Air Force
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Air Force Continues Gray Wolf Low-Cost Cruise Missile Effort
While the U.S. Air Force said this month that it had, for the first time, flight tested collaborative weapons under the service’s Golden Horde program–one of three service Vanguard efforts, […]
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Air ForceUSAF Plans to Stand Up Spectrum Warfare Wing to Focus on Offensive EW
The U.S. Air Force plans to stand up the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing to focus on offensive electronic warfare (EW) “real soon,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. […]
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Air ForceSwitch to Air Force Bomber Task Force Frees Up Planning Time for Theater Threats
The U.S. Air Force’s switch from bomber forward basing to a Bomber Task Force (BTF) model is freeing up time for service personnel at Andersen AFB, Guam to focus on […]
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SpaceCSAF Brown: ‘Ought to Move Forward’ with U.S. Space Force
Policy makers should embrace the U.S. Space Force as a means to increase attention on U.S. space systems and their protection and not revisit the decision to create the sixth […]
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SpaceAir Force Pays $787.2 Million to End Launch Services Agreements with Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin
On Dec. 31, the U.S. Air Force ended its Launch Services Agreements (LSAs) with Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Blue Origin and paid out $787.2 million to the companies–$531.7 million to Northrop Grumman […]
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Air ForceAir Force Looks to Mid-2022 for First Flight of B-21 Raider
The U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is looking to mid-2022 as the first flight for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth bomber. The Air Force had said […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Receives BACN Contract Worth Up to $3.6 Billion
The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a potentially $3.6 billion operations and sustainment contract for the company’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) on Jan. 21. “This contract provides […]
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Air ForceBoeing Rakes in $3.8 Billion for 27 KC-46s in Eight Days
Eight days after the U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing [BA] a $1.7 billion contract for 12 KC-46s in Lot Six of the production line, the service on Jan. 20 bought […]
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Air ForceIn Departure Letter, Air Force Acquisition Chief Urges Continuance of Risk Taking Culture
In a parting letter on Jan. 19, U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper urged the service to sustain a risk-taking approach toward advanced technologies to put the U.S. first […]
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Air ForceRoper: F-35 Program at an ‘Inflection Point,’ as Air Force Looks to Reduce Flying Hour Cost to Bank for Future Systems
The program for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter, managed by the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., is at an “inflection point” in […]