Air Force
-
SpaceAir Force Names New Locations As Possible HQ for U.S. Space Command
After revising selection criteria six months ago, the Department of the Air Force named six possible headquarters locations for U.S. Space Command on Nov. 19–Kirtland AFB, N.M.; Offutt AFB, Neb.; […]
-
Air ForcePilot Error, Ejection Seat Malfunction Contributed to Fatal F-16CM Crash
Pilot error and a malfunctioning Collins Aerospace‘s [RTX] Advanced Concept Ejection Seat II (ACES II) contributed to a June 30 fatal crash of a Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16CM at Shaw […]
-
CongressSenate Appropriators Want Air Force Acquisition Strategy for ABMS
A report on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s (SAC) fiscal 2021 defense appropriations bill asks the U.S. Air Force to submit an acquisition strategy early next year for the Advanced Battle […]
-
Air ForceAir Force Awards JADC2 Contracts with $950 Million Ceiling
The U.S. Air Force on Nov. 4 awarded 24 companies indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts worth up to $950 million to aid in the development of Joint All Domain Command and […]
-
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
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. […]
-
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 […]
-
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 […]
-
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 […]