Air Force
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Air ForceF-35 Program Announces First Technology Refresh-3 Flight
A developmental test team from the 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards AFB, Calif., flew the Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3) configuration of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter for the first […]
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Air ForceKratos to Help Oversee System Requirements Review for Leidos’ Mayhem Proposal
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. [KTOS] is to help oversee the System Requirements Review for Leidos‘ [LDOS] Mayhem air-breathing hypersonic aircraft proposal for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), […]
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InternationalCanada Finalizes Deal to Buy 88 F-35As
Canada has finalized a deal to buy 88 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As to replace 76 Boeing [BA] CF-18 Hornet fighters for the Royal Canadian Air Force. More than nine months […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Awards for MEO Missile Tracking Spacecraft Total $605 Million
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Raytheon Techologies’ [RTX] Intelligence & Space and Boeing’s [BA] Millennium Space Systems $605 million to design, build and deliver the first two prototype […]
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SpaceRaytheon and Boeing’s Millenium Space Systems to Start Work on MEO Missile Tracking System
Raytheon Techologies’ [RTX] Intelligence & Space and Boeing’s [BA] Millennium Space Systems–both in El Segundo, Calif.–are to begin building the first prototype Missile Track Custody (MTC) Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) […]
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Air ForceNext Generation Adaptive Propulsion Receives $152 Million Increase for Fiscal 2023
The U.S. Air Force Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program for the service’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter received $220 million–a nearly $153 million increase over the budget request–in […]
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Air ForceResumption Date for F-35 Deliveries Uncertain, As Investigation into Dec. 15 Mishap Continues
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin [LMT] said that it is uncertain when resumption of deliveries and flight acceptance testing of the F-35 fighter will start, as the Naval Air Systems […]
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Nuclear ModernizationU.S. Air Force Kicks Off Launch Control Center Block Upgrades for Minuteman III
The U.S. Air Force 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. and Northrop Grumman [NOC] began Launch Control Center Block Upgrades (LCCBU) this month to modernize support equipment for […]
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Air ForceOmnibus 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 ForceCongressional 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 […]