Air Force
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WeaponsAir Force Moving ‘Extremely Fast’ on New Missile to Replace AMRAAM
DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force is moving quickly to develop a new air-to-air missile that would eventually replace the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), the leader of the […]
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Air ForcePentagon Official: ’25 by 25′ Cost Per Flying Hour Goal Still Achievable for F-35
DAYTON, Ohio — While various Defense Department officials have expressed skepticism that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can achieve a $25,000 cost per flying hour target by 2025, the department’s […]
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Air ForceAir Force Continues to Consider What Comes After KC-46
DAYTON, Ohio —The Air Force is moving through the process of assessing what a future aerial refueler will look like beyond the new KC-46A Pegasus, the service’s program executive officer […]
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Air ForceACC, AFSOC to Hone Light Attack Experiment Plan, Targeting Fall Completion
DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force is set to begin building an updated light attack aircraft plan that would incorporate a small number of off-the-shelf aircraft while experimenting with other […]
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Navy/USMCBell Aims at Increasing V-22 Mission Readiness Rates by 10 to 12 Percent
PARIS AIR SHOW—Bell [TXT] and Boeing [BA] are aiming to increase V-22 mission readiness rates by 10 to 12 percent through removing 8 of the 10 wiring interface boxes on the […]
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Air ForceAir Force, Lockheed Laud Successful Flight Test of Hypersonic Weapon Aboard B-52
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have successfully flight tested components of one of the service’s future hypersonic weapons aboard a B-52 Stratofortress bomber. A sensor-only version of the […]
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Air Force‘Valkyrie’ Unmanned Air Vehicle Successfully Completes Second Flight
The Air Force’s XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle completed its second flight last week and completed all test objectives, the service said June 17. The 71-minute flight took place June […]
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Air ForceAir Force Adds Billions to Boeing’s JDAM Contract Ceiling
The Air Force awarded Boeing [BA] a contract modification worth up to $6.5 billion for future Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits, spares, repairs and technical services, according to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCollins Aerospace Sees Big Demand For New, Retrofit ‘Fly-By-Wire’ System
PARIS AIR SHOW—Collins Aerospace [UTX] and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] are highlighting an advanced fly-by-wire retrofit kit to allow autonomous flight in medium and heavy helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. […]
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Air ForceGE Sees Bright Decade Ahead in Military and Commercial Aircraft Engines
PARIS AIR SHOW–Bolstered by its win in February in the U.S. Army Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), General Electric [GE] sees a bright decade ahead in military and commercial aircraft […]