Air Force
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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 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHermeus Picks F100 As Turbine Component of Planned Chimera II Hypersonic Engine
The Atlanta-based Hermeus Corp. said on Dec. 20 that it chose Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan, which powers F-15 and F-16 fighters, as the turbine component of […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Grounds B-2s for Safety Inspections After Dec. 10 Emergency Landing
The U.S. Air Force has grounded its fleet of 20 Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 Spirit stealth bombers after a Dec. 10 emergency landing of one of the aircraft at Whiteman […]
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Air ForceLeidos Emerges In Hypersonic Aircraft Field, As U.S. Air Force Awards Demonstrator Contract
While Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works, Boeing‘s [BA] Phantom Works, and commercial companies, such as Hermeus, have received the ink regarding possible Pentagon development of hypersonic aircraft, Leidos [LDOS] has […]
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SpaceSpace Delta 11 to Scale Up Training to Improve Satellite Protection, Function
In keeping with direction from Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Delta 11 unit plans to scale up training in the next several years […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Sustainment Strategy-Aviation May Lay Out Mission Capable Rate Goals for Aircraft
A Department of the Navy Sustainment Strategy-Aviation effort, begun in 2018, may lay out mission capable (MC) rate goals for service aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Sikorsky CH-53K helicopter. […]