Air Force
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Air ForceCarlisle Believes Air Force Ready To Increase F-35 Buy Rate
The head of Air Combat Command (ACC) believes the Air Force is ready to increase its F-35 buy rate to 60 aircraft per year after working out a concurrency issue […]
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Air ForceAir Force, Boeing Get Over Hurdle As KC-46 Refuels C-17
The Air Force and prime contractor Boeing [BA] on Monday got over one of their final hurdles before a critical program decision when the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker successfully refueled […]
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Air ForceAir Force Expects 3DELRR Award Early Next Year
The Air Force on Tuesday said it expects to release the amended solicitation for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) around July 26 and a contract award first quarter 2017, […]
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Air ForceNATO Shows Off Global Hawk Surveillance Drone At Warsaw Summit
NATO’s first wide-area ground-surveillance unmanned aircraft is on display in Warsaw, Poland, for the alliance’s ongoing Summit. A modified Northrop Grumman [NOC] Global Hawk, the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) […]
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Air ForceNavy Issues Roughly $2 Billion In F-35 Contracts
The Navy on Thursday awarded a pair of F-35 contracts worth nearly a combined $2 billion, according to a Defense Department statement. The Navy awarded Pratt & Whitney a $1.5 […]
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Air ForceAir Force Faces Big Bill, Little Expertise In ‘Bolt-On’ Cybersecurity Effort
The Air Force wants to eliminate cybersecurity vulnerabilities in legacy platforms, but it faces a big bill and a limited workforce with the engineering skills necessary for the effort, according […]
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Air ForceAt Least 8,400 U.S. Troops Will Stay In Afghanistan Into 2017
At least 8,400 U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan through the end of the Obama administration, which will nearly coincide with the conflict’s 15th anniversary. President Barack Obama announced Wednesday […]
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Air ForceCritical GPS OCX Nunn-McCurdy Breach Was Predictable, Expert Says
The Air Force’s critical Nunn-McCurdy Breach declaration for its Global Positioning System (GPS) Next-Generation Operational Control System (OCX) was predictable and shouldn’t complicate the program further, according to an expert. […]
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Air ForceAir Force Grapples With Mission Data File Issues While Approaching F-35 IOC
The Air Force is trying to figure out how to best share F-35 mission data files with international partners as the service approaches its August-December initial operational capability (IOC) window. […]
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Air ForceArmy Chief Milley Cares Not What Delivers Close Air Support, So Long As It’s There When Needed
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley does not care what aircraft delivers close-air support (CAS) and trusts the Air Force to decide which platform is best suited to the […]