Air Force
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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 […]
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CongressHASC Passes $733 Billion NDAA Mark, Includes Plans For A ‘Space Corps’
The House Armed Services Committee early Thursday morning approved its $733 billion proposal for the next defense policy bill, which includes plans to set up a new Space Corps within […]
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Air ForceGAO: Air Force Shifting Funding from Delayed KC-46 Program to Sustain KC-135 Operations
A new government watchdog report warns that the delayed delivery of the Air Force’s next-generation aeriel refueler means that some of the program’s funds are instead going to keeping the […]
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CongressHASC Adds NDAA Amendments For Reports On Unmanned Projects, Air Force’s 386 Squadron Requirements
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) on Wednesday approved a series of amendments to its proposal for the next defense policy bill looking to increase oversight of ongoing unmanned capability […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s Joint Forces Space Component Command Missions to Move to U.S. Space Command
LOS ANGELES — When the future U.S. Space Command is stood up, the Air Force Space Command’s Joint Forces Space Component Command (JFSCC) two main mission areas will be reborn […]
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Air ForceHASC Chair Seeks Increased Space Launch Competition, Smaller Space Force With NDAA Proposal
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) proposal for the next defense authorization bill looks to push the Air Force toward increasing competition for its space launch program, with plans to […]