Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force’s Compass Call Replacement Clears Preliminary Design Review
The EC-X, the planned replacement for the U.S. Air Force’s aging EC-130H Compass Call electronic-attack aircraft, underwent a preliminary design review in late September, according to L3 Technologies [LLL], the […]
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Air ForceDoD, Congress In ‘Dialogue’ On Proposed Space Corps
Prompted by a controversial House-passed proposal to create a space corps in the Air Force Department, the Department of Defense has begun a “very good dialogue” with Congress on how […]
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Air ForceAir Force KC-46A Tanker Refuels Another KC-46A For First Time
The U.S. Air Force’s new KC-46A Pegasus tanker has refueled another KC-46A in flight for the first time, prime contractor Boeing [BA] announced Oct. 11. During the recent four-hour flight, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Accepts First GPS III Satellite From Lockheed Martin
The U.S. Air Force has formally accepted the first Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite from prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT], the company announced Oct. 10. The “available for launch” […]
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Air ForceAir Force Seeks Bids For New Launch Vehicles
The U.S. Air Force released a solicitation late Oct. 5 that envisions developing new, domestically produced space launch vehicles to end the service’s reliance on Russian-made RD-180 engines. According to […]
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Air ForcePratt & Whitney Gets $2.7B Contract For C-17 Engine Work
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. [UTX], has received a five-year, $2.7 billion contract to repair and overhaul F-117 engines it built for American and foreign C-17 […]
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Air ForceAir Force Taps Lockheed, Rockwell To Design ICBM Control System
The U.S. Air Force has picked Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Rockwell Collins [COL] to begin designing a replacement for the aging Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS), which allows command-and-control aircraft to […]
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Air ForceAir Force To Hold First GBSD Review Since Contract Awards
The U.S. Air Force, which awarded two contracts last month to mature designs for the Ground-based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), plans to hold the program’s first major review next month, a […]
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Air ForceAir Force To Test Directed Energy Weapons Against Small Drones
The U.S. Air Force plans to conduct an experiment in fiscal year 2018 using directed energy weapons to counter small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The experiment will seek to determine […]
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Air ForceDelayed KC-46A Delivery Unrelated To Air Force Deficiency Reports
The delayed delivery of Boeing’s [BA] KC-46A Pegasus refueling tankers from December to spring 2018 is due to difficulties obtaining FAA certifications, not three unresolved tests related to boom glitches and high […]