Air Force
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Air ForceBoeing T-X Offering Takes First Flight
Boeing [BA] and partner Saab on Tuesday completed first flight of their offering for the Air Force’s T-X trainer competition. The aircraft climbed up to nearly 11,000 feet and hit […]
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Air ForceAir Force Releases Draft RFP For Long Duration Propulsive Effort
The Air Force on Dec. 13 released a draft request for proposal (RFP) for its U.S. Enterprise Rideshare Long Duration Propulsive EELV Secondary Payload Adapters (LDPE), according to a notice […]
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Air ForceEngility Wins $31 Million Contract To Provide Cyber Security Services In Support Of U.S. Air Force
Engility Holdings, Inc. [EGL] was awarded a $31 million five-year cost-plus-fixed fee (CPFF) contract to provide cyber security assessment, analysis, and research for the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) to […]
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Air ForceJames Believes F-35 Program Could See Further Cost Decreases
Though the Pentagon has been able to reduce the unit price of the F-35 over the past couple of years, Air Force Secretary Deborah James believes the F-35’s unit price […]
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Air ForceF-35 Flight Testing Could Push To 2018, Threatening Modernization Plans
The F-35 development program that began 15 years ago is better than 90 percent complete but continues to face delays and cost overruns that will push the completion of flight […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Demonstrates Distributed Network Environment Between Australian Simulators And U.S. Lab
Northrop Grumman [NOC] successfully completed a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the value of a distributed network environment between two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) simulators and a company test lab in […]
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Air ForceMDA Plans FY ’17 Contract Awards For Airborne Laser Demonstrator
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to competitively award two contracts in fiscal year 2017 to integrate and test a lower power version of an airborne laser demonstrator for use […]
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Air ForceTrump Could Target Cost-Plus Development Programs To Rein In Costs, Adviser Says
President-elect Donald Trump might focus on managing cost-plus defense development programs as a way to extract better deals for taxpayers, according to an adviser to Trump’s transition team. “I see […]
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Air ForceAir Force To Issue RFP For WGS Satellite Operations
The Air Force is gearing up to solicit bids to have industry take over operating two constellations of military communications satellites: the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) system and its predecessor, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Approves Lockheed Martin’s GPS Ground System Upgrade Design
The Air Force approved Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] design to upgrade the GPS ground control system with new capabilities for the newest GPS III satellites, the company said Monday. The Critical […]