Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Awards Raytheon 3DELRR Contract
The Air Force on Monday awarded Raytheon [RTN] the widely-anticipated contract for its future air defense radar known as Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR). Raytheon prevailed over Northrop Grumman [NOC] […]
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Air ForceAerojet Rocketdyne Says AR1 Would Be Ready In 2019 For New Air Force Rocket Engine
Aerojet Rocketdyne on Tuesday said its planned proposal for the Air Force’s next-generation rocket program that will provide an alternative to a Russian rocket will be flight qualified in 2019. […]
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Air ForceBoeing Marks 10,000 Laser JDAMS
Boeing [BA] has delivered 10,000 laser guidance kits for the Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs), a capability that was added to the bombs to enhance their ability to strike mobile […]
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Air ForceIntegrated Avionics Drives Air Force To Use F-22 In Combat For First Time
The F-22’s integrated avionics that fuse information from on- and off-board sensors led the Air Force to use the fifth-generation fighter jet for the first time recently in combat, according […]
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Air ForceAir Force Withholds $26 Million From Lockheed Martin Over GPS III Delays
The Air Force has withheld nearly $26 million from Lockheed Martin [LMT] since May 2011 over delays of the first Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite due to issues with […]
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Air ForceEmbraer Rolls Out First Super Tucano For Air Force’s Light Air Support
Embraer [ERJ] on Thursday rolled out its first A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for the Air Force’s Light Air Support (LAS) program. Embraer and LAS prime contractor Sierra Nevada […]
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Air ForceDoD Plans F-35 Aircraft Carrier Tests In November
The Defense Department plans to bring two aircraft carrier variants of the F-35 to a carrier in November for a series of tests, according to the head of the F-35 […]
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Air ForceSchafer Corp. Moves Toward Applying Technology For Fielded Systems
Schafer Corp., a recognized leader in directed energy going back to 1972, is making a strategic move to take technology out of the lab and apply it to developing systems […]
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Air ForceAir Force Test Launches Unarmed Minuteman III ICBM
The Air Force Tuesday successfully test launched an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM at 10:45 a.m. EDT, according to the service. The last time the Air Force test launched a Minuteman […]
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Air ForceWith ATK Announcement, Field Vying For Next-Gen Rocket Engine Becoming Clearer
With an industry day scheduled to take place Thursday and Friday at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., the field of companies vying for the Air Force’s multi-billion dollar next generation rocket […]