Air Force
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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 […]
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Air Force‘Stand-In’ Improvements Needed, Air Force Chief Says
The U.S. Air Force needs to improve its “stand-in” capabilities for envisioned, future conflicts in which adversaries have advanced, anti-air and other anti-access/area-denial systems, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. […]
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Air ForceUSAF Awards Contracts for Next Phase of Stand-in Attack Weapon to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and L3Harris
The U.S. Air Force is awarding about $45 million to Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC] and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] for the next step in the service’s Stand-in Attack Weapon […]
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InternationalContract for Additional 26 F-35Bs for the U.K. Unlikely Until 2024 At the Earliest
The United Kingdom is negotiating with Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) on 26 additional F-35Bs for the U.K., but a contract is unlikely before 2024 […]
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SpaceL3Harris Pursuing Early Materials Acquisition for SDA Tracking Layer Satellites
The fiscal year 2022 defense appropriations law provided $550 million for the Space Development Agency (SDA) to accelerate development of the Tracking Layer to support U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and an […]
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Air ForceUnited Kingdom Looking Into Buy of Additional 26 F-35Bs
The United Kingdom has 48 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B fighters under contract for delivery and is looking into the buy of another 26 to bring the U.K. inventory to 74, […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Plans to Move Forward on MH-139A Developmental Testing
Boeing [BA] has received the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certifications (STCs) for the company’s MH-139A Grey Wolf to enter developmental testing, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management […]
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