Air Force
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Martin Pushes to Extend F-35 Sustainment Contracts From One Year to Five Years
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s manufacturer wants to negotiate maintenance contracts on a five-year schedule, a new process it claims will save $1 billion in sustainment […]
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Air ForceFY ’21 Air Force Budget Could Shift Bomber Funds to B-21, Weighs Future of Bomber Force
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Air Force is considering whether to move funding from the B-1B Lancer program to buy additional next-generation B-21 bombers in the fiscal year 2021 budget, […]
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PentagonEsper: Realigning DoD Resources For NDS Priorities, More Night Courts
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on Wednesday said the Defense Department is realigning its resources and activities to support its highest priorities under the National Defense […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Preparing Military Aircraft for IFF Mode 5 Mandate by Next June
Raytheon [RTN] said recently that it is preparing military aircraft to meet a new Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) mandate by next June. Mode 5 IFF is an enhancement to legacy […]
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Air ForceAir Force to Boeing: ‘Progress Needed’ to Solve Ongoing KC-46 Concerns
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Despite a variety of problems remaining to be solved – including a new Category-1 deficiency – the Air Force continues to push for the new KC-46A […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFirst ABMS Demonstration to Occur Within Next Four Months
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Air Force is planning its first display of what its Advanced Battle Management Concept (ABMS) would operationally look like within the next few months, the […]
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Air ForceCollins Wants to Bring Open Architecture to Military Avionics
Collins Aerospace [UTX] sees its development of what could become the aviation industry’s first FAA-certified multicore processor as providing a baseline for establishing an open architecture for the U.S. Army’s […]
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Air ForceDefense Department Inspector General to Scrutinize Original KC-46 Boom Design
The Defense Department Office of the Inspector General announced Sept. 16 it plans to evaluate how the Air Force determined requirements to design and develop the refueling boom of the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Names New Trainer Aircraft The T-7A Red Hawk In Honor Of Tuskegee Airmen
The Air Force has named its next-generation trainer aircraft the T-7A Red Hawk, a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, with plans to accept the first platforms and simulators in 2023, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFully Modernized, Cloud-Based F-35 Logistics System Expected in 2020
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The F-35’s notoriously unwieldy Automated Logistics Information System (ALIS) is scheduled to move to the cloud by the end of the year, a move that is […]