Air Force
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Space
NROL-107 Mission to Be Last Atlas V Launch for NRO
The Aug. 29 Cape Canaveral, Fla. launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 configuration rocket carrying sensing payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and U.S. Space […]
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Air Force
Year-Long AFSOC Operational Evaluation of Starlink ‘Nearly Complete’
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command’s (AFSOC) 1st Special Operations Contracting Squadron is nearing the end of a year-long operational evaluation of the military effectiveness of SpaceX‘s Starlink low […]
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Air Force
Boeing and Lockheed Martin Look to $3.4 Billion in Local Financing for NGAD
Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are looking to $3.4 billion in local financing to aid company expansions for the development of their Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) systems. Boeing […]
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Air Force
USAF Test Center to Buy Telemetry Transmitters for Hypersonic Tracking
The U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) at Edwards AFB, Calif., plans to buy telemetry transmitters for Edwards’ RB-1B Data Lab in advance of hypersonic weapon testing. The data lab […]
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Air Force
Lockheed Martin Receives Nearly $607 Million Contract for Long Lead Items in F-35 Lot 19
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a nearly $607 million contract for long-lead items for 173 of the company’s F-35 fighters in Lot 19. The DoD contract announcement on Aug. 22 […]
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Air Force
USAF Wants Software Support for MC/AC-130J
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s special operations forces, personnel recovery, and rotary division (AFLCMC/WIU) at Robins AFB, Ga., wants industry help to sustain and improve software for […]
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Air Force
Boeing Reports MoU with Indonesia for Buy of 24 F-15EX Fighters
Boeing [BA] said on Aug. 21 that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesia for the latter to buy up to 24 of the company’s F-15EX fighters. […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Space Development Agency Awards Over $1.5 Billion to Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for Transport Layer
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) on Aug. 21 said that it has awarded two contracts worth more than $1.5 billion to Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] space division in […]
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Air Force
STRATCOM Chief Says ‘More Options’ For Nuke Deterrence Always Preferable
When it comes to nuclear deterrence, and the warheads and delivery systems that support it, the more options the better, said U.S. Strategic Command head Aif Force Gen Anthony Cotton. […]
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Air Force
RTX Delivering Next Generation Electro-Optical DAS for F-35, As Program Looks to Organic Sustainment of AAQ-37
RTX [RTX] began deliveries of its Next Generation Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EO DAS) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter in January, as the F-35 program looks to use […]