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Space
EO/IR Cubesat Tech Demo on SpaceX Transporter-10 Mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a number of small satellites for the company’s Transporter-10 project launched on March 4 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. Such birds included Arcfield-owned […]
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Third All-Up-Round Test to Conclude Rapid Prototyping for ARRW
An upcoming all-up-round (AUR) test of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) will conclude its rapid prototyping and help determine future U.S. Air Force hypersonic missile […]
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Air Force
USAF May Finalize ‘Gapfiller’ Tanker Strategy This Summer
This summer, the U.S. may finalize an acquisition strategy for a “gapfiller” tanker to fill a five-year hiatus between the delivery of the 179th and final Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus […]
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Royal Bahraini Air Force Receiving First ‘Ferry’ of F-16 Block 70s
On March 6, “the first ferry cell” of three Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 Block 70s, built in Greenville, S.C., flew to Bahrain, Lockheed Martin said. In June 2018, the U.S. […]
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Air Force
Department of the Air Force Likely to Follow U.S. Army Lead on Tactical Electrical Vehicles
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is likely to follow the U.S. Army’s lead on tactical electrical vehicles–those designed or modified to military specification for training and combat operations, […]
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Special Operations Personnel and Airmen Rehearse Palletized Munitions Delivery
U.S. Central Command said on March 5 that Special Operations Task Group-Central (SOTG-C) and Air Forces Central airmen recently had hands-on training for the rapid installation and delivery of palletized […]
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Air Force
USAF Lays Out Details of Possible HH-60W Upgrades
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio has laid out some details of possible upgrades to the HH-60W Jolly Green II personnel recovery/combat search […]
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BlackSky Heralds Win of DoD Contract for Moving Target Analysis
BlackSky Technology Inc. [BKSY] said on March 4 that it won a multi-million dollar DoD contract to collect and annotate thousands of BlackSky multi-frame burst images to train moving target […]
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AFRL Solicits Input on Adaptive Artificial Intelligence and Future Distributed Command and Control
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Rome, N.Y., branch is seeking innovative ideas from small businesses on artificial intelligence (AI) and “next generation distributed command and control” to aid […]
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Space
Australian Parliament To Scrutinize Space Treaty for U.S. Launches Down Under
The Australian Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) is to consider the Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA), which would allow U.S. launches from Australia. U.S. and Australian officials signed the […]
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