Air Force
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SpaceAinsworth: Launch of 500 U.S. Space Force Satellites Planned By End Of 2027
By the end of next year, U.S. Space Force (USSF) is planning a multi-fold increase in the service’s launches and its number of orbiting satellites. Last week, Space Force Space […]
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Air ForceDegree Of Survivability Key Question For DIU/USAF MMA Program
The degree of survivability for future massed modular aircraft (MMA) is a key question for the program. This month, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and U.S. Air Force announced MMA […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyElectra Selects Ohio Site To Produce Dual-Use Hybrid-Electric Aircraft
Electra has selected a site near Dayton, Ohio, as the first production facility for it hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft the company is developing for regional air transportation […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Seeks Bomber Prototypes In Drone Dominance Program
The Pentagon’s $1.1 billion Drone Dominance Program (DDP) plans to award $32 million for “reusable bomber/dropper” prototypes–with “additional orders planned”–in the latest instance of DoD’s affordable drone push. “One-way attack […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Takes Charges On GEM 63XL, SiAW In Second Quarter
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Tuesday reported another charge on a large solid rocket motor program that suffered an anomaly during a launch in February, and also said development work on […]
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Unmanned Systems“More Than 50” Drones At A Time Target Of Lockheed Martin’s New MORFIUS X-Rotor HPM Design
Lockheed Martin [LMT] debuted the design for the company’s Mobile Radio Frequency-Integrated UAS Suppressor (MORFIUS) X-rotor high powered microwave (HPM) counter-drone system on Monday at the Farnborough Air Show in […]
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Space
Space Force Boosts Ceiling For NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1 By $11.4 Billion
U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has increased the ceiling of Phase 3, Lane 1 National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contracts by $11.4 billion to $17 billion and said […]
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Space21 More York Space Systems Satellites Launched for SDA Tranche 1
A Tranche 1 (T1) launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) put 21 York Space Systems [YSS] Transport Layer […]
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Air ForceUSAF F-16 VENOM Aircraft To Enter DARPA’s Artificial Intelligence Reinforcements Program
The Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have begun another set of tests with one of a group of Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 fighters fitted with […]
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Air ForceAir Force May More Than Triple JASSM/LRASM Buy Over FYDP
The Air Force planned buy of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) family may nearly quadruple over the future years defense plan (FYDP) through fiscal 2031. […]