Air Force
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Air ForceDepartment of Air Force to Create Integrated Capabilities Office, Focus on Large Exercises As Part of Upping Game for ‘Great Power Competition’
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is to create an Integrated Capabilities Office and focus on large scale, multi-weapon exercises as part of a “reoptimization” of the department for […]
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Air ForcePratt & Whitney Reports Progress on XA103 Engine Offering for USAF NGAP
As the Air Force Association’s annual warfare symposium gets underway Feb. 12 in Denver, RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney is reporting progress on a prototype XA103 engine for U.S. Air […]
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Air ForceXwing Flew Autonomous Cargo Missions For Air Force In Recent AGILE FLAG Exercise
Xwing, a company developing technology for autonomous flight operations, last Friday said it recently flew unmanned dispersed cargo missions in unrestricted airspace for the Air Force as part of the […]
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Air ForceUSAF Finalizing First ‘Quick Start’ Program Proposal
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said that the Department of the Air Force is finalizing its recommendation for the first “quick start” modernization program allowed under the fiscal 2024 […]
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Air Force“No Big Ramp” for B-21, LaPlante Says
Pentagon leaders again face the prospect of a year long continuing resolution and tens of billions of dollars in funding reductions, if Congress fails to agree on appropriations legislation for […]
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SpaceU.S. Army Demonstrating Starlink Integration for MQ-1C Gray Eagle
The U.S. Army has been working to integrate SpaceX Starlink low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications for the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone. The latter […]
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SpaceRocket Lab Targets Launch of Astroscale Orbital Debris Removal Satellite This Month
An orbital debris removal research project by Astroscale Japan Inc. is to launch later this month or in early March aboard an Electron rocket by Rocket Lab USA, Inc. [RKLB]. […]
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Air ForceUSAF Plans Solicitation for Automatic Test Systems to Verify Weapon Functionality
The U.S. Air Force is to solicit proposals for common automatic test equipment to verify the functionality of weapon system components. Air Force Materiel Command’s Air Force Life Cycle Management […]
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Air ForcePayload, Specialty Munitions Among Reasons CENTCOM May Have Requested Use of CONUS B-1s
Higher payloads and specialty munitions may have been behind the request by U.S. Central Command for U.S.-based B-1B bombers for the Feb. 2 air strikes on more than 85 Iranian-linked […]
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Nuclear ModernizationSTRATCOM Examining Accelerating, Increasing LRSO Buy in Overall Look at Portfolio
As part of a look at the entire nuclear weapons portfolio, U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) is considering requirements for accelerating and increasing the buy of the U.S. Air Force AGM-181 […]