Air Force
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Air ForceAFSOC Eyeing Possible Development/Fielding of New Transport Aircraft Features
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is interested in the possible incorporation of new features on transport aircraft, including electronic attack and standoff kinetic strike, the AFSOC commander […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force To Conduct Minuteman III ICBM Test Launch On Wednesday
The Air Force will conduct an operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, the Pentagon […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHinote: War of Attrition in Ukraine Points to USAF Need for Autonomous Aircraft
Future wars of attrition, as the world has witnessed in Ukraine, point to the need for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs) or other autonomous drones, a senior U.S. Air Force official […]
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Air ForceGAO Advises U.S. Air Force to Reimburse SABCA for Costs Associated With Bid Protest on F-16 Sustainment
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has advised the U.S. Air Force to reimburse the Brussels-based Societe Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aeronautique SA (SABCA) “the costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, associated […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Air Force to Hold Industry Day This Month on Possible New Standoff Weapon
The U.S. Air Force is mulling whether to develop and build a new standoff weapon and may conduct an analysis of alternatives (AoA). The armaments directorate disruptive futures division of […]
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Air ForceAFCENT Wants Enhanced Use of Drones, Improved Radar Picture
The air component commander of U.S. Central Command wants to increase the use of smaller, less expensive drones and to work with U.S. allies in the region to assemble a […]
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Air ForceBoeing Receives More Than $3.1 Billion in Contracts for KC-46 Tanker
Boeing [BA] has received two contracts for its KC-46A tanker, DoD said on Aug. 31. In the first such contract, the U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing more than $2.2 billion […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Notes High Mission Capable Rates for Forward F-35s, While Training Aircraft Lag
While the overall mission capable (MC) rate of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 is around 60 percent, forward military detachments have seen MC rates of more than 80 percent, including […]
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Air ForceUSAF Fielding New T7 Robots from L3Harris for EOD
The U.S. Air Force’s 96th Test Wing at Eglin AFB, Fla., has received the first of 170 L3Harris [LHX] T7 explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots to be fielded at Air […]
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Air ForceSome Features of F-35 Block 4 May Move to Collaborative Combat Aircraft
Congress has docked the F-35 program for delays in the Block 4 upgrades for the fighter, but it well may be that some of the envisioned Block 4 features will […]