Air Force
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Air ForceUSAF Command and Control Head Urges Acceleration of TOC-L Effort
Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] said last week that the U.S. Air Force had awarded the company a $315 million contract for their collaboration on Phase II of a prototype Tactical […]
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SpaceLaunch of Eighth X-37B Mission Planned for Aug. 21
The U.S. Space Force plans to launch the Boeing [BA] X-37B space plane on Aug. 21 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Fla.–an eighth X-37B mission […]
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Air ForceGAO Finds DoD Has Not Identified Lower-Tier Suppliers; Discloses DoD Looked Into Chinese Robotic Arms on F-35 Assembly Line
An omniscient portrait of the more than 200,000 DoD suppliers to spot suspicious foreign companies is not on the books, as lower tier suppliers remain hidden–a cloaking helped by the […]
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Air ForceSenate GOP Spread Puts Lohmeier Over the Top
On a 52 to 46 party line vote on Thursday, the GOP-controlled Senate confirmed Matthew Lohmeier as the 29th Undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force–the service’s number two civilian. Sens. […]
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Air ForceScout Space’s Owl Sensor to Aid U.S. Space Force in Blue Origin Launch Next Spring
Scout Space‘s Owl sensor is to aid U.S. Space Force’s space domain awareness (SDA) mission in a launch next spring of the first Blue Ring maneuverable spacecraft by Blue Origin, […]
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CongressRight to Repair Provisions in Senate and House Defense Authorization Bills
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and House Armed Services Committee (HASC) versions of their respective fiscal 2026 defense authorization bills contain “right to repair” provisions aimed at a reduction […]
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Air ForceSenate Wants Report from Air Force on Possible Concurrent Construction of Sentinel Silos
The Senate wants the U.S. Air Force to consider simultaneous construction of silos for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel for the three missile wings–the 90th at F.E. Warren AFB, […]
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Air ForceAny Decision To Accelerate B-21 Production Will Require Northrop Grumman To Boost Investment
If the Pentagon decides to increase production of the U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 stealth bomber it will require further investment by Northrop Grumman [NOC], which in turn expects to […]
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Air ForceHASC Wants USAF to Lay Out Plan for Full-Scale Production of CCA Increment 1
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the U.S. Air Force to lay out its plan for full- scale production of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Increment 1. “The committee expects […]
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Air ForceWill Hypersonic Weapons Costs Come Down?
One of the arguments against hypersonic missiles has been their cost—at least $15 million per weapon, but panelists at a Monday discussion at the Hudson Institute on modular weapons said […]