Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Considering Possible Autonomous, Stealth Attributes for Future Tanker
The U.S. Air Force continues to study what attributes its future KC-Z tanker should have, as the service tries to resolve six Category 1 deficiencies on its Boeing [BA] KC-46A […]
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SpaceAFRL Opens Lab for Testing New, High-Strain Composites for Space
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate has opened a Deployable Structures Laboratory, DeSel, at Kirtland AFB, N.M. Construction on the $4 million, 7,000 square foot DeSel began […]
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Air ForceEMD on B-2 Cockpit Display Upgrade to Begin This Fiscal Year
The Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase for a cockpit display upgrade of the 20 Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 stealth bombers is to begin this fiscal year, as the U.S. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Martin to Demo Airlifter Palletized Munition Next Year
Under an up to $25 million, 18-month contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) last month, Lockheed Martin [LMT] plans to demonstrate next year the capability for C-130 […]
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InternationalBoeing to Build Two Additional KC-46As for Japan
As the Boeing [BA] KC-46A tanker program faces DoD procurement challenges, including timely resolution of six critical Category 1 deficiencies, the aircraft is getting a shot in the arm from […]
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Air ForceElectronic Warfare Interoperability PDR for B-52 Radar Modernization Program Upcoming
While Boeing [BA] officials said that they’ve had to conduct in-person meetings on the classified part of the B-52 Radar Modernization Program (RMP), they finished a three-day preliminary design review […]
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Air ForceAir Force Moving to Resolve Six Category 1 Deficiencies on KC-46A
Boeing [BA] said that it has replaced or retorqued 22 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) duct clamps on 12 of the 38 KC-46A tankers delivered to the U.S. Air Force after […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Submits First POM, As Service Looks to Counter China and Russia Advances
While the U.S. Space Force hopes to get its own service acquisition executive soon, the newest military service submitted its first Program Objective Memorandum (POM) budget proposal to DoD in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force Wants to Grasp International High Tech Advances to Prevent Sole Access by Adversaries
The U.S. Air Force is looking for the participation of international companies in its AFWERX innovation efforts to grasp high tech advances in artificial intelligence, materials sciences, advanced manufacturing and […]
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Business/FinancialPalantir Forecasts Major Increase in Its Share of DoD, Other Federal Software Business
Denver-based Palantir Technologies, Inc. [PLTR] forecasts a major increase in the company’s share of DoD, intelligence community, and other federal software business, as the company seeks to become the “central […]