Air Force
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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 […]
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CongressHASC Wants More Information on Air Force’s Light Attack Experiment in FY ’20 NDAA
The House Armed Services Committee is requesting the Air Force submit a report on its plans for the ongoing light attack aircraft experiment while fully funding the service’s fiscal year […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Gets Another $1.8 Billion For F-35 Block 4
The Navy on Friday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.8 billion contract to continue design maturation and development of F-35 Block 4 capabilities. This award specifically is in support of […]
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Space
Air Force’s June R&D Launch to Test Space X’s Falcon Heavy Reusability in ‘Most Challenging’ Mission Yet
The Air Force’s upcoming launch of 24 new research-and-development payloads will demonstrate the performance of Space X’s Falcon Heavy launch vehicle for the first time on a Defense Department mission. […]