Air Force
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDrone Likely First to Receive Neuromorphic Computing Under U.S. Air Force Effort
The United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., is working to develop neuromorphic computing for possible fielding on a drone in the next five years. AFRL is […]
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Air ForceRoper: ‘In a Perfect World,’ Launch Services Procurement Program Would Have Three Vendors
The Air Force’s acquisition czar reiterated April 29 that the service can only afford to award contracts to two launch providers for future national security space launches, after a government-sponsored […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Martin Likely to Support LRSO With Sensors, Nuclear Certification
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are developing a plan to fit the company into the Long-Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) program moving forward, even as the service has selected […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLRSO Might Be Early, Top Air Force Nuke General Says
Two key nuclear delivery systems, the Long Range Standoff Weapon cruise missile and the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) intercontinental ballistic missile should be ready on time — the cruise […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Swings To Loss In First Quarter As COVID Slams Company; KC-46 Suffers More Charges
As expected, Boeing [BA] took a wallop in its first quarter as a global economic hardship from the COVID-19 gouged first quarter financial results, mainly in its commercial businesses, but […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force Seeks Sources for New Hypersonic Scramjet Program
A new hypersonic weapon program is on the horizon for the Air Force, per an April 27 solicitation seeking sources for a new air-breathing, hypersonic conventional cruise missile. The Air […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAgility Prime: Air Force Opens Two More Challenges for Electric Air Taxis
The Air Force released two new challenge-based contracting opportunities for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft under its Agility Prime line of effort, seeking out nontraditional defense companies with commercial […]
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Air ForceAgility Prime: Air Force Commits to Winning Innovation War over Electric VTOL Aircraft
Leaders from across the U.S. Air Force, joined by Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, underlined the importance of revolutionary VTOL aircraft —and an associated U.S. industrial base — to the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force: Agility Prime Platforms Will Be ‘Gamechanger’ for Warfighter
A new electronically powered aircraft that can rapidly transport logistics and personnel across battlefields or through disaster zones will benefit the Air Force across a wide range of capability needs, […]
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Air ForceFuture F-35 Panoramic Cockpit Display System to Feature Better Processing, Memory
A new Panoramic Cockpit Display – Electronics Unit (PCD-EU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 is to feature significantly enhanced processing and memory. The PCD-EU “is considered a new development […]