Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force to Test Data-Sharing Between F-22 and F-35 Fighters and X-37B Spaceplane
The Air Force is planning a December exercise that will test ways to get the F-22 and F-35 fighter jets and the X-37B spaceplane to transmit data in a contested […]
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Air ForceGoldfein: Air Force’s Night Court Process Finds $30 Billion to Counter Future Threats
The Air Force has conducted a thorough examination of its current capabilities and programs, with the intent of freeing up funds from programs that won’t contribute to future conflicts and […]
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SpaceAir Force Successfully Launches CubeSat Program Aboard Northrop Grumman Antares Rocket
The Air Force and the Aerospace Corp. launched an experimental cube satellite project aboard a Northrop Grumman [NOC] Antares rocket Nov. 2, hitching a ride with NASA’s NG-12 Cygnus mission […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force to Experiment with Avionics Networks for Light Attack Aircraft
As the United States Air Force (USAF) continues its light attack aircraft program with the Textron Aviation [TXT] AT-6 Wolverine and the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano, the […]
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Air ForceAir Force to Submit Revised Space C2 Strategy to Pentagon in November
The Air Force will soon provide the Defense Department with details of how it plans to procure new space command-and-control systems, per a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released […]
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Air ForceAir Force Set to Hold 11 Pitch Days Through End of 2019
Air Force officials will be criss-crossing the country over the next two months as it has scheduled nearly a dozen opportunities for small businesses to pitch new, innovative ideas to […]
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Air ForceAgility Prime: Air Force Hopes to Leverage Commercial Progress on ‘Air Taxi’ Vehicles
DAYTON, Ohio — At the Air Force Research Lab on Wright-Patterson AFB here the service has begun preliminary research into how it can harness commercial efforts on futuristic urban air […]
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Air ForceReport: Air Force Should Pivot Toward Smaller, ‘Rebalanced’ Force That Will Require Tough Tradeoffs
The Air Force should alter its planned force structure, the new assets in development and the proposed mix of legacy aircraft it plans to keep if it is to maintain […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Signs Predictive Maintenance Enterprise Agreement with U.K.-Based SDL
The U.S. Air Force is to install sensors on the military service’s fleet of aircraft to manage millions of pieces of information and streamline maintenance under a predictive maintenance enterprise […]
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PentagonNew F-35 Deal Lowers Aircraft Price 12.7 Percent Each
The Defense Department said it has finished a new $34 billion deal with Lockheed Martin [LMT] to buy 478 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for the U.S. and international customers, reducing the […]