Air Force
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Air ForceBoeing Gets More Than $7 Billion in Pentagon Awards For Army Apache And USAF KC-46s
Tuesday was a banner day for Boeing [BA], as the company secured a nearly $4.7 billion award from the U.S. Army for production of AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and Longbow […]
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Air ForceAs USAF Considers When to Hold First Sentinel Flight Test, Lockheed Martin Receives Add-On for Mk21A
As the U.S. Air Force considers when it will have a first flight test in the development of the LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM by Northrop Grumman [NOC], Lockheed Martin [LMT] has […]
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Air ForceUSAF Sustainment Of Intel Support Program For U-2 To Stretch Through Next October
While the Air Force has planned to retire the Lockheed Martin [LMT] U-2 Dragon Lady surveillance plane next year, a number of legislators have opposed that plan, and former Air […]
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SpaceBlackSky Says Third Gen-3 Satellite Produced Images Less Than 24 Hours After Launch
BlackSky Technology Inc. [BKSY] said on Tuesday that its third Gen-3 satellite began producing images less than 24 hours after its launch from New Zealand on Nov. 20 on Rocket […]
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Air ForceUSAF To Award Pratt & Whitney Engine Performance Restoration Contract For C-17 By End Of FY 2027
The Air Force plans to award a 10-year firm fixed price contract at the end of fiscal 2027 to RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney for the restoration of the company’s […]
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SpaceIntegration Of Space Development Agency Tranches Faces Challenge, Report Says
The integration of Space Development Agency (SDA) systems across the two-year “tranche” development cycle is a significant hurdle facing the agency, according to a report by the SDA Independent Review […]
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SpaceHegseth “Wartime Footing” Acquisition Model May Have Operational Risks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has promoted a “wartime footing” for Pentagon acquisition, but the approach may come with operational risk. “I can go ramp up the acquisition system, work with […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force 15-Year Plan To Come Out By Early 2026, Saltzman Says
The U.S. Space Force is looking to publish its 15-year plan between now and early next year, according to Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman. “I want to […]
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Air ForceBoeing To Lead Tail Kit Development For Next Generation Penetrator, As USAF Seeks Industry Input
The attack division of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s armament directorate (AFLCMC/EBD) at Eglin AFB, Fla., wants to hear from companies by December 12 on their wherewithal to […]
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SpaceNRO Establishes Space Cyber Program After Last Month’s Moonshine Guardian Exercise
RESTON, Va.–The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) established a space cyber program on Oct. 1. While the NRO is no stranger to devising solutions to the decades-old threat of hacking, “today’s […]