Air Force
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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 […]
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Air ForceAutonomy Prime Fly-Off to Focus on Alternative Navigation
The U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm, AFWERX, released an Innovative Capabilities Opening for Autonomy Prime on Jan. 31 to develop low-cost autonomous technologies for the service and to conduct a […]
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SpaceBAE Systems Says It’s Completed CDR for MGUE Increment 2 MSI
BAE Systems said on Jan. 31 that it has completed Critical Design Review (CDR) with the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command for the Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment […]
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace Expects to Use Less Engine Bleed Air for F-35 PTMS
As Honeywell [HON] and RTX‘s [RTX] Collins Aerospace gear up to compete on an upgraded or new Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) for the F-35 fighter, Collins Aerospace says […]
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Air ForceRTX Highlights Test of CHIMERA Directed Energy System for Base Defense
RTX [RTX] said on Jan. 29 that the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the company’s Raytheon business unit have finished a three week field test of the Counter-Electronic […]
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International14 Czech Projects in F-35 Industrial Cooperation Deal
Czech Defence Minister Jana Černochová and U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Bijan Sabet signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Jan. 29 under which the Czechs are to field the […]
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Air ForceChallenge of Small Drone Detection and Interception Highlighted by Attack on U.S. Base in Jordan
Two days before New York Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle went yard for one of the longest Major League home runs of all time—a 565-foot blast at the old Griffith Stadium […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Awards $877 Million Contract for Sounding Rocket Program-4
U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Kirtland AFB, N.M. site has awarded Kratos Defense‘s [KTOS] space and missile defense division, L3Harris Technologies’ [LHX] Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman Aerospace business, and […]
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SpaceNGA Awards $794 Million R&D Contract
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said on Jan. 26 that it has awarded a $794 million umbrella contract to Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH], Lockheed Martin [LMT], Fairfax, Va.-based Reinventing Geospatial, […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Takes $1.2 Billion Charge On B-21; Expects Losses Through Decade On LRIP Lots
After previously warning of a potential but not “probable” loss on the initial B-21 stealth bomber production contracts, Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday reported a $1.2 billion after-tax charge on […]