Air Force
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Air ForceTexas Federal Court Finds No ‘Irreparable Harm’ to F-35 Deliveries in Ongoing Titanium Price Dispute
A Texas federal judge ruled on Dec. 29 that Pittsburgh’s Howmet Aerospace [HWM] likely broke its contract to supply titanium mill products to Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the F-35 fighter, […]
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Air ForcePentagon Inspector General Outlines 83 Planned Projects, Including Evaluation of Space Defense and Project Maven
The Pentagon Inspector General (IG) has outlined 83 projects–54 audits and 29 evaluations–that it plans to undertake in fiscal 2024. Among the projects are a DoD/National Reconnaissance Office space defense […]
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Air ForceRTX Says USAF Award for Company’s StormBreaker Munition Next Step in Weapon’s Production
RTX [RTX] said on Jan. 3 that the U.S. Air Force’s Dec. 29 award to the company’s Tucson, Ariz. site for GBU-53B Small Diameter Bomb IIs (SDB IIs)–so called “StormBreakers”–represents […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Launches Seventh X-37B Mission
The United States Space Force (USSF) launched the USSF-52 mission at 8:07 pm on Dec. 28 from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., in what marked the seventh flight for the Boeing […]
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SpaceFederal Government Should Financially Protect Commercial Space Systems, Former NGA Official Says
A former official at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) recently said that the federal government should offer a degree of financial protection for commercial space systems. “We have to have […]
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Air ForceRTX Receives Nearly $408 Million for HACM Experiment with Australia
The U.S. Air Force has awarded RTX [RTX]’s missiles and defense business in Tucson, Ariz., a nearly $408 million contract for the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile Southern Cross Integrated Flight […]
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Unmanned SystemsPentagon Mum on Candidates Chosen for Replicator Initiative
The Pentagon said that it would choose contenders for Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks’ Replicator initiative this week, but DoD has not released those candidates yet. “We remain on plan, […]
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SpaceL3Harris Announces Completion of CDR for Company’s Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Satellites
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said on Dec. 20 that it has completed Critical Design Review and Production Readiness Review (PRR) for the 16 low Earth orbit satellites the company is to […]
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Air ForceT-7A Trainer to Undergo Climate Testing at Eglin AFB
The Boeing [BA] T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft arrived at Eglin AFB, Fla., on Dec. 15 for climate testing at the base’s McKinley Climatic Laboratory, the U.S. Air Force said […]
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Air ForceUSAF Surveying Industry on Next Generation Aerial Target
The aerial targets program office of the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) armaments directorate at Eglin AFB, Fla., wants survey responses by Jan. 10 from industry on […]