Air Force
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Air ForceDigital Engineering Leads to Fast Joining of T-7A Forward and Aft Fuselage, Boeing Says
Digital engineering of the Boeing [BA] and Saab T-7A Red Hawk led to the joining of the training aircraft’s front and aft fuselages in less than half an hour this […]
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PentagonJROC to Outline Requirements for Joint Warfighting Concept This Month
By the end of this month, the Pentagon Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) is to lay out requirements for the military services under the Joint Warfighting Concept’s (JWC) four areas–Joint […]
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Air ForceLack of F-35 Full-Rate Production Decision Provides “Launching Point for Criticism of Program,” PEO Says
The Joint Program Office (JPO) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter at Patuxent River, Md. has received a preliminary analysis by Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Georgia […]
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Air ForceTactical Aircraft Study May Offer Range of Future Fighter Options to U.S. Air Force
The ongoing tactical aircraft (TACAIR) study by the U.S. Air Force, the Joint Staff, and the Pentagon office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) may offer a range of […]
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SpaceSpace-Based GMTI, Tactical ISR Efforts by Space Force Not to Conflict with NDSA
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is undertaking a space-based ground moving target indicator (GMTI) program and looking to move into tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions that complement intelligence […]
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SpaceRaymond: U.S. Space Force Needs Service Acquisition Executive Now
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) needs a service acquisition executive (SAE) now, the USSF Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond said on May 12. The fiscal 2020 National […]
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PentagonHouse Appropriators Say Modernization Funding Diverted for Border Wall No Longer Available
The House Appropriations Committee has determined that it is no longer possible to take back $6.3 billion in funding diverted from defense programs, including modernization, to help pay for former […]
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Air ForceRoll-Out of F-15EX Followed by Participation in Northern Edge Exercise
Boeing‘s [BA] first two F-15EX fighters are participating in the joint U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Northern Edge 21 exercise over Alaska less than two months after the company delivered the first […]
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SpaceActing Air Force Secretary Recommends Legislative Change to Permit Space SAE Before Oct. 1 Next Year
The fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), P.L. 116-92, established the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 20, 2019, but the law had some curious language in Section 957 that […]
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Air ForceBETA’s eVTOL Receives First Air Force Airworthiness Approval for Human Flight in Electric Aircraft
After a year of testing, BETA Technologies‘ electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, ALIA, has received the first airworthiness approval for manned flight in an electric aircraft from the […]
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