Air Force
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force Awards Second Round of Contracts to Support Skyborg Program
The U.S. Air Force on Sept. 29 awarded a second round of contracts to nine organizations for the service’s Skyborg program–an effort to develop a family of attritable drones with […]
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SpaceClassification Regime Challenge for Bringing Non-Traditional Companies into Military Space
As U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper and the AFWERX innovation arm try to get more non-traditional firms into the military space business under the U.S. Space Force, classification–or […]
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Air ForceAir Force to Hold Public Hearings on B-21 Bomber Bed Down Locations
The U.S. Air Force plans to hold public hearings next month on a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) associated with deciding whether Ellsworth AFB, S.D., or Dyess AFB, Texas, will […]
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Unmanned SystemsProtector Drone Achieves First Flight, As General Atomics Looks for RAF Delivery Next Summer
The General Atomics‘ RG Mk1 Protector drone, the fourth MQ-9B SkyGuardian air vehicle, achieved first flight on Sept. 25, the company said, as it awaits system testing of the drone […]
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Air ForcePreliminary Design Review for B-52 Radar Modernization Set for Next Month
Next month is the scheduled preliminary design review (PDR) for Boeing‘s [BA] B-52 radar modernization program (RMP), which is to feature a new, wide-band radome by L3Harris [LHX] on the […]
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ArmyIsotropic Systems, SES Win DoD Contract to Test Multi-Beam O3b Terminal
SES Government Solutions and Isotropic Systems have received an antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminal over SES’s O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation. […]
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Air ForceRoper Lays Out Case for Frequent, Spiral Development for Digital Century Series
Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper is trying to build the case for frequent, spiral development of the Digital Century Series (DCS) of aircraft–among them the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) […]
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Air ForceAir Force Completes $1.27 Billion Upgrade for B-1B Fleet
The Air Force said on Sept. 24 that it has finished a $1.27 billion Integrated Battle Station (IBS) upgrade for its fleet of Boeing [BA] B-1B bombers–a program that began […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force Considers Legacy Platform Retirements and Replacement by eSeries Systems
The U.S. Air Force is examining possible early retirements for a range of legacy platforms, especially if digitally engineered eSeries systems can readily step in to fulfill the missions of […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAF Chief: Digital Engineering ‘Key Aspect’ of NGAD
While Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown would not elaborate on the records set in the flight debut of the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter, he said […]