Air Force
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Cyber
About 10 Percent of Air National Guard Personnel in Cyber Mission
About 10 percent of the U.S. Air National Guard’s 108,000 personnel are in the cyber field, as the ANG develops offensive and defensive cyber operations at the 179th Airlift Wing […]
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Air Force
No Power and Thermal Management System Chosen Yet for F135 ECU, GAO Says
The U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget asks for $245 million for Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] F135 Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 and cancels a new […]
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Space
Northrop Grumman Announces Completion of CDR for Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on May 30 that it has completed Critical Design Review (CDR) and a software demonstration for the planned U.S. Space Force Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Says Solicitation on Space Force Range Contract Imminent
The U.S. Space Force was to release a final solicitation for the Space Force Range Contract (SFRC) by May 25, but the service now expects the RFP will come around […]
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Air Force
T-7A Taxi Tests Imminent With Air Force Flight Testing Set To Begin Mid-June
ST. LOUIS—Boeing [BA] as early as this week is slated to begin taxi tests of its first T-7A trainer aircraft that is in the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase […]
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Uncategorized
Boeing Brings Ghost Bat Loyal Wingman Unmanned Aircraft To U.S. For Testing
MASCOUTAH, Ill.—Boeing [BA] is conducting a test program in the U.S. with a mostly secret unmanned aircraft being developed with Australia’s air force, marking the first time the stealthy loyal […]
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Space
Northrop Grumman Announces Completion of PDR for Next Gen OPIR Polar Satellites
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said this week that it recently finished a preliminary design review (PDR) for the U.S. Space Force’s Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) polar (NGP) […]
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Pentagon
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gets Biden Nod to Become Next Chairman of Joint Chiefs
President Biden on May 25 announced his pick to become the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)–U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Q. Brown, a former […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
U.S. Space Force Looks to AI/ML to Aid Space Domain Awareness
The U.S. Space Force is looking to artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) to aid space domain awareness and other mission areas, a top service official said on May 24. The Space […]
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Air Force
F-35 Program Lost Track of Millions of Dollars in Spare Parts, GAO Says
The F-35 program has lost track of millions of dollars in spare parts held at more than 50 domestic and international non-prime contractor sites, according to a new Government Accountability […]
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