Air Force
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SpaceNew U.S. Space Command to Be Stood Up Late August
The White House and the Defense Department plan to formally stand up the newest unified combatant command dedicated to space by the end of this month, officials said Aug. 20. […]
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SpaceAir Force, Rocket Lab Successfully Launch Cubesat Spacecraft
The Air Force successfully launched two experimental cubesats aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket Aug. 19 to serve as an on-orbit testbed for emerging technologies in 2019. Electron lifted off around […]
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Air ForceTrump Administration Pushes Potential F-16 Sale to Taiwan to Congress
President Trump’s administration has informally notified Congress of its intent to sell new F-16 fighter aircraft to Taiwan, in the first step of a long-awaited effort to upgrade the East […]
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Air ForceAFRL Successfully Flies New Robotically Piloted Air Platform
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced the successful flight demonstration of a new robotically manned air platform whose technology could pave the way for more optionally manned aircraft […]
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SpaceAir Force Solicits Responses for OSP-4 Launch Services
The Air Force released Aug. 14 its solicitation for the Orbital Services Program-4 (OSP-4) program to rapidly launch payloads within two years of task order award. The service’s Rocket Systems […]
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Air ForceBlue Origin Files Pre-Award Protest Against Air Force Launch Services Program
After months of speculation, Blue Origin has filed a pre-award protest to the Government Accountability Office claiming the terms outlined in the Air Force’s Launch Services Procurement (LSP) solicitation impedes […]
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace to Modernize Pentagon Test Range Systems
Collins Aerospace, a division of United Technologies Corp. [UTX], is set to modernize test range systems for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army under a $7.6 million set of […]
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Air ForceIndustrial Challenge To Build Hypersonic Parts At Scale
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Pentagon’s top research and engineering official said while he thinks Congress has funded hypersonic weapons well, the rub is getting industry to produce complex parts at […]
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Air ForceAir Force Temporarily Grounds One Quarter of C-130 Fleet Due to Cracks
The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command has ordered the temporary removal of over 100 C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft from service for inspections following discoveries of “atypical cracks” during maintenance. […]
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Air ForceULA Receives $157 Million for Third NRO Mission – and Last Sole-Sourced Delta IV Heavy Launch
The Air Force has awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) $156.7 million for the last of three National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) launches, which will possibly mark the final national security launch […]