Air Force
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Air Force
“No Big Ramp” for B-21, LaPlante Says
Pentagon leaders again face the prospect of a year long continuing resolution and tens of billions of dollars in funding reductions, if Congress fails to agree on appropriations legislation for […]
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Space
U.S. Army Demonstrating Starlink Integration for MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The U.S. Army has been working to integrate SpaceX Starlink low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications for the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone. The latter […]
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Space
Rocket Lab Targets Launch of Astroscale Orbital Debris Removal Satellite This Month
An orbital debris removal research project by Astroscale Japan Inc. is to launch later this month or in early March aboard an Electron rocket by Rocket Lab USA, Inc. [RKLB]. […]
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Air Force
USAF Plans Solicitation for Automatic Test Systems to Verify Weapon Functionality
The U.S. Air Force is to solicit proposals for common automatic test equipment to verify the functionality of weapon system components. Air Force Materiel Command’s Air Force Life Cycle Management […]
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Air Force
Payload, Specialty Munitions Among Reasons CENTCOM May Have Requested Use of CONUS B-1s
Higher payloads and specialty munitions may have been behind the request by U.S. Central Command for U.S.-based B-1B bombers for the Feb. 2 air strikes on more than 85 Iranian-linked […]
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Nuclear Modernization
STRATCOM Examining Accelerating, Increasing LRSO Buy in Overall Look at Portfolio
As part of a look at the entire nuclear weapons portfolio, U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) is considering requirements for accelerating and increasing the buy of the U.S. Air Force AGM-181 […]
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Air Force
Autonomy Prime Fly-Off to Focus on Alternative Navigation
The U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm, AFWERX, released an Innovative Capabilities Opening for Autonomy Prime on Jan. 31 to develop low-cost autonomous technologies for the service and to conduct a […]
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Space
BAE Systems Says It’s Completed CDR for MGUE Increment 2 MSI
BAE Systems said on Jan. 31 that it has completed Critical Design Review (CDR) with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command for the Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment […]
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Air Force
Collins Aerospace Expects to Use Less Engine Bleed Air for F-35 PTMS
As Honeywell [HON] and RTX‘s [RTX] Collins Aerospace gear up to compete on an upgraded or new Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) for the F-35 fighter, Collins Aerospace says […]
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Air Force
RTX Highlights Test of CHIMERA Directed Energy System for Base Defense
RTX [RTX] said on Jan. 29 that the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the company’s Raytheon business unit have finished a three week field test of the Counter-Electronic […]