Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Looks to Increase B-2 Mission Readiness with Cockpit Display Upgrade
A U.S. Air Force official said that availability of B-2 stealth bombers has been increasing, as the service looks to increase the mission readiness of the service’s 20 Northrop Grumman […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBAE Systems to Leverage Autonomous Systems’ Experience for U.S. Air Force Skyborg Program
BAE Systems is to leverage its experience in autonomous systems, as it seeks to develop an attritable drone under the U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg program, the company said on Oct. […]
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Air ForceAir Force Chief of Staff Stresses Need for 386 Squadrons of Capability
While not wedded to 386 squadrons’ worth of air frames to execute the 2018 National Defense Strategy, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown said on Wednesday […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPolicy Discussions on Future Use of Autonomous Weapons Likely
As the U.S. Army recruits the other military services to participate with their systems in next year’s Project Convergence exercise to showcase significantly contracted sensor-to-shooter timelines through artificial intelligence (AI), […]
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Air ForceU-2 Spy Plane Receives Software Code Update In-Flight
The U.S. Air Force updated software code on a Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2 reconnaissance plane in-flight on Oct. 16, according to Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper. “Friday, a U.S. […]
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SpaceSpace Force Official Suggests U.S. Developing Offensive Capabilities
The U.S was the first nation to test anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons in 1958 with bomber-launched ASATs, and three other nations have demonstrated the ability to destroy orbiting satellites–Russia, China, and, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Announces Newest Collaboration with Boom Supersonic on Development of Next Gen Executive Transport
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) on Oct. 16 announced its newest collaboration with Denver-based Boom Supersonic to explore the development of the next generation of transport […]
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Air ForceTanker Readiness a Concern for DoD, Esper Says
A major concern for executing Pentagon war plans is the readiness of the fleet of refueling tankers, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said during a Heritage Foundation virtual event on Oct. […]
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Air ForceAESA Radar for F-16s Has Achieved FOC Readiness, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Oct. 15 that its AN/APG-83 scalable agile beam radar (SABR) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters by Lockheed Martin [LMT] has achieved “full operational capability […]
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Air ForceAir Combat Command Clears Stormbreaker for F-15E Operations
The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) has cleared the 204-pound, GBU-53/B Stormbreaker munition by Raytheon [RTX] for operational use after more than a decade of development. On Sept. […]