transition Program (AETP), integration of an AETP engine on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 would require further analysis before […]
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Air ForcePentagon Accelerating Buy of Test Equipment for Sentinel to Reduce Program Risk
The Pentagon said that it is embarking on risk reduction on the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel program through an acceleration in the buy of test equipment for initial operational […]
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SpaceSpace Force Gearing Up for Future EW, Orbital Warfare, and Cyber Warfare Exercises
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) held the second Black Skies electronic warfare (EW) exercise recently and is preparing to hold another this fall, as the […]
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Air ForceDepartment of Air Force Plans to Give Google First Hand View of Operations
The Deparment of the Air Force is planning to give Alphabet‘s [GOOG] Google subsidiary a first hand view of the department’s operations under a new program, U.S. Air Force Chief […]