Air Force
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Air ForceNo Answers from Pentagon on Deportation Costs Nor Share for DoD/DHS
As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), its Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and DoD undertake what could be the deportation of up to 13 million persons in the United […]
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Unmanned SystemsEric Schmdit-Backed Foundation Advises New Tech Innovation Budget for DoD
The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) is advising the Trump administration to create a new tech innovation budget for artificial intelligence (AI), software and automation in the Department of Defense–an […]
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Air ForceWork on E-7A Wedgetail for USAF Rapid Prototype to Begin
Boeing‘s [BA] defense systems unit said on Wednesday that the first E-7A Wedgetail fuselage for the U.S. Air Force rapid prototype program has arrived at the Boeing 737 line in […]
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Air ForceStartup With 3D-Printed UAS Gets $100 Million Air Force Award
Firestorm Labs, a startup that uses additive manufacturing to print unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has received a $100 million Air Force contract for test and development purposes using the company’s […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Plans to Integrate New Defensive System on F-22
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Wednesday that it has received a $270 million U.S. Air Force contract to integrate the Infrared Defensive System (IRDS) on the company’s fifth-generation F-22 Raptor […]
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Air ForceUSAF Reports Receiving First Two F-15Es with EPAWSS
The U.S. Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath in England has received the first two F-15E Strike Eagles with BAE Systems‘ AN/ALQ-250 F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability […]
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Air ForceActing DoD Acquisition Assistant Secretary Named Acting Air Force Secretary
As Troy Meink awaits a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing as President Trump’s nominee to become Air Force secretary, the new administration named Gary Ashworth as the acting service […]
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Air ForcePentagon Wants to Speed Parts Repair for F-35 As Part of Sustainment Cost Reduction
As the Pentagon prepares to hand over contractor sustainment of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 to the Air Force and the Department of the Navy by the latter part of […]
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Air ForceNRO’s Troy Meink, Who Accelerated Agency Use of Fixed Price, is SECAF Pick
Troy Meink, the principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), is President-elect Trump’s pick to become Air Force secretary. Meink, a former U.S. Air Force KC-135 navigator and […]
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SpaceBlue Origin’s New Glenn Debuts, Company to Re-test Booster in Coming Months
Blue Origin‘s New Glenn rocket had its debut launch early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. Named after the late John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut to […]