Air Force
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Air ForceUpdated Sentinel Acquisition Strategy in Works, EMD Approval Goal Early to Mid-2027
This fall, the Defense Department may approve an updated acquisition strategy for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel future ICBM before a possible re-approval of the program for engineering and […]
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Air ForceBeehive Plans Altitude Testing Of Frenzy Engine For UAVs In October, Flight Tests In Early ‘26
Beehive Industries, a propulsion startup firm, said Monday it’s ramping up testing of its Frenzy line of additively-manufactured engines, with plans to conduct altitude testing of a 200-pound version in […]
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Air ForceBoeing F-47 Build Underway As USAF Targets 2028 First Flight
The build of Boeing‘s [BA] F-47 sixth generation fighter is underway, as the U.S. Air Force targets 2028 for first flight, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin told […]
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Air ForceAnduril Plans First Collaborative Combat Aircraft Flight In Semi-Autonomous Mode
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—First flight of Anduril Industries’ entry into the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program is “within spitting distance” of happening and will be semi-autonomous from taxi, to […]
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Air ForceNew 800- to 1,500-Pound Thrust Class Engines for Munitions and CCA under Development by Pratt & Whitney
RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney said on Monday that it is developing a new 500 to 1,800 pounds of thrust class of engines to power munitions and U.S. Air Force […]
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Air ForceSkunk Works Says Vectis May Be Candidate for USAF CCA Increment 2
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works unit said that its Vectis drone under development for flight in the next two years will likely fit the needs of Increment 2 of the […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Solicits Space Based Interceptor Prototypes
The U.S. Space Force last Friday said the it has released a request for prototypes proposal for the space base interceptors (SBIs) portion of the Trump administration’s envisioned Golden Dome […]
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Air ForceUSAF 621st Contingency Response Wing Lays Out Need for C-UAS
Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) 621st Contingency Response Wing (CRW) out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. and Travis AFB, Calif., wants small handheld units to counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS). “In […]
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Missile DefenseL3Harris Talks Alignment with Outline for Golden Dome
U.S. Space Force systems may account for two-thirds of DoD spending on an extensive Golden Dome missile defense architecture, according to an American Enterprise Institute report this month, as DoD […]
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CongressDoD to Examine Cyber Security Service Provider Consolidation
The Pentagon is to examine whether it can save funds and improve cybersecurity through consolidation of the 23 DoD cybersecurity service providers (CSSPs), which employ more than 3,200 personnel. “Since […]