Air Force
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Air ForceF-35 Program Office, Contractor To Discuss Fighter Jet’s Deficiencies
The U.S. Defense Department’s F-35 Lightning II joint program office (JPO) plans to hold a “consideration summit” with prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] in the “spring-summer timeframe” to discuss how to […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Office, Contractor To Discuss Fighter Jet’s Deficiencies
The U.S. Defense Department’s F-35 Lightning II joint program office (JPO) plans to hold a “consideration summit” with prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] in the “spring-summer timeframe” to discuss how to […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program To Update Older Jets To Boost Reliability
The U.S. Defense Department’s F-35 Lightning II joint program office plans to modify more than 200 early-production jets to bring them up to newer configurations, the program’s leader said Feb. 28. […]
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Air Force
F-35 Program To Update Older Jets To Boost Reliability
The U.S. Defense Department’s F-35 Lightning II joint program office plans to modify more than 200 early-production jets to bring them up to newer configurations, the program’s leader said Feb. 28. […]
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Air ForceDoD Nears Hiring Outside Firm To Study Possible Space Department
The Pentagon is close to picking an outside firm to write a roadmap for the possible creation of a military space department, a key lawmaker said Feb. 28. The fiscal year 2018 defense authorization […]
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Air ForceAir Force Ends Grounding Of T-6A Trainer Planes
The U.S. Air Force, which grounded its fleet of T-6A trainer aircraft almost four weeks ago due to a rise in physiological episodes (PEs), announced Feb. 27 that the planes […]
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Air ForceBoeing, White House Reach $3.9 Billion Deal To Build New Air Force One
Boeing [BA] has reached a $3.9 billion agreement with the White House to develop and build two new aircraft to replace the Air Force One presidential jets. The informal deal […]
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Air ForceAir Force Leaders Push For More Aggressive Role In Space
ORLANDO, Fla. – At an Air Force Association (AFA) symposium last week that was supposed to be devoted to air warfare, U.S. Air Force leaders spent part of their time […]
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Air ForceAFSOC’s Laser Gunship Demo Slowed By Budget Turmoil
ORLANDO, Fla. — Budget uncertainty has slowed efforts by U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to test a solid-state laser weapon on an AC-130 gunship, according to the command’s […]
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Air ForceAir Force To Study Replacement Options For Command And ISR Planes
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Air Force is gearing up to launch a study this summer on options for replacing its fleets of large command-and-control (C2) and intelligence, surveillance and […]