Air Force
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Air ForceUSAF Primed To Buy Large Number Of KC-46s In FY 2027; No Look At KC-390
AURORA, Colo.–As the Air Force aims to correct Category 1 deficiencies on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker, the service is poised to buy a large number in the fiscal […]
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Air ForceAir Force Starts Inert, Captive Carry Weapons Testing For CCA
AURORA, Colo.–The Air Force has begun inert, captive carry weapons testing for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program featuring an Increment 1 competition this year between General Atomics‘ YFQ-42A Dark […]
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Air ForcePentagon Reconciliation Funding Has $4.5 Billion For B-21, As Northrop Grumman And Air Force Agree To Acceleration
AURORA, Colo.–The Pentagon’s $150.5 billion in fiscal 2026 reconciliation funding has $4.5 billion to accelerate production of the U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman [NOC], and […]
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SpaceGPS-IIIF Will Change “Calculus” Of Adversaries Seeking To Counter GPS, Lockheed Martin Official Says
AURORA, Colo.–While analysts have often spoken of the near certainty of sophisticated and off-the-shelf jamming and spoofing of GPS in a future conflict in which the United States engages, Lockheed […]
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Air ForceKratos, GE Win Air Force Contract For GEK1500 Engine Preliminary Design
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] announced it and partner GE Aerospace [GE] recently won an Air Force contract to finish the preliminary design of their new GK1500 engine aimed […]
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Air ForceUSAF Test Pilot School And Lockheed Martin Collaborate On Automatic SAM Avoidance
AURORA, Colo.–The Air Force Test Pilot School and Lockheed Martin [LMT] Skunk Works are collaborating this year on a “Have Remy” Test Management Project to enable fighter aircraft to use […]
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Unmanned SystemsF-22 Fighter, MQ-20 Avenger UAS Demonstrate Manned-Unmanned Teaming
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), and the Air Force recently conducted a second teaming demonstration between a F-22 fighter aircraft and the company’s MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aircraft system (UAS) […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems To Develop 300 Prototypes For AGR-20F Upgrades Against Drone Swarms
In response to a U.S. Central Command and Air Forces Central Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON) in August 2024, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) armament directorate at Eglin […]
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Air ForceEmbraer Pledges $500 Million Investment In U.S. Production Of KC-390, If Sizeable Domestic Order Placed
MELBOURNE, Fla.—In 2024, L3Harris Technologies [LHX] backed out of a partnership begun two years earlier to develop a refueling boom for Embraer’s [EMBJ] KC-390 tanker, but on Thursday Northrop Grumman […]
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SpaceNorthrop Grumman To Conduct Gap Analyses To Inform Software Support For Next-Gen OPIR Polar
The Department of the Air Force plans to award Northrop Grumman [NOC] a sole source contract for gap analyses to inform Air Force software support at Robins AFB, Georgia’s, 402nd […]