Air Force
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Air ForceBoeing Awarded Up to $5.7 Billion for KC-46 Post-Production Work
The Air Force awarded Boeing [BA] a contract worth up to $5.7 billion over 10 years that provides for a range of post-production requirements for the KC-46A aerial refueler, including […]
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PentagonNew GAO Report Paints Worrying Picture for F-35 Sustainment
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new report April 25 offering new recommendations to improve the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s supply chain and sustainment issues, and warns that without […]
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Air ForceAir Force Releases Two RFIs Related to Future Evolved Strategic SATCOM Program
The Air Force this week released two requests for information related to the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program that will eventually replace the service’s current Advanced EHF (AEHF) satellite […]
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Air ForceAir Force Seeking Sources for New F-15EX Virtual Reality Trainers
The Air Force is conducting a market survey for new F-15E simulators to train pilots should the service receive new Boeing [BA]-made F-15EX aircraft, according to an April 24 solicitation. […]
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Air ForceB-1s Return to Service After Weeks-Long Safety Stand-Down
The Air Force’s first B-1B Lancer bombers started flying again this week following a stand-down in March related to safety issues, the service’s Global Strike Command said April 23. Individual […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards Boeing Contract to Build Additional Wideband Global Satcom Satellite
The Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a not-to-exceed $605 million firm-fixed price contract modification to build one additional Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, according to an April 19 announcement. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force Funding New Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Sites At Arnold AFB, Indiana Universities
The Air Force is funding the construction of new wind tunnels for hypersonic testing, with new sites in development at two Indiana universities and an additional tunnel being built at […]
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Nuclear ModernizationAF Global Strike Command Leader Expects Cost of New ICBM to Increase in Short Term
The leader of Air Force Global Strike Command expects the cost of the service’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to increase in the short term, he said April 17. However, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNew Air Force S&T Strategy Recommends Forming CTO Position
The Air Force wants to stand up a new civilian chief technology officer position whose role would be to oversee science and technology S&T efforts across the service, and have […]
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Air Force
Air Force Awards Boeing $14 Billion Bomber Weapons Sustainment Contract
The Air Force last week awarded Boeing [BA] a $14.3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to modernize the B-1 and B-52 bomber weapons systems through 2029, according to an April 12 announcement. […]