Air Force
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SpaceAir Force General Says Space Cargo Possible Within A Decade
The Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) has started looking at shipping and prepositioning cargo in space within 10 years, according to its commander. Air Force Gen. Carlton Everhart II […]
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Air ForceSTRATCOM Chief: Air Force Will Replace Huey ‘If I Have To Die Trying’
OMAHA, Neb.–The Air Force will buy a new helicopter to protect its nuclear missile fields even if it kills Air Force Gen. John Hyten or he is forced to murder […]
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Air ForceBAE Looking To Offer MEAS Software For Air Force’s Legacy Aircraft Autonomy Efforts
BAE Systems is looking to offer its Mission Effectiveness Augmentation System (MEAS) autonomy software tools as a component to address pilot trust issues associated with the Air Force’s anticipated move […]
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Navy/USMCMarine Chief Combat Developer: Aviation An ‘Inherently Dangerous Business’
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — During a nearly 40-year career in the Marine Corps, much of it spent flying fighter jets, Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh has seen a lot […]
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Navy/USMCDefense Authorization Bill Settles On PE Policy Changes
The final draft of the FY 2019 defense authorization bill, which the House passed on Thursday, makes several policy changes to help the Navy and Air Force continue to root […]
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Air ForceAir Force Readying New ISR ‘Flight Plan’ Next Month Driven By Global AI Arms Race
The Air Force is readying a new Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance ‘flight plan’ aimed at posturing the service to take better advantage of artificial intelligence capabilities to meet growing peer […]
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Air ForceWith Billions in Contracts, Boeing Builds $100 Million V-22 Osprey Factory
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. — Flush with a $4 billion multiyear deal for at least 58 V-22 Ospreys, Boeing [BA] is investing $100 million in a brand-new production line to crank […]
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Air ForceAir Force Creating New Rapid Sustainment Office
The Air Force is readying an announcement in the next week of a new Rapid Sustainment Office focused on taking advantage of 3-D printing and advanced manufacturing capabilities to reduce […]
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BudgetUnified NDAA Calls On Pentagon to Accelerate LRSO and GBSD
The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which the House could vote on Thursday, calls on the Pentagon to speed up modernization of the nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic-missile fleet and air-launched cruise […]
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Air ForceHouse, Senate Negotiated FY ’19 NDAA Cuts JSTARS Replacement Program
House and Senate lawmakers in the negotiated version of their respective fiscal 2019 defense policy bills have agreed to prohibit the Air Force from retiring its current fleet of ground-surveillance […]