Air Force
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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 […]
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Air ForceAir Force Study Backs Laser Demo On AC-130 Gunship
A study by the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (AFSAB) has found that solid-state laser weapons are mature enough to be tested on aircraft, such as an AC-130 gunship. […]
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Air ForceTrump Tweet Bashing F-35 Briefly Tanks Lockheed Stock
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday continued his rhetorical assault on Pentagon spending by tweeting that the cost of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is “out of control” […]
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Air ForceRaymond Vows To Continue Hyten’s Resiliency, Responsiveness Efforts
The new head of Air Force Space Command (APSPC) will continue his predecessor’s efforts toward resiliency and responsiveness. “If that didn’t come out loud and clear in my speech, then […]