Air Force
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Air ForceKC-46 Refuels A-10, Setting Stage For Milestone C Decision
The KC-46 program completed all flight tests required for the Milestone C decision by offloading 1,500 pounds of fuel to an A-10 on July 15, according to an Air Force […]
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Air ForceDraken International Completes Deployment For Air Education And Training Command
Draken International said Tuesday it successfully deployed aircraft in support of the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command (AETC). Between June 25 and July 1, Draken deployed six A-4 […]
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Air ForceTextron Launches New Tactical Air Training Business; Sees Huge Growth Potential
Building on an acquisition it made in late winter, Textron [TXT] earlier this month launched a new operating business focused on providing tactical airborne training services to the Navy and […]
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Air ForcePower To Turkish Air Base Cut, U.S. Air Operations On Backup Generators, In Wake Of Failed Coup
Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, from which a portion of U.S. air strikes against Islamic State militants (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria are launched, is without power following the coup […]
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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 […]