Air Force
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Air ForceBunch Warns Continuing Resolution Puts OCX At Further Risk
The Air Force would be forced to tell Raytheon [RTN] to stop work on OCX if Congress extends its continuing resolution (CR) through the rest of fiscal year 2017, according […]
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Air ForceAir Force Enters AoA For Penetrating Counterair Aircraft
The Air Force has entered an analysis of alternatives (AoA) phase for an endeavor a key officer called Penetrating Counterair Aircraft (PCA), or what might be the service’s sixth generation […]
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Air ForceAir Force Could Be Most Challenged Service In Push To Decentralized Systems
The Air Force could be the most challenged of the United States military services in the Pentagon’s push toward decentralized weapon systems because the air service has benefited from having […]
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Air ForceAir Force Weighing Replacing F-15C/Ds With F-16s For Air Superiority Missions
The Air Force is weighing replacing the F-15C/Ds it currently uses for the air superiority mission with F-16s, according to a key officer. Air Force Director of Current Operations and […]
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Air ForceHoneywell Leads Largest Ever Air Force Performance Contract To Modernize Tinker AFB Infrastructure
The U.S. Air Force awarded Honeywell [HON] a $243 million facility modernization project at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Okla., that is expected to save $20.5 million yearly, […]
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Air ForceKC-46 Tanker Could See Further Delays, GAO Says
There is risk to the current delivery schedule for the Air Force’s KC-46 tanker program due to potential delays in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification and key test events, the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Engineering Team Adding Capacity To Towed Airborne Plume Simulator
A team of engineers at the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) are helping to develop and test the Towed Airborne Plume Simulator (TAPS) with current efforts focused on adding capability. […]
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Air Force
DoD SATCOM Pilot Program Phase 1 Awards Due In Weeks
The Pentagon is set to award at least one contract, maybe more, for its satellite communications (SATCOM) Pilot Program Phase 1 within weeks, according to a service spokeswoman. Air Force […]
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ArmyYearlong Stopgap Funding Would Be ‘Punch,’ ‘Roundhouse To The Face’ For Military Services
Under a continuing resolution (CR) that lasts the entire fiscal year, the military services will be forced to make cuts to already deficient readiness accounts, ground aircraft and halt new-start […]
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Air ForceThornberry Walks Back ULA Vulcan Intervention Suggestion
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) will not intervene in United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) downselect of a first stage booster for its next-generation rocket, despite declaring in […]