Air Force
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNRO Says Payloads on Electron Rockets to ‘Expand Our Intelligence Advantage’
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the Australian Department of Defense designed and developed a national security payload, which launched at 2:30 a.m. Eastern time on July 13 aboard a […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNorthrop Grumman Receives Contract for Low-Cost, Rapid Deployment of Small Satellites
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has won a sole source, $22 million cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized contract through February, 2026 from U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command for the Rapid On-orbit Space Technology Evaluation […]
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SpaceRocket Lab Prepares to Launch Two NRO Payloads in Next 11 Days
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. [RKLB] said that it is ready for the scheduled July 12 launch of a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFuture Warfighting Concepts, Lessons from Ukraine to Figure in Air and Space Chiefs’ Discussion
The Global Air and Space Chiefs Conference this week in London will delve into future warfighting concepts harnessing artificial intelligence/machine learning for kinetic and command and control purposes; quantum computing; […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Expects to Close Two Category 1B Deficiencies by End of Year
The F-35 program has fixed one of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter’s Category 1B deficiencies and looks to resolve another two by the end of the year, while the remaining […]
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Air ForceAir Force Looks for Industry Suppliers of Helmet Mount to Support Night and Nuclear Missions
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management wants to determine industry capacity to supply mounts for the GENTEX Corp. [GNTX] HGU-55/P helmet to support night and nuclear missions. Using additive manufacturing, […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force and Virgin Orbit Launch First 7 of 44 Planned R&D Satellites
Under the Space Test Program (STP), the U.S. Space Force on July 2 launched seven DoD research and development satellites to low Earth orbit from Virgin Orbit’s [VORB] 747-based LauncherOne […]
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Air Force
House Wants to Re-Direct ARRW Funding to HACM
The House Armed Services Committee and the House Appropriations Committee want to redirect funding from the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) to the Air Force’s other […]
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Air ForceNo USAF Breakout Available of Nearly $6.7 Billion Cost Estimate for F-35A AETP Engine
The U.S. Air Force has estimated a development cost of nearly $6.7 billion for the Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP) to provide more range and improved thermal management/engine performance and […]
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PentagonValiant Shield Exercise Included Provision of Targeting Information on Simulated Targets by Raytheon’s Multi-Program Testbed, Company Says
Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Multi-Program Testbed (RMT)–a converted 727–collected data on a simulated sea-based threat and provided targeting solutions to other assets in the western Pacific this month during the Pentagon’s […]
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