Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Officials: KC-46 Remote Vision System Fix Expected in 2023
The Air Force expects to receive a solution to its biggest Category-1 deficiency on the KC-46A Pegasus tanker by 2023, one year behind previous estimates, the service’s senior military official […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPerdue Calls for Detailed Air Force Acquisition Strategy on ABMS
The Air Force needs to provide Congress with more details of how it plans to acquire new networked technologies via the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) program, a top Senate […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyOfficials: DoD On Track For First Hypersonic Glide Body Test Later This Year, Exploring Cruise Missile Configurations
Officials leading the Pentagon’s hypersonic weapon development affirmed Monday the department is on track for the first flight test later this year under the Conventional Prompt Strike program and said […]
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Air ForcePACAF Commander Brown Nominated As Next Air Force Chief of Staff
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has formally nominated Pacific Air Forces Commander Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown to become the Air Force’s next chief of staff. If confirmed, Brown would become the […]
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Air ForceCanceled Defensive System For B-2 Suffered From Coding Challenges, Roper Says
The Air Force decided to cancel a major defensive upgrade to its B-2 stealth bomber in the fiscal year 2021 budget request after realizing that new software code wouldn’t work […]
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Air ForceSpaceX Leader Talks Starlink Production, Reusability at Air Force Conference
ORLANDO, Fla. – SpaceX has managed to bring the unit cost down to build its Starlink broadband internet satellites, but needs to do the same for its forthcoming Starship launch […]
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Air ForceFighter/Bomber PEO: F-16 Depot Modernization Contract Moving Forward
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Air Force is on schedule to deliver a major maintenance depot contract by the end of the year that could be worth hundreds of millions of […]
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Air ForceKey KC-46A Tanker System Made Big Progress In Past Few Weeks, Roper Says
A critical component of the Air Force’s KC-46A aerial refueling tanker that has been caught up in a difficult development has made more progress in the past month than in […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Conducts Static Fire Test Of OmegA Rocket’s Second Stage Motor
PROMONTORY, Utah —Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday conducted a successful first test of the second stage motor for its OmegA launch vehicle, a critical step as the company prepares for […]
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Air ForceGoldfein: ‘Night Court’ Savings Rolled Back to Save COCOMs from Near-Term Risk
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Air Force last year identified $30 billion it had found over the five-year Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP) that could be freed up from current programs […]