Air Force
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Air Force
B-21 Raider First Flight Not So Secret
While the U.S. Air Force has classified nearly all design details of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider bomber, dozens of onlookers, including a free-lance photographer, were on hand for […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
U.S. Space Force to Modernize Unified Data Library in FY 2024
This fiscal year, the U.S. Space Force is to award a contract to modernize the service’s Unified Data Library (UDL), which began as a $150,000 research and development effort in […]
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Air Force
USAF Drafting Response to HASC on EC-37B Requirement
The U.S. Air Force plans to respond to the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) request for the service to lay out a requirement for EC-37B Compass Call aircraft by BAE […]
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Space
Companies’ Perspective on New Data Links and Waveforms Sought for SDA Tranche 3 Transport Layer
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma satellites are to include Ultra High Frequency (UHF) S-band connections, an advanced tactical data link, and enhanced, anti-jam […]
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Space
Cyber Security of Space Systems ‘Crucial,’ As U.S. Space Force Official Notes Recent Attacks
A number of recent cyberattacks on space systems highlight the need for their improved security, a U.S. Space Force official said on Nov. 6. “The U.S. and our allied forces […]
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin ‘Actively Working’ With Four Countries Interested In TPY-4 Radar
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Lockheed Martin [LMT] has said its “actively working” with four countries interested in the company’s new TPY-4 ground-based air surveillance radar, which recently completed initial testing and […]
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Unmanned Systems
Kratos Expects to Receive Largest-to-Date Tactical Drone Contract Late Next Year
In a third quarter earnings call on Nov. 2, Kratos [KTOS] CEO Eric DeMarco said that the company forecasts revenue growth of 10 percent next year without potential tactical drone […]
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Intelligence Community
Project Maven Transitions to Program of Record, As NGA Looks to Leverage Program for Other Uses
The Pentagon’s Project Maven is becoming a program of record under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). NGA said on Nov. 2 that it “has formally designated NGA Maven as a […]
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Pentagon
Senate Confirms Navy And Air Force Chiefs, Marine Corps Number Two
The Senate on Thursday confirmed three top military nominees, over the objection of Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) blanket hold on military confirmations. The Senate voted 95-1 to confirm Adm. Lisa […]
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Intelligence Community
10,000 “Operationally Relevant” Commercial EO Images Provided to NGA Per Week
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) had said that companies provide NGA and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) 50,000 electro-optical (EO) commercial images weekly. NGA is now further delineating that figure. […]