Air Force
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Air ForceSenate Draft Appropriations Bill Adds More Than $900 Million for Missile Warning Architecture
Senate appropriators are backing the acceleration of a DoD space architecture that prioritizes low and medium Earth orbit satellites for detecting and monitoring hypersonic missiles and devising targeting solutions. In […]
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InternationalGroup of Senators Backs Consideration of 4th Generation Fighters for Ukraine
A group of senators is urging the Biden administration to consider supplying Ukraine with fourth-generation fighters to help the country repel Russian forces, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and invaded […]
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Air ForceFirst Flight of DoD Blended Wing Body Aircraft Demonstrator Targeted for 2026
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) hopes to have a blended wing body (BWB) demonstrator aircraft ready to fly by 2026, according to a DIU solicitation. Such an aircraft may save […]
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Navy/USMCNorthrop Grumman Conducts Flight Test On Prototype Missile
Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed a third captive flight test of an unnamed internally funded air-launched prototype missile development series last month, the company said on July 25. The test occurred […]
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Unmanned SystemsSOCOM Commander: Disrupting Supply Chains for Adversary Drones Will Be Key
Disrupting supply chains for drones made by U.S. adversaries will be an important undertaking for the Pentagon to ensure U.S. air superiority in future conflicts, U.S. Special Operations Commander Army […]
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Air ForceCost Escalation of U-2 Repairs One of 21 Depot Maintenance Contracts of Concern for DoD IG
A potentially $2.6 billion contract awarded on Apr. 1, 2019 to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for sustaining the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft is one of 21 depot maintenance contracts of concern for […]
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Air ForceSouth Dakota Senators Await B-21 Rollout Later This Year
Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) are awaiting the U.S. Air Force rollout of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth bomber this year and the economic benefits […]
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PentagonF-35 Program and Lockheed Martin Look for Way Forward on Data Rights
The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are coming to terms on data rights language to be included in the Lot 15-17 contract for the fighter, the JPO […]
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Air ForceBoeing Begins EPAWSS Upgrades For U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles
Boeing [BA] has begun modifying two F-15E Strike Eagles with the Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is also to go on the U.S. Air Force’s F-15EX […]
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Air ForceKC-Y Program Outlines Sustainment Challenges for Commercial Derivative Tankers
Air Force Materiel Command’s KC-Y program has outlined a number of challenges for commercial derivative aircraft (CDA), such as the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker, as the U.S. Air Force […]