Air Force
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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. […]
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Air ForceAether Spy Next-Generation Multi-Function Radar to Advance, Northrop Grumman Says
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Aether Spy next-generation multifunction radar by Northrop Grumman [NOC] is to move into the design phase after the radar completed a system requirements review […]
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Air ForcePreliminary Design Review for F-35 Full Motion Video Data Link Upcoming
A preliminary design review (PDR) of a Full Motion Video Data Link (FMVDL) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 is planned before the end of the year, according to the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Plans to Re-Use Aerial Dogfight Algorithms for ISR, EW
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to re-use algorithms employed in the recent AlphaDogfightTrial (ADT) for research on artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); electronic warfare […]
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SpaceU.S. TRANSCOM Mulling Possibility of Rocket Deliveries
U.S. Transportation Command is mulling the possibility of rocket deliveries and plans to hold a proof of principle with SpaceX as early as next year, TRANSCOM Commander Army Gen. Stephen […]
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Air ForceAir Force Envisions Improved Communications and Sensor Capabilities for Arctic
The U.S. Air Force wants improved sensors and communications for the Arctic, including Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), as the service seeks to make operations there more routine […]
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SpaceSpaceX Launch of GPS III Important for NSSL
The scheduled launch of the fourth GPS III satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 9:43 p.m. on Oct. 2nd from Cape Canaveral, Fla., will be important for future […]