Air Force
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SpaceAhead Of Potential Tariff Concerns, Space Force Began Assessing Supply Chain In Wake Of COVID
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Space Force is assessing its supply chain risks and vulnerabilities more comprehensively after initially looking at the piece parts, which has put the service in a better […]
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Air ForceL3Harris and BAE Systems Pitching Funding Add for Four EA-37Bs By FY 2027
The sixth EA-37B by L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and BAE Systems is to arrive in Waco, Texas this month for integration of BAE’s electromagnetic warfare system, as the companies pitch the U.S. Air […]
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SpaceBlue Origin May Launch Future GPS Missions, As Space Force Says ULA and Blue Origin Have ‘Credible Plans’ for Certification of Rocket Launches From Both Coasts
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is the only company certified for U.S. Space Force (USSF) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) missions launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., and Vandenberg Space […]
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Air ForceVoyager Technologies Added To Air Force $46 Billion Agile Acquisition Contract
Defense and space technology company Voyager Technologies recently secured a position on a $46 billion multi-award contract that Air Force manages aimed at rapidly delivering a wide range of capabilities, […]
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Missile DefenseGuillot: HBTSS ‘Extremely Promising,’ Kill Vehicles Against Hypersonic Missiles Big Challenge
Pentagon officials have said that the speed and “end game” maneuverability of Chinese hypersonic missiles are concerns in setting up U.S. defenses against them, but Space Force/Missile Defense Agency Hypersonic […]
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Air ForceFirst OA-1K Skyraider Delivered to AFSOC
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and Air Tractor said on Thursday that they have delivered the first “missionized” OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft for U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) at Hurlburt Field, […]
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CongressWicker Calls for Ten-Fold Increase in Annual DoD Replicator Spending
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) is calling for a ten-fold increase in annual spending on DoD’s Replicator initiative. Replicator, “an opening move toward making big bets on […]
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SpaceSlingshot Aerospace Nabs AFWERX Award To Apply AI Tool For Space Domain Awareness
The Air Force’s innovation arm has awarded Slingshot Aerospace a small award to further develop an artificial intelligence capability that rapidly analyzes data about spacecraft in low Earth orbit to […]
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Air ForceCramer: Sentinel Design Changes May Be Possible to Fit In Minuteman III Silos
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said on Tuesday that the U.S. Air Force may be able to re-use some Minuteman III silos to house the future Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel […]
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Air ForceUSAF Awards Boeing Nearly $2.5 Billion C-17 Sustainment Contract
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a nearly $2.5 billion two-and-a-half year contract for sustainment of the company’s C-17 cargo aircraft for Australia, Canada, India, Kuwait, the NATO […]