Air Force
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Air ForceAFCENT Looking for Endurance Drones to Fill New Requirement
U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT)’s Task Force-99 wants to buy new Group 3 low-speed endurance drones weighing between 60 and 200 pounds, a low payload capacity of 5 to 22 […]
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Air ForceC-17 Flies with Alternative GPS Magnetic Navigation as Prime PNT System
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane by Boeing [BA] recently test flew the Silicon Valley-based SandboxAQ‘s Magnetic Navigation (MagNav) system–leveraging quantum magnetometers and artificial intelligence–as the aircraft’s […]
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Air ForceUSAF Weapons S&T Summit To Focus on Increased Range, Production Rates
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate’s strategy division (AFRL/RWS) and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Armament Directorate’s disruptive futures division (AFLCMC/EBZ) are to hold a Weapons Science […]
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SpaceSDA Shifts, Goes with Two Contractors, Instead of One, for T2TL-Gamma
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has changed its plan to go with one contractor for the Gamma satellites of the Tranche 2-Transport Layer (T2TL). On Friday, SDA said that York Space […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Aims for Initial Inventory by Next December
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said that it wants to have an initial inventory by next December on the way to a clean audit in 2028. Lockheed Martin [LMT] […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Plans New Contract for Geolocation Global Support Services
The U.S. Space Force plans to award a Geolocation Global Support Services (GGSS) contract to aid the service in geolocating Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). In 2012, U.S. Strategic Command awarded Kratos […]
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Air ForceMusk Pitches “Government Efficiency Commission” in Discussion with Trump
Billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, pitched former president and current GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on a Government Efficiency Commission to help reduce DoD contract prices and federal […]
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SpaceArctic Communications Satellites Launch from Vandenberg
The Space Norway Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) launched Aug. 11 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Draft CASR Framework Calls for Pilot To Begin Next Month
Next month, the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) has planned to begin a pilot program for the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR)–“to execute initial CASR pilot contract clauses […]
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Air ForceUSAF Awards Boeing More Than $2.5 Billion for E-7A Wedgetail
The U.S. Air Force on Aug. 9 said that it has awarded Boeing [BA] a more than $2.5 billion rapid prototyping contract for the E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft. […]
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