Air Force
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Air ForceAnduril Plans First Collaborative Combat Aircraft Flight In Semi-Autonomous Mode
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—First flight of Anduril Industries’ entry into the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program is “within spitting distance” of happening and will be semi-autonomous from taxi, to […]
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Air ForceNew 800- to 1,500-Pound Thrust Class Engines for Munitions and CCA under Development by Pratt & Whitney
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney said on Monday that it is developing a new 500 to 1,800 pounds of thrust class of engines to power munitions and U.S. Air Force […]
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Air ForceSkunk Works Says Vectis May Be Candidate for USAF CCA Increment 2
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works unit said that its Vectis drone under development for flight in the next two years will likely fit the needs of Increment 2 of the […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Solicits Space Based Interceptor Prototypes
The U.S. Space Force last Friday said the it has released a request for prototypes proposal for the space base interceptors (SBIs) portion of the Trump administration’s envisioned Golden Dome […]
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Air ForceUSAF 621st Contingency Response Wing Lays Out Need for C-UAS
Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) 621st Contingency Response Wing (CRW) out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. and Travis AFB, Calif., wants small handheld units to counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS). “In […]
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Missile DefenseL3Harris Talks Alignment with Outline for Golden Dome
U.S. Space Force systems may account for two-thirds of DoD spending on an extensive Golden Dome missile defense architecture, according to an American Enterprise Institute report this month, as DoD […]
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CongressDoD to Examine Cyber Security Service Provider Consolidation
The Pentagon is to examine whether it can save funds and improve cybersecurity through consolidation of the 23 DoD cybersecurity service providers (CSSPs), which employ more than 3,200 personnel. “Since […]
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SpaceAnduril and Impulse Space Plan to Run RPO in Geosynchronous Orbit Next Year
Next year, Anduril Industries and the Impulse Space startup plan to run a geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) rendezvous and proximity operations mission using Anduril’s mission data processor (MDP) and long-wave […]
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Air Force‘Longest Known’ AMRAAM Shot Last Year, Production Increase of Nearly 50 Percent, Raytheon Says
RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon said on Tuesday that an F-22 Raptor by Lockheed Martin conducted the “longest known” advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) shot by a 5th generation fighter in […]
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InternationalPeruvian Air Force to Get 14 Block 70 F-16s, Related Equipment for $3.42 Billion
The Peruvian Air Force is to receive 10 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16C Block 70 fighters, two F-16D Block 70s, and related equipment under a $3.42 billion foreign military sale approved […]