Air Force
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Air ForceUSAF Considering Addition of 12 EC-37B Compass Call to Planned 10
The U.S. Air Force may want to buy an additional 12 EC-37B Compass Call aircraft by BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] to counter threats in the Indo-Pacific. Congressional lawmakers […]
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Air ForceB-21 Taxi Tests Underway, As Bomber Prepares for First Flight
Taxi tests of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth bomber are underway near Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., as the aircraft prepares for first flight. The Air Force issued […]
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Air ForceUSAF Looking for “Revolutionary” Concepts for Next Generation Refueler-Airlift Teaming
As the U.S. Air Force develops systems to operate from austere locations and counter adversary attempts to disrupt U.S. military supply chains, the service is seeking “revolutionary” ideas on the […]
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Air ForceEngine, Wing Assembly Design Lead Boeing to Project More Than 300 Nautical Range for Powered JDAM
Boeing‘s [BA] future Powered Joint Direct Attack Munition (PJDAM) is to have a range of more than 300 nautical miles–seven times the range of the company’s JDAM Extended Range (JDAM […]
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SpaceSDA Readies for Second Award for Tranche 2, Transport Layer Alpha Satellites After York Space Systems’ Win
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) expects to award a second contract, possibly next week, for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha satellites after the announcement last week by […]
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Intelligence CommunityNGA Marks End of Wet Film Processing, But Decades of Use Illustrate “Enormity of Our Tasking”
This summer, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) moved to all digital imagery after the agency finished the June processing of the final two miles of wet film from the KA-80 […]
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SpaceAirbus and Northrop Grumman Ink MOU on SKYNET 6 Development
Airbus and Northrop Grumman [NOC] have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop the United Kingdom’s future SKYNET 6 military satellite wideband communications system, Airbus said on Oct. 22. […]
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SpaceSpace Domain Awareness Sustainment Contracts Awarded to L3Harris
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said that it has received two contracts worth up to $134 million under the U.S. Space Force’s Maintenance of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities (MOSSAIC) program. Under […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Examining Industry Capacity to Build Small Communications Satellites for GEO
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is to examine industry capacity to build small, “highly maneuverable” geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) communications satellites having a power level of three kilowatts […]
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SpaceSaltzman: Proliferated LEO Shows Mettle in Ukraine
Proliferated low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations for communications and other uses are demonstrating that they can endure and adapt to adversary assaults, such as jamming, the head of U.S. Space […]