Air Force
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InternationalRaytheon Qualifying More European Suppliers for AMRAAM, Company Says
In a bid to boost production of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon is qualifying more European suppliers for the missile, the company said on Tuesday […]
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SpaceCongressional Marks So Far Contain Full Funding For DARC, Despite Program Struggles
The congressional fiscal 2027 defense bill mark-ups so far contain the Space Force’s full $442 million request for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC). The Senate […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAV’s New C-UAS Deal Begins With $80 Million Titan Order To Air Force Global Strike Command
AeroVironment [AVAV] on Monday confirmed it will deliver its Titan counter-drone capability to support Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) base defense as the first task order under a new […]
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Air ForceUSAF Solicits Rapid Prototyping Of Supersonic, Ground Launched Counter Air Missile
As the Pentagon posits future confrontations involving advanced adversary aircraft and drone swarms, the U.S. Air Force wants rapid prototyping to develop and field 1,000 to 3,500 supersonic ground-launched counter […]
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Air ForceUSAF Point Defense Battle Lab Wants Performance Data On C-sUAS
The U.S. Air Force’s Point Defense Battle Lab (PDBL) at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., wants companies to submit their ideas on counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) by July 31, […]
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Unmanned SystemsUkraine And European Union Discussing Drone Deal, As Kamikaze Drones Hit Russian Supply Lines
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pursuing drone deals with European nations, even as the U.S. has so far delayed such a deal and as Ukraine uses increasingly long range, kamikaze […]
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Air ForceDuffey: F-47 “At the Cutting Edge of Technology” and Government, Industry Collaboration
Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Duffey gave high marks on Tuesday to efforts thus far to develop and build Boeing‘s [BA] F-47 sixth generation fighter for the U.S. Air Force. Duffey […]
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SpaceWill $4 Billion For SB-AMTI/Space Data Network Backbone In Supplemental Reduce Or Add To Planned Funding For Systems In Reconciliation?
Nearly all of the Department of the Air Force’s fiscal 2027 procurement and research and development (R&D) budget for space-based air moving target indication (SB-AMTI) and the Space Data Network […]
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Air ForceProjected NGAL Wingspan And Carriage Fall Within Those Of C-5 And C-17
The Air Force wants companies to submit ideas by July 17 on the service’s planned Next Generation Airlift (NGAL) platform. In a Monday business notice, the Air Force Life Cycle […]
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Air ForcePACAF Evaluating Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat In Valiant Shield
As the U.S. Air Force continues to fund the development of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Anduril Industries, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) said […]