Air Force
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Budget
Senate Panel Wants Air Force To Study Optionally Unmanned Tankers
Concerned about growing threats to the U.S. Air Force’s manned refueling aircraft, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has asked the service to explore alternatives, including optionally unmanned tankers. According […]
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Air Force
Air Force Eyes New Wargame On Multi-Domain Command And Control
The U.S. Air Force plans to launch an annual exercise in October to practice command-and-control (C2) across multiple domains, a service official said June 6. The inaugural wargame, which will […]
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Air Force
Air Force Nixes Controversial Contract To Replace Air Force One Refrigerators
The U.S. Air Force, which faced congressional skepticism over a $24-million sole-source contract to replace the refrigerators on the Air Force One presidential jets, has decided to scrap the deal. […]
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Air Force
Air Force Studying Alternatives To Troubled ORS-6 Satellite
The U.S. Air Force has scrubbed the launch of a weather demonstration satellite, citing unspecified “technical issues” with the spacecraft’s bus. The Air Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO), […]
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Navy/USMC
Pratt Awarded $2 Billion Mod For F-35 Engine Equipment
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Untied Technologies Corp.’s [UTX] Pratt & Whitney a $2 billion modification for engine equipment to support F-35 low-rate initiation production Lot 11 aircraft, […]
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Air Force
Air Force To Award Contract For New A-10 Wings Next Spring
The U.S. Air Force, which recently launched a competition to replace the wings on some of its aging A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air-support aircraft, plans to pick a winning bidder and […]
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Air Force
Air Force To Award Contract For New A-10 Wings Next Spring
The U.S. Air Force, which recently launched a competition to replace the wings on some of its aging A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air-support aircraft, plans to pick a winning bidder and […]
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Air Force
Air Force’s New F-15 Self-Defense System Nears Flight Tests
The Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is intended to improve the ability of U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jets to detect and counter air and ground threats, is […]
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Air Force
Air Force’s New F-15 Self-Defense System Nears Flight Tests
The Eagle Passive/Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS), which is intended to improve the ability of U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jets to detect and counter air and ground threats, is […]
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Air Force
Air Force Official Confirms T-X Trainer Award In July, No Cause Yet For Latest T-38 Crash
The Air Force is on schedule to deliver a contract award in July for its T-X trainer replacement program in July to replace the aging T-38C Talon, which was involved […]