Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Leadership And AETC Consult On Uses For Future F-35As Delivered Without Radars
DAYTON, Ohio–Air Force leadership is consulting with Air Education and Training Command (AETC) on uses for F-35As that lack radars, as the bulkhead for Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] future APG-85 radar […]
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Air ForceLeidos Awarded $717 Million Air Force Contract To Continue ISR Support
Leidos [LDOS] on Tuesday said it received a potential $717 million task order from the Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) to continue providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Takes $280 Million Charge On Air Force One In Second Quarter; Risk Low On KC-46
Boeing [BA] on Tuesday said it recorded $280 million of losses on the Air Force VC-25B program—Air Force One—to account for more investment in “production and certification resources,” but the […]
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Air ForceDOT&E Finalizing Report On Gray Eagle As Lead Aviation Platform For MGUE, Increment 1
DAYTON, Ohio–The Pentagon directorate of operational test and evaluation (DOT&E) is completing a report on the test performance of the Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone as the lead aviation platform […]
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Air ForceF135 Engine Core Upgrade Set For Key Design Review Next Month, As CCA Engine Picture Clarifies
DAYTON, Ohio—Pratt & Whitney‘s [RTX] Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the F-35 fighter’s F135 engine is to have a critical design review (CDR) in August. After CDR, ECU is to […]
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Air ForceAir Force Modifying B-52 To Resume Radar Modernization Program Testing
DAYTON, Ohio–The Air Force is modifying a B-52H to resume Radar Modernization Program (RMP) testing for the bomber. RMP is to feature an active electronically scanned array radar based on […]
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Air ForceHouse NDAA Would Require White House To Create GPS Modernization Plan
The House version of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would require the White House to devise a plan within six months of the law’s passage to accelerate […]
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Unmanned SystemsBAE Systems Offers Brontanax For UK CCA, No Comment Yet On Any Proposal For USAF
Brontanax, the first British Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) design, will have electronic warfare and precision strike options, BAE Systems said at the United Kingdom’s Farnborough Air Show this week. A […]
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SpaceAinsworth: Launch of 500 U.S. Space Force Satellites Planned By End Of 2027
By the end of next year, U.S. Space Force (USSF) is planning a multi-fold increase in the service’s launches and its number of orbiting satellites. Last week, Space Force Space […]
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Air ForceDegree Of Survivability Key Question For DIU/USAF MMA Program
The degree of survivability for future massed modular aircraft (MMA) is a key question for the program. This month, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and U.S. Air Force announced MMA […]