Air Force
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Air Force
USAF and Lockheed Martin Conduct First Flight of Avionics Tech Refresh for U-2
Lockheed Martin [LMT] said on Sept. 26 that its Skunk Works division in Palmdale, Calif., and the U.S. Air Force have conducted first flight of avionics upgrades for the U-2 […]
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Air Force
Terran Orbital SAR Panels Being Used for Classified Efforts, CEO Says
Terran Orbital [LLAP] has found DoD and/or intelligence community users for a set of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) panels that the company had been developing, company CEO Marc Bell said […]
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BAE Systems Receives Lockheed Martin Contract for ALR-94 Sustainment for F-22
BAE Systems said on Sept. 26 that it has received a five-year contract from Lockheed Martin [LMT] to sustain the AN/ALR-94 digital electronic warfare (EW) system for Lockheed Martin’s F-22 […]
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Air Force
Northrop Grumman Announces $705 Million Award for USAF Stand-in Attack Weapon
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Sept. 25 that the U.S. Air Force has awarded it a contract worth about $705 million to deliver the air-to-ground Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW). “During […]
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Air Force
Air Combat Command Ends Solicitation for More Than $5 Billion Enterprise Cyber Capabilities Program
The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command’s (ACC) Acquisition Management and Integration Center (AMIC) has ended a solicitation for the more than $5 billion Enterprise Cyber Capabilities (EC2) program. “While […]
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Joby Aviation Delivers First eVTOL Aircraft for U.S. Air Force’s 412th Test Wing
California-based Joby Aviation, Inc. [JOBY] said on Sept. 25 that it has delivered its first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for the U.S. Air Force to Edwards AFB, […]
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U.S. Space Force Plans to Buy Communications Data from Luxembourg’s MEO Constellation Next Year
Next year, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) plans to buy military satellite communications (SATCOM) data from Luxembourg’s Medium Earth Orbit Global Services (MGS) program, which has thus […]
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Congress
Gallagher, Khanna Call Out Corporate Refusal to Testify on Defense Innovation
Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) cyber, information technologies and innovation (CITI) panel, and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the HASC CITI panel’s ranking […]
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Air Force
GAO: F-35 Fleet Remains ‘Far Below’ MC Rate Goals
A new study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) cites depot and organizational maintenance challenges as being partly responsible for a lagging mission capable (MC) rate for the Lockheed Martin […]
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White House Nominates Melissa Dalton as New Air Force Undersecretary
President Biden on Sept. 21 nominated Melissa Dalton as the new undersecretary of the Air Force–the number two civilian in the Department of the Air Force (DAF) behind Secretary Frank […]
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