Air Force
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Space
New SDA Director Unveils Notional Space Architecture, Outlines Top Agency Priorities
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The leader of the new Space Development Agency (SDA) unveiled April 9 a notional future space architecture that the agency plans to develop over the next […]
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Air Force
Air Force Officials Defend F-15EX Buy As Gapfiller To Meet Operational Readiness Challenges
Air Force officials told a Senate panel on Tuesday the plan to procure over 80 F-15EXs over the next five years is required to keep up with an operational pace […]
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Air Force
Roper: Air Force Close to Resuming KC-46 Deliveries
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Air Force is ready to resume deliveries of its new KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft as soon as Boeing [BA] completes the latest and most […]
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Pentagon
White House Nominates Stratcom Commander for Vice Chair, Joint Chiefs
The White House nominated Air Force Gen. John Hyten to be vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, opening up a vacancy at both the nation’s top nuclear command […]
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Air Force
Northrop to Test First Stage of New OmegA Rocket in May
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Northrop Grumman [NOC] is moving ahead on schedule to field its new OmegA rocket by 2021 in hopes that the Air Force will select it as […]
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Air Force
Harris Receives $84 Million to Produce Experimental Satellite to Enhance GPS Capabilities
Harris Corp. [HRS] has received $84 million to produce an experimental satellite dubbed Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) that will demonstrate new position, navigation and timing capabilities that could improve the […]
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Air Force
Lawmakers Continue to Press Air Force on F-15EX Buy
Lawmakers in both chambers continued to press Air Force leadership this week on the service’s decision to include eight F-15EX aircraft in its fiscal year 2020 proposed budget. Multiple members […]
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Air Force
Air Force to SASC: Possible Sequestration Would Cut $29 Billion from FY ’20 Budget
As lawmakers on the Hill sound alarms about the possibility of entering fiscal year 2020 with a continuing resolution – or worse, sequestration – Air Force leadership said April 4 […]
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Space
DoD Schedules Five R&D Small Launches in 2019 Under Rapid Agile Launch Initiative
The Pentagon’s Space Test Program is partnering with several non-traditional small launch providers to send five advanced research-and-development payloads into low Earth orbit (LEO) this year, Air Force officials said […]
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Nuclear Modernization
STRATCOM Declares IOC for New Nuclear C3 Enterprise Center
U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) formally declared initial operational capability of its new Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Center (NEC) April 3, which will lay the groundwork for the command […]