Air Force
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Air ForceJECC Releases Five Year Strategy On Future Operating Environment
The Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC) has released a five-year strategy, “Force for Today. Force for the Future,” 2013-2017, which outlines the command’s vision and objectives for the coming years. […]
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Lockheed Martin Completes Long Range Anti-Ship Missile Captive Carry Tests
Lockheed Martin [LMT] recently completed a two-part series of Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) captive carry flight tests, advancing the research program toward its first missile release and free flight […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin’s GPS III Non-Flight Satellite Testbed Validates Test Facilities
Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] Global Positioning System (GPS) III Non-Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST) successfully completed a series of high-fidelity pathfinding events that validate the process and the facility GPS III satellites […]
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Air ForceAir Force S&T Disproportionally Hurt By Sequestration, Chief Scientist Says
The Air Force’s science and technology (S&T) efforts have been disproportionally impacted by sequestration budget cuts because the service’s researchers are disproportionally civilian, the Air Force’s new chief scientist said […]
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Air ForceAir Force Ending Alternative Fuel Certification Efforts Within Weeks
The Air Force will officially end its alternative fuel certification efforts in two to three weeks when the service’s biofuels czar is reassigned to another program. Air Force Alternative Fuels […]
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Air ForceAir Force Needs To Evaluate Funding Changes For Space Acquisition Civilians, GAO Says
The Air Force did not evaluate, nor establish clear or concise goals, for a two-year old pilot program that was supposed to give it flexibility to hire civilian acquisition personnel […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s New GPS IIF Satellite Enters Service
The Air Force’s fourth and newest Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite entered into service June 21, according to satellite contractor Boeing [BA]. Launched May 15, GPS IIF-4 was handed […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Successfully Tests New B-2 AESA Antenna With AEHF Satellite
Northrop Grumman [NOC] proved in May a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna it developed for the B-2 can establish and maintain communications services with an on-orbit Advanced Extremely […]
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Air ForcePropulsion System For Minuteman III Successfully Tested, Northrop Grumman Says
A rocket engine system for the post-boost upper stage flight phase for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been successfully tested, contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] says. A Minuteman ICBM […]
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Air Force
Raytheon Says SDB II Remains On Track Despite Brief Suspension Of Testing
Raytheon [RTN] this week said its Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II flight test program is in full swing and “advancing steadily” toward Milestone C in fourth quarter fiscal year 2014, […]