Air Force
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Conducts Hypersonic Sled Test Recoveries, As Service Looks to Future Test and Evaluation
The Air Force’s 846th Test Squadron at Holloman AFB, N.M., has conducted two recovery tests of hypersonic sleds traveling at about Mach 5, the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) said […]
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Air ForceACC Commander: Pratt & Whitney and U.S. Air Force Reduce Number of Unavailable F135 Engines Below 40
Over the last month and a half, Pratt & Whitney [RTX] and the U.S. Air Force Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex have reduced the number of unavailable F135 engines for […]
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Air ForceSenate Appropriators Recommend Adding $460 Million for AETP
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s version of the fiscal 2022 defense funding bill recommends adding $460 million for the U.S. Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP) for the Lockheed Martin […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Seeks Better Awareness of GEO
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command is seeking information from companies able to provide sensors to improve the space domain awareness of objects in Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO). “The […]
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Unmanned SystemsHoeven Wants to Bring Block 30 Global Hawks to N.D. for Hypersonic Missile Testing
Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) wants to bring the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of 20 Northrop Grumman [NOC] RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 drones to Grand Sky, N.D. after their retirement […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems Team Competing With Northrop Grumman for U-2 SIGINT Payload
The Air Force has awarded a BAE Systems/Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) team a contract for Global High-altitude Open-system Sensor Technology (GHOST), which is to replace the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Airborne […]
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Air ForceSenate Appropriators Advise Significant Cut to F-35 Software Development, Would Make C2D2 Separate Program
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s draft fiscal 2022 defense funding bill recommends cutting nearly $566 million from the Pentagon’s almost $2 billion request for Continuous Capability Development and Delivery (C2D2) for […]
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Air ForceKendall Stresses Need for Air Force Logistics Improvements, Retirement of Aging Systems
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Oct. 18 stressed the need for the service to develop and sustain well-oiled supply chains for future conflicts and retire aging systems with […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Looking into Acquisition Strategy; Possible Used, Commercial Derivative Aircraft for E-4B Replacement
The Air Force is to forge an acquisition strategy for the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), which is to replace the aging Air Force E-4B National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC) […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Eyeing Replacement of HH-60W Missile Warning System
The U.S. Air Force is considering replacing the missile warning system for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter to counter future threats. […]