Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Awards ULA $938 Million Contract Mod For FY ’15 Launch Capability
The Air Force said Tuesday it awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) a $938 million contract modification for fiscal year 2015 launch capability. The cost-plus-incentive-fee contract provides for mission assurance, program […]
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Air ForceFirst Flight For Air Force’s New Tanker Delayed
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Wiring problems on the first test aircraft of the Air Force’s KC-46A aerial refueling tanker program has forced the service to delay the initial flight by months, the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Hopes For December SpaceX EELV Certification
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.-–Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) could be certified by Dec. 1 to perform national security space launches, according to the head of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). Though […]
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Air ForceAir Superiority Must Be Earned, Not Inherited, Breedlove Says
For more than a decade the United States and its allies have held air superiority without a peer competitor wherever they flew, but NATO’s supreme allied commander Europe (SACEUR) and […]
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Air ForceAir Force Secretary Pledges $500 Million For Nuclear Force Upgrades
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force will redirect $500 million over the next several years for nuclear force upgrades, according to the service’s top civilian. Air Force Secretary Deborah James […]
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Air ForceAir Force Buys 3 More Global Hawks, 2 Multi-INT Retrofit Kits in $354M Contract
The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $354 million contract to expand its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system fleet to 37 aircraft and to bring additional multi-intelligence capability. […]
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Air ForceAir Force Chief Scientist Promoting Rapid Prototyping To Combat ‘Requirements Churn’
The Air Force’s chief scientist is pursuing rapid prototyping as a means to combat costly “requirements churn.” Mica Endsley said Wednesday the Defense Department, over the years, hasn’t done a […]
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Air ForceAir Force Purchasing F-16D Longerons Following Grounding Due To Cracking
The Air Force decided to purchase F-16D longerons after cracking along the jet’s canopy sill forced the service to ground over half its fleet. Air Force spokeswoman Susan Murphy said […]
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Air ForceDoD Reprogramming Request Would Buy 8 F-35s and 21 Apaches, Support O&M Needs in OCO
The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Aims For New Year’s Day 2015 Space Fence Groundbreaking
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is aiming for a New Year’s Day 2015 groundbreaking for its $915 million Space Fence ground-based space situational awareness (SSA) radar, according to a company executive. Lockheed […]