Air Force
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Air Force
HASC Member’s Amendment Adds $200 Million to FY ’20 NDAA for RC-135 Equipment Replacement
A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member-introduced amendment would divert $200 million to replace storm-damaged aircraft ground and training equipment from other Defense Department funding streams in the fiscal year […]
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Air Force
Two Light Attack-Related Amendments Introduced for House FY ’20 NDAA
House lawmakers have included two amendments that affect the Air Force’s ongoing light attack experiment to be considered for inclusion in the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). […]
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Space
Second GPS III Satellite Ready to Launch in Late July
The second Lockheed Martin [LMT]-made GPS III satellite has been sealed up and is ready for its scheduled July 25 launch, the company said July 8. Lockheed Martin Space and […]
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Air Force
Senate Calls for Additional HH-60Gs for Air National Guard
The Senate is calling for additional Sikorsky [LMT] HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue helicopters (CSAR) for the Air National Guard to account for delays in the HH-60W Combat […]
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Air Force
Goldfein: ‘The Time is Right’ to Rebuild Nuclear Workforce
As the Air Force and wider Defense Department work to address threats posed by peer competition and to fulfill the requirements of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the service must […]
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Back on Schedule: Sikorsky Carves Five Months From Combat Rescue Helicopter Program
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Recovering from a stinging Pentagon program evaluation in 2018, Sikorsky [LMT] has addressed design deficiencies in its HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter development and was able […]
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Air Force
PODCAST: Space Force – Ready to Launch?
It’s episode 3 of Defense Daily’s new podcast series, THE BUSINESS END. This time, we dive into Space Force, asking questions like: What procurement efforts will fall under the new Space […]
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Space
Air Force’s Latest Advanced EHF Satellite Launch Delayed Until July
A satellite launch scheduled for later this week to carry the Air Force’s latest Advanced EHF (AEHF) system into orbit has been delayed until early-to-mid July, the service said June […]
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Air Force
Air Force Seeking to Begin KC-46 Boom Fix This Summer
DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force has initiated its first engineering change proposal for the KC-46A Pegasus program as it plans to award a contract to fix the aerial refueling […]
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Air Force
B-52 Upgrades Could Lead to New ‘J’ Model
DAYTON, Ohio — With a series of modernization efforts on the table for the Air Force’s aging B-52 bomber fleet, the service will decide over the next two years whether […]