Air Force
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Air ForceRaytheon In Negotiations To Supply Fifth Lot Of MALDs To Air Force
Raytheon [RTN] is negotiating with the Air Force to supply the service with a fifth production lot of its Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) and hopes to be under contract […]
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin Submits Proposal For KC-46 Aircrew Training Program
Lockheed Martin [LMT] submitted a proposal to the Air Force for its KC-46 Aircrew Training System, according to a company statement. The Aircrew Training System is a program to prepare […]
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Air Force
Companies Team To Offer C-27J For Canadian Fixed Wing Search And Rescue Program
Finmeccanica units Alenia Aermacchi, Alenia Aermacchi North America and Canada, and DRS Canada, as well as General Dynamics [GD] Canada and Canada’s Provincial Aerospace yesterday said they have signed a […]
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Air Force
Kehler Endorses Modernization, Sustainment Of Nuclear Weapons Delivery Systems
A top general said the United States needs to continue the modernization and sustainment of nuclear weapon delivery systems, infrastructure and surveillance as part of maintaining a strong nuclear deterrent […]
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin/ULA Study Estimates $50 Million In GPS III Dual Launch Savings
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said Tuesday a joint study conducted with United Launch Alliance (ULA) estimates the Air Force could save $50 million per Global Positioning System (GPS) III spacecraft launch […]
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Air Force
SASC Narrowly Approves Limits On DoD Biofuel Development
Proposed limitations on the Pentagon’s controversial alternative-fuel development efforts added to the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) new defense bill only narrowly passed the panel and were opposed by its […]
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Air Force
SASC Adds Funds For Planes, Tanks, Submarine in DoD Bill
A Senate panel approved legislation yesterday that demands information from the Obama administration on potential budget cuts and reverses the Pentagon’s plans for everything from retiring Air National Guard planes […]
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Air Force
Northrop Grumman Completes Flight Testing Of JSTARS’ JT-8D Propulsion System
Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) testbed aircraft, equipped with a new JT-8D propulsion system, successfully completed flight testing, according to a company statement. […]
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Air Force
Air Force Restructuring Its Network Integration Center
The Air Force is restructuring its Network Integration Center (AFNIC) by divesting cyberspace lead command functions to the service’s Space Command (AFSPC) to allow AFNIC to focus on its “core […]
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Air Force
Boeing Awards BAE Systems Contract For KC-46’s Refueling Boom Actuator Control Unit
Boeing [BA] recently awarded BAE Systems a contract to provide a high-integrity Actuator Control Unit (ACU) to help control the refueling boom in the Air Force’s KC-46 aerial refueling tanker, […]