Air Force
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Air ForcePoland Officially Commits to $4.6 Billion F-35 Contract
Poland’s leaders signed a contract Jan. 31 to formally procure 32 F-35A Joint Strike Fighters for $4.6 billion, becoming the latest partner to join the F-35 family via foreign military […]
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PentagonTRANSCOM Looking To Industry To Address Aerial Refueling, Sealift Readiness Challenges
The head of U.S. Transportation Command said Tuesday officials will consider options to temporarily lease tanker aircraft from the private sector to meet ongoing readiness challenges. Army Gen. Stephen Lyons, […]
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Air ForceSpace Force Architecture Enterprise Summit to Take Place Next Month
Stakeholders in the Air Force are moving ahead with plans to flesh out the newly established Space Force’s acquisition processes. To that end, an Architecture Enterprise Summit is expected to […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Awarded Air Force Contract to Provide Ground System for Missile Warning Architecture
Raytheon [RTN] has been awarded a $197 million five-year contract to help the Air Force collect and disseminate data from multiple sensors for its missile warning architecture, the company said […]
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Air ForceGoldfein Stresses Need to Push Industry, Congress Toward Network-Centric Investments
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein’s goal for fiscal year 2021 will be to convince stakeholders on Capitol Hill and in the defense industry that the service’s future […]
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Air ForceAir Force E-11 Aircraft Crashes in Afghanistan
Multiple senior military officials have confirmed a U.S. military aircraft has crashed in Afghanistan on Jan. 27, while the status of the crew remains unknown. The news, originally reported by […]
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Air ForceHuntington Ingalls Wins $954 Million to Provide ISR Services to USAFE
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] has been awarded $954 million to provide persistent multi-role and cross-domain intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), the company said […]
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Air ForceAFRL Successfully Completes Fourth XQ-58A ‘Valkyrie’ Test
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Kratos Defense and Security [KTOS] completed the fourth of five planned tests of the XQ-58A Valkyrie demonstrator vehicle this week, the first test […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA, Industry Partners Laud Successful Initial Gremlins Flight Test
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) completed the initial flight test of the X-61A unmanned aerial system under Phase 3 of its Gremlins drone swarming program late last fall, […]
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Air Force
Handheld Viasat Radio To Provide Link 16 Connectivity For Close Air Support and Other Missions
California-based Viasat has received a $90 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract from United States Air Force (USAF) Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio to provide USAF special […]