Air Force
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
CENTCOM AI/ML Wish List Points to Future Predictive Goals for Project Maven
U.S. Central Command’s (CENTCOM) fiscal 2024 wish list points to what the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) has said is a primary longer term goal of artificial intelligence (AI)–the prediction […]
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Air Force
Rogers Wants Near Term USAF Affirmation of 2021 Choice of Redstone Arsenal As Base for U.S. Space Command
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) is pressing DoD and the U.S. Air Force to affirm the 2021 selection of Redstone Arsenal, Ala., as the permanent base […]
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DoD to Have Tighter Control Over NGAD Than Pentagon Has Had with F-35, Kendall Says
The Pentagon will have a higher degree of control over the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program than DoD has had with the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter, Air Force […]
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Space
U.S. Space Force Seeks Companies’ Input on Alternative Bus for EWS
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is looking for companies able to provide an alternative bus and integration support for the Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Weather Systems (EWS), which are to […]
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Air Force
U.S. Air Force to Switch to Northrop Grumman Software for A-10
The U.S. Air Force’s 309th Software Engineering Group at Hill AFB, Utah plans to replace the A-10 Thunderbolt’s Oracle [ORCL] Solaris 10 operating system with the Northrop Grumman [NOC] ReVAMP […]
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USAF Awards $1.2 Billion to Lockheed Martin for JASSM and LRASM
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] nearly $1.2 billion in contracts for the AGM-158B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile. Lockheed Martin […]
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Air Force
NGAD EMD Contract Award Expected Next Year, USAF Says
The U.S. Air Force said on May 18 that it has released a classified solicitation in expectation of an Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) award for the Next Generation Air […]
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Air Force
BAE Systems Likely to Get Back on Schedule for EPAWSS B-Kits By Fall, USAF Says
While COVID-19 affected the supply chain for BAE Systems‘ B-Kits for the company’s Eagle Passive Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS), the U.S. Air Force said that it expects deliveries […]
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Congress
Bi-Partisan Bill Introduced to Sustain Air National Guard Fighter Squadrons
Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-Md.), Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), and John James (R-Mich.) have introduced a measure to sustain Air National Guard […]
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Air Force
Space Based Radar Could Help Sew Up Intelligence, Targeting Gaps, USAF Official Says
A Space Based Radar providing ground moving target indication (GMTI) could help sew up intelligence and targeting gaps that DoD faced during Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) against ISIS in Syria […]