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Air ForceAir Force’s X-37B Scheduled To Launch Today
The Air Force’s reusable unmanned space vehicle prototype, the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is scheduled for a third launch today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., service spokesman […]
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Senators Want Answers On Air Force’s $1 Billion ECSS Cancellation
The heads of the Senate Armed Services Committee want an Air Force explanation behind its decision to cancel the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS), for which they say the service […]
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Air Force ‘Justified’ In Canceling SNC Contract, Resoliciting Light Air Support Bids, Court Rules
The Air Force’s decision to cancel its $355 million Light Air Support (LAS) contract with Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and resolicit proposals from SNC and competitor Hawker Beechcraft Defense Corp. […]
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DoD Approves Air Force EELV Quantity Buy From ULA Across The POM
The Defense Department’s top acquisition official Nov. 27 approved the Air Force request to buy as many as 36 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) cores from the United Launch Alliance […]
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Pentagon, Lockheed Martin Reach Terms On F-35 Contract
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have reached an agreement “in principle” for the manufacturing of the fifth batch of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in low-rate initial production, the Department […]
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Air Force Trying To Get Six Cyber Capabilities Designated As Weapon Systems
The Air Force has proposed designating six cyberspace capabilities as weapon systems, according to a service spokesman. Air Force Cyberspace Defense (ACD), Cyberspace Defense Analysis (CDA), Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter, Cyberspace […]
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Adjusting F-35 Buying Approach Won’t Contribute To Deficit Reduction, Donley Says
Adjusting the Defense Department’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter acquisition approach won’t contribute to deficit reduction and wouldn’t affect budgets until the mid-2020’s, the Air Force Secretary said yesterday. “There is […]
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Simple Satellites With Commercial Utility Could Be Onset For DoD Acquisition Change, Air Force General Says
Simple satellite sensors with broad commercial utility could be a starting point for the Defense Department to change its satellite acquisition culture as opposed to satellites with a complex and […]
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Air Force Awards BAE Systems $60 Million To Maintain Space Systems
The Air Force awarded BAE Systems a series of contract modifications worth more than $60 million to continue supporting three large radar and telescope systems used for missile warning and […]
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Kendall Directs Prototyping Effort To Maintain Design Capacity
The Pentagon’s acquisition chief has directed the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) lead an effort to design a high performance aircraft that would lead to a working prototype to […]