Air Force
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Air ForceE-7 Wedgetail to Replace Some AWACS Planes, U.S. Air Force Says
The U.S. Air Force has decided, “based on market research,” to replace some of its 31 Boeing [BA] E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) planes with the Boeing E-7 […]
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Air ForceSilicon Valley Firm Says It Received AFRL Contract to Test Autonomy Features for Air Force
Silicon Valley’s Reliable Robotics said on Apr. 25 that it has received a small business innovation research Phase II contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to design, develop […]
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Air ForceODIN Logistics Software for F-35 to Reach Field Next Year
The Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is to begin operating a cloud-based, government-owned logistics software system next year. The F-35 program “is implementing a new strategy to replace the Autonomic […]
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Air ForceUnder 2021 Contract, U.S. Air Force Buys 3rd New BACN-Equipped E-11A
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) aerial networks division at Hanscom AFB, Mass., has bought a third Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft to serve as a Battlefield Airborne Communications Node […]
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InternationalLatest $800 Million Weapons Aid To Ukraine Has New ‘Phoenix Ghost’ Drones, Biden To Ask For More Funds
President Biden on Thursday said the U.S. will send another $800 million in military equipment to Ukraine, to include new AEVEX Aerospace-built tactical drones recently developed by the Air Force. […]
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Air ForceUSAF Plans Roll-Out of T-7A Red Hawk Next Week
The U.S. Air Force is planning to roll out its digitally engineered T-7A Red Hawk trainer in St. Louis next week. Boeing [BA] and Sweden’s Saab are the prime contractors […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNight Vision Advances May Make Their Way Into F-35, Army IVAS
Significant night vision advances over the next several years may filter into programs, such as the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 and the U.S. Army Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headset, […]
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Air ForceNGAD ‘Relatively Successful,’ As Air Force Seeks to Build Upon It, Kendall Says
The U.S. Air Force wants to advance its classified Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) manned sixth generation fighter, each of which may operate with a handful of drones, Air Force […]
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Air ForceRamp Expansion, Temporary Fabric Hangars Needed at Tinker AFB for B-52 Modernization USAF Says
The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (OC-ALC) at Tinker AFB, Okla., will need more space to help accomplish the re-engining of the B-52H, per U.S. Air Force fiscal 2023 budget […]
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Nuclear ModernizationE-4B Operators at Offutt AFB Receive High Fidelity, Full Motion Simulator
This month, the Air Force 595th Command and Control Group at Offutt AFB, Neb., received the first high fidelity, full motion simulator for nuclear command and control (C2)/disaster C2 aircraft […]