Air Force
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Air ForceUnit Cost of F-15EX to Be $80 Million, Boeing Says, As Company Prepares to Deliver First Two Jets
Boeing [BA] is preparing to deliver its first two F-15EX jets to the U.S. Air Force, as company officials said that the unit cost of the fighter is to be […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyJoint Warfighting Concept To Be Delivered to Esper by End of Year
The Joint Staff is preparing to deliver a new, Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) to Defense Secretary Mark Esper by the end of the year–a concept that will heavily rely on […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAgile Condor Pod to Go Through Classified Testing Over Next Year
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Agile Condor wide area surveillance pod is to undergo classified testing over the next year after a recent flight on the General Atomics […]
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Air ForceGBSD Award Opens New Training Area For L3Harris
The Air Force’s award on Tuesday to Northrop Grumman [NOC] of a contract for the next-generation ICBM system for the Air Force has given teammate L3Harris Technologies [LHX] an entrée […]
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Air ForceReducing Development Risk Key to B-52 Re-Engining Program
While the U.S. Air Force is looking at boosting engine power on Boeing [BA] B-52H bombers for future missions, the service and Boeing also want to reduce the risk in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyABMS Test Validates Cloud Computing for Military, Roper Says
The U.S. Air Force, U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Space Command held the second test “on ramp” of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Aug. 31-Sept. 3, and Air Force […]
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Air ForceDevelopment Start of B-52 Radar Modernization Program Slips Six Months
The projected development start of the B-52H Radar Modernization Program (RMP) has slipped six months from this month until March next year. “The program plans to start development in March […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Awarded $135 Million Contract for ALCM Refurbishment
The U.S. Air Force on Sept. 2 awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $135 million contract for refurbishment of the inertial navigation system of the Boeing [BA] AGM-86B Air Launched Cruise […]
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Air ForceM-Code Navigation System for F-22 and E-2D Finishes Critical Design Review, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Sept. 2 that its Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS)-Modernization, EGI-M, has passed a critical design review (CDR). The CDR marked the completion […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCaptive Carry Tests of Two Hypersonic Configurations Completed, DARPA Says
DARPA and the U.S. Air Force have completed captive carry tests of two variants of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) and are ready to proceed to first free-flight testing […]