Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force, ULA Set For Wednesday’s NROL-45 Launch
The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are set for Wednesday’s launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) NROL-45 satellite, according to a company statement. The mission will take […]
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Air ForceAir Force Requests 2.4 Percent More Funding In FY ’17 Budget
The Air Force requested 2.4 percent more funding for fiscal year 2017 than the $163.1 billion it was appropriated for last fiscal year. As part of the $166.9 billion it […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards Lockheed Martin For GPS III Temporary Contingency Operations Services
The Air Force on Thursday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $96 million contract for Global Positioning System III (GPS III) contingency operations services and supplies, according to a Defense Department […]
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Air ForceAir Force, ULA Successfully Launch GPS IIF-12 Satellite
The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) on Friday successfully launched the Global Positioning System IIF-12 (GPS IIF-12) satellite. Launch took place at 8:38 a.m. EST at Cape Canaveral […]
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Air ForceULA, Air Force Set For Friday’s GPS IIF-12 Launch
The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are set for Friday’s Global Positioning System IIF-12 (GPS IIF-12). Launch will take place at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The […]
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Air ForceIn $582.7 Billion FY ’17 Budget Request, Pentagon to Increase Funding for Undersea Warfare, Munitions
The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2017 budget request will call for a topline of $582.7 billion, hewing closely to the levels set in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement made last year. […]
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Air ForceF-35 Entering IOT&E By August 2017 Is Unrealistic, DOT&E Says
The Defense Department’s chief weapons tester believes the F-35 program’s current schedule of completing system development and demonstration (SDD) and entering initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) by August 2017 […]
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Air Force
DOT&E Questions Logic, Legality of DoD’s F-35 Block Buy Approach
The Defense Department’s chief weapons tester questions the logic and legality of the Pentagon’s block buy approach to buying F-35s due to the program’s state of maturity and the law’s […]
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Air ForceProcurement, Modernization Will Cover Most Of Expected Defense Budget Shortfall In FY2017
The Pentagon after releasing its fiscal year 2017 budget on Feb. 9 will find itself needing to come up with $22 billion to cover the difference between its request and […]
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Air ForceSpace Ground System Vulnerability Concerns Air Force
The ground system is “by far” the most vulnerable portion of the Air Force’s space architecture and that concerns a key service official. Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force […]