Air Force
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Air ForceF-35 Software Testing Could Overrun Budget By $1.7 Billion, GAO Says
Finalizing the baseline software configuration for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could take a year longer than planned, cost nearly $2 billion more than is budgeted and threaten the Navy […]
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Air ForceAir Force Issues Stop Work Order For AOC WS 10.2
The Air Force on Wednesday issued a stop work order to Northrop Grumman [NOC] for development activities on Air Operations Center Weapon System (AOC WS) 10.2 until further notice, according […]
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Air ForceAir Force Releases Second Draft RFP For UH-1N Replacement
The Air Force, as promised, released its second draft request for proposal (RFP) for its UH-1N replacement program on Thursday. Air Force spokeswoman Capt. Emily Grabowski said in statement that […]
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Business/FinancialIncome, Sales Fall At Textron In Opening Quarter
Textron Inc. [TXT] on Wednesday posted a drop in net income and sales in the first quarter driven by declines in most of its operating segments and charges related to […]
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Air ForceAir Force F-35As Arrive In U.K. For Inaugural Deployment
The first Europe-bound training deployment of the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A Joint Strike Fighter was made official Saturday when several of the jets touched down at Royal Air Force […]
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Air ForceAir Force, NNSA Perform B61-12 Gravity Bomb Test
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) said Thursday it joined with the U.S. Air Force to conduct a non-nuclear flight test of the B61-12 gravity bomb in March. The test, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Blames MQ-9A Reaper Crash On Pilot Error
Investigators concluded that pilot error caused an Air Force MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aircraft to crash at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan last year, the service announced April 13. According to Air […]
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Air ForceAir Force Drops Largest Non-Nuclear ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ On ISIS Tunnel Complex in Afghanistan
The Air Force on Wednesday night dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb ever developed on an Islamic State tunnel complex in Afghanistan. Designated the GBU-43, the 30-foot, 22,000-pound guided munition is […]
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Air ForceBipartisan Lawmakers Advocate Air Force Total Rocket System Funding
The next-generation rocket wars continued Monday on Capitol Hill as 20 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives wrote Defense Secretary James Mattis advocating for total launch system funding as […]
