Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Reservists To Help Fill F-35 Maintainer Needs
The Air Force will use reservists to fill a need for skilled maintainers as it brings the F-35A online, the head of Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) said Tuesday. Lt. […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards Orbital ATK $24 Million For ORS-5 Launch Services
The Air Force on July 2 awarded Orbital ATK [OA] a $24 million firm-fixed-price contract for Operationally Responsive Space-5 (ORS-5) launch services, according to a Defense Department statement. The company […]
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Air ForceSouth Korea Taps Airbus Over Boeing For Tanker Deal
South Korea has decided to buy aerial refueling tankers from European manufacturer Airbus instead of Boeing [BA]. The $1.3 billion deal was announced Tuesday, June 30. Airbus is due to […]
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Air ForceGAO Report Backs Up Congressional Concerns About Divesting A-10
A Government Accountability Office report released last week added fuel to A-10 proponents’ arguments to keep the aircraft a staple of Air Force fleets. For several years, the Air Force […]
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Air ForceLawmaker Floats Paying ULA To Keep Delta IV In Service
A key lawmaker Friday floated the idea of paying United Launch Alliance (ULA) to keep its Delta IV rocket available for future national security space launches, in contrast to the […]
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Air ForceDespite Industry, Air Force Concerns, Rogers Pushes RD-180 Replacement for Atlas V
Air Force officials and industry executives pleaded with a House Armed Services subcommittee today to extend the 2019 deadline for finding a replacement to the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine that […]
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Air ForceNo Deadline For Enacting RD-180 National Security Waiver, Teague Says
There is no deadline for the Defense Department to enact the national security waiver that would allow it to use additional RD-180s in the future, according to a top Air […]
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Air ForceSenate Appropriators Recommend Additional $25 Million For Protected Tactical Waveform
The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) last week approved an additional $25 million in fiscal year 2016 for the Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) mission. […]
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Air ForceKudu Dynamics Wins Air Force Cyber Contract
The Air Force awarded Kudu Dynamics, LLC a $7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development for transparent computing last week. The contractor development is to work to enable the […]
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Air ForceOrbital ATK Pitching Excess ICBM Rocket Motors for Commercial Space Launch
Orbital ATK [OA] wants to use some 750 stored detached ballistic missile solid rocket motors for commercial launches, but a 17-year-old law precludes the government assets from being used for […]