Air Force
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Air ForceUSAF Looks To Replace Radios On HH-60Ws
The U.S. Air Force is looking to replace the Link-16 TacNet Tactical Radios (TTRs) by RTX‘s [RTX] Collins Aerospace on the service’s fleet of Lockheed Martin [LMT] HH-60W Jolly Green […]
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PentagonDaily Use Of Several Thousand Munitions Over Several Months Would Strain U.S. Inventory
Firing several thousand munitions daily, as during the opening of Operation Epic Fury, is unsustainable over several months, defense analysts have warned, yet the pace of that usage is likely […]
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SpaceRG-XX To Highlight New Space Force Acquisition Approach
AURORA, Colo.–Last year’s review of 60 programs by the Space Force may have led to the cancellation of some lower tier programs, as well as highlighting the future Geosynchronous Reconnaissance […]
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Air ForceUSAF May Reopen Hypersonic Test Facility In Sandusky, Ohio
To improve its testing of scramjet engines, the Air Force may reopen Sandusky, Ohio’s Hypersonic Test Facility (HTF) at the NASA Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility–known as Plum Brook Station […]
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Air ForceExperimental Operations Unit Flights To Spur CCA Increment 2 Requirements
AURORA, Colo.–Flights by Nellis AFB, Nevada’s Experimental Operations Unit (EOU) for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) are to lead to requirements for Increment 2 of the CCA program, a U.S. Air […]
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Air ForceMore Than Half Of Increase In Department Of Air Force Future Years Plan Is For Readiness, Lohmeier Says
AURORA, Colo.–The Department of the Air Force’s fiscal 2027 five-year budget plan aims to rebuild readiness through increasing flying hours and sustainment, Air Force Undersecretary Matthew Lohmeier told the Air […]
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SpaceBooster Resurfaces As Vulcan Centaur Issue; Rocket Use For NSSL Halted During Space Force Investigation
AURORA, Colo.–The Space Force has suspended launches of the United Launch Alliance‘s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program while the service investigates and fixes […]
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Air ForceAir Force Acquisition Official: ‘APG-85 Is A Helluva Radar Unless You Don’t Have One’
AURORA, Colo.–While it may take two years to field, a dual-mount bulkhead in the nose of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 to accommodate both the AN/APG-81 radar or the twice […]
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Air ForceUSAF And Northrop Grumman Break Ground On Sentinel Prototype Silo
AURORA, Colo.–On Feb. 13, the U.S. Air Force broke ground on a prototype silo for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM at the company’s Promontory, Utah, site, officials […]
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Air ForceRolls-Royce F130 Engine For B-52 Passes Altitude And Operability Testing, Company Says
AURORA, Colo.—Rolls-Royce said on Tuesday that it has completed altitude and operability testing for the company’s F130 engine as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) […]