Air Force
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Air ForceOfficial: Air Force Needs Expanded Ranges, Adversary Air Support For Fifth-Gen Aircraft Training
The Air Force’s top operations official is looking to expand aerial training range space and bring in industry to provide “sparring partners” for pilots, as the service looks to make […]
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InternationalDoD’s Next Technology Transfer Lead Looking At Increasing UAS Exports, Impact Of Potential Turkey F-35 Removal
The Air Force’s top official overseeing foreign military sales is set to take over as director of the Pentagon’s technology transfer office in January, and plans to push for continued […]
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Air ForceAirbus, Lockheed Martin Team To Pursue Future Aerial Tanker Work
Airbus and Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Tuesday they have signed an agreement to jointly pursue U.S. defense aerial refueling opportunities. This new effort comes years after Boeing [BA] beat Airbus […]
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Air ForceKC-46 Finishes Phase II Receiver Certification Testing
Boeing’s [BA] KC-46 next-generation tanker program finished its Phase II receiver certification flight testing after a final set of tests, the company said Monday. The latest flight tests lasted three […]
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PentagonDoD Awards Nearly $400 Million for F-35 Engine Sustainment
The Pentagon on Friday awarded Pratt & Whitney nearly $400 million for a contract modification that provides for performance-based logistics sustainment for the F-35 joint strike fighter’s engine system. Pratt & […]
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Air ForceAir Force Seeks New Tech to Improve Education, Training
The Air Force is seeking emerging technologies and ways to apply artificial intelligence and cloud-based systems to “enhance the effectiveness” of air education and training, according to a request for […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLockheed Lowering F-35 Simulator Costs Through 3-D Printing
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is using 3-D printing, or additive manufacturing, technology to lower the cost of manufacturing F-35 flight simulators by an estimated $11 million over the next five years. […]
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Air ForceNewly Minted Collins Aerospace to Upgrade B-1 Trainers
Collins Aerospace [UTX], formerly Rockwell Collins, will update B-1 Lancer training systems for Aero Simulation Inc. (ASI), which last month received a contract for B-1 training system sustainment from the […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s First GPS III Satellite Scheduled for Launch in Mid-December
The Air Force’s first GPS III satellite has been scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on Dec. 18, the service’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) […]
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SpaceReport Finds Space Force Could Cost Less than $3 Billion in New Funding
A new independent report released Monday asserts that it will take between $1.5 billion and $2.7 billion over five years to stand up some variation of a separate military branch […]