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Air ForceBoeing To Make First Delivery of Phased Array Aircraft Antenna To UAE-Based Company
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Boeing [BA] is scheduled in December to make its first delivery of an active electronically-steered phased array antenna system for aircraft as part of a contract […]
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Air Force Completing Report Scrutinizing Information Technology Programs
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force is wrapping up a report, without input from the acquisition community, scrutinizing the service’s information technology (IT) programs, which are often costly and problematic. Acting […]
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Air Force Delays FAB-T Decision To January
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force has delayed the anticipated source selection for its Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program until January, the service confirmed yesterday. The Air Force’s […]
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Guard Chief: Reserve Component Role Should Be Discussed In QDR
The National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Frank Grass said the question of how to best balance active and reserve components in a budget-constrained force of the future needs to be […]
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Rolls-Royce Joins BAE Systems’ Team To Pursue Air Force’s T-X Contract
BAE Systems said yesterday Rolls-Royce is joining its Hawk Advanced Jet Training System (AJTS) team as an exclusive partner to help compete for the Air Force’s potentially $30 billion T-X […]
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Northrop Grumman Develops DIRCM Solution Targeted For F-35
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has privately funded a direct infrared countermeasure (DIRCM) solution for fast-moving jets that it hopes to get on the F-35. Known as Threat Nullification Defensive Resource (ThNDR), […]
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DoD, NASA Request Nearly $44 Billion In Future Launch Funding, GAO Says
The Defense Department and NASA together are expected to require nearly $44 billion for launch-related activities from fiscal years 2014 through 2018, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report […]
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International AEHF Partners Working Toward Terminal Development Testing, Air Force Says
The United States anticipates that its international Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite constellation partners–Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom–will join it in performing terminal development testing in the […]
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Air ForceAegis BMDS, THAAD Successful In Complex MDA Flight Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully completed Flight Test Operational-01 (FTO-01) on Sept. 9, proving the Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System and the Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense […]
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DoD’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Program Successfully Air Launches First Prototype
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) successfully air launched in late August their prototype for the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) program. […]