Air Force
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Nuclear ModernizationGecko Robotics Announces Air Force Contract to Aid in Conversion to Sentinel
Pittsburgh’s Gecko Robotics said on Nov. 29 that the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has awarded the company an 18-month, $1.5 million Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) […]
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Air ForceSan Francisco-Based Firm Announces DoD SBIR Contracts for Deep Fake Detection
The San Franciso-based DeepMedia said on Nov. 28 that it has won two U.S. Air Force Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards worth $150,000 for the detection of […]
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Air ForceAir Force 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing Looks for Support for F-35 Mission Data
The U.S. Air Force 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla., is seeking industry support for mission data loads for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. The wing “is […]
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Air ForceAir Mobility Command Highlights 36-Hour KC-46A Mission
A Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus from the 157th Air Refueling Wing at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., flew a 36-hour non-stop endurance mission covering 16,000 miles on Nov. 16-17, […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Signs CRADA With Blue Origin to Restart Certification of New Glenn Rocket
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Blue Origin for the company’s New Glenn Rocket, more than three years […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHermeus Tests Turbine-Based Cycle Engine for Reusable Hypersonic Aircraft
Hermeus Corp. said last week that it has demonstrated turbojet to ramjet transition for its Chimera turbine-based combined cycle engine (TBCC)–a cross between a turbojet and ramjet engine–to allow reusable […]
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Air ForceAppropriations Bills Provide $194 Million for F-15 Upgrades
House and Senate appropriators in their committee-approved versions of the fiscal 2023 defense appropriations bill provide more than $194 million for upgrades to Boeing [BA] F-15 aircraft. Lawmakers have yet […]
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SpaceNRO Issues Solicitation for Hyperspectral Imagery
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has issued a solicitation for the commercial provision of hyperspectral imagery. NRO Director Chris Scolese announced the new NRO effort during a Nov. 15 Leadership […]
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Pentagon4-Year Delay Projected for Accurate DoD Tracking of F-35 Parts in Accountable Property System of Record
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2022 financial audit projects a four-year delay in the full and accurate accounting of F-35 parts in an Accountable Property System of Record (APSR). “The correction target […]
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SpaceSDA Seeks Industry Aid on Advanced Tactical Datalink and Waveforms for Tranche 2 Transport Layer Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) wants industry help to develop the agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 2 Demonstration and Experimentation System (T2DES) satellites for first launch in September […]
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