Air Force
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Wins $291 Million Contract For F-35 Engine Maintenance
Naval Air Systems Command awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] and its subsidiary Pratt & Whitney a $291 million contract F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Lot 12 engine maintenance support. The contract specifically […]
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Air ForceTwo of Six KC-46 Category I Deficiencies Resolved, AMC Says
The U.S. Air Force has resolved two of the six Category I deficiencies for the Boeing [BA] KC-46 tanker, the commander of Air Mobility Command (AMC), Air Force Gen. Jacqueline […]
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SpaceAir Force Paid $787.2 Million to Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin for Meeting LSA Development Milestones
While the U.S. Air Force said that it did not pay termination costs to Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Blue Origin for ending their Launch Service Agreement Other Transaction Authority (LSA […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Testing Dialable Effects Munition This Year
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is conducting a Joint Concept Technology Demonstration (JCTD) with the Navy on an AFRL-developed Dialable Effects Munition (DEM) that would allow pilots to dial […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Conducts First DEUCE Directed Energy Wargame
The U.S. Air Force has established a new, directed energy wargame to be held at least twice yearly to evaluate directed energy technologies under a variety of possible future conflict […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Air Force Continues Gray Wolf Low-Cost Cruise Missile Effort
While the U.S. Air Force said this month that it had, for the first time, flight tested collaborative weapons under the service’s Golden Horde program–one of three service Vanguard efforts, […]
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Air ForceUSAF Plans to Stand Up Spectrum Warfare Wing to Focus on Offensive EW
The U.S. Air Force plans to stand up the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing to focus on offensive electronic warfare (EW) “real soon,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. […]
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Air ForceSwitch to Air Force Bomber Task Force Frees Up Planning Time for Theater Threats
The U.S. Air Force’s switch from bomber forward basing to a Bomber Task Force (BTF) model is freeing up time for service personnel at Andersen AFB, Guam to focus on […]
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SpaceCSAF Brown: ‘Ought to Move Forward’ with U.S. Space Force
Policy makers should embrace the U.S. Space Force as a means to increase attention on U.S. space systems and their protection and not revisit the decision to create the sixth […]
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SpaceAir Force Pays $787.2 Million to End Launch Services Agreements with Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin
On Dec. 31, the U.S. Air Force ended its Launch Services Agreements (LSAs) with Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Blue Origin and paid out $787.2 million to the companies–$531.7 million to Northrop Grumman […]
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