Air Force
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Air ForceNGAD 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 ForceBAE 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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CongressBi-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 ForceSpace 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 […]
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Air ForceTHOR Defeats Swarm of Drones in AFRL Test Last Month, Lab Says
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory said that its directed energy directorate at Kirtland AFB, N.M., used the high-power microwave Tactical High-power Operational Responder (THOR) system to shoot down drones […]
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Air ForceAFRL Looks to Conduct Experiment for New Airborne ISR to Bolster Coverage of Afghanistan
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) may conduct an experiment by July to help bolster the coverage of Afghanistan, the Pentagon Inspector General said in a new report on […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Looks to Additive Manufacturing to Accelerate Hypersonic Ground Testing
The U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) in Tullahoma, Tenn., wants additive manufacturing to aid the building of parts for DoD hypersonic test facilities, including Northrop Grumman‘s [NOC] […]
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SpaceSpace Development Agency Plans Simultaneous First Launch of Tranche 2 Beta and Alpha Satellites
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) is planning a simultaneous, inaugural launch of Tranche 2 Transport Layer (T2TL) Beta and Alpha satellites by Sept. 1, 2026, SDA said […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Tests New Communications Pod for B-52
The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) said that it is undertaking a demonstration to equip B-52H bombers with advanced communications. ““The AgilePod TENTaCLE [Tactical Edge Network Targeting in […]
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Air ForceIntegration Risk of AETP Engine on F-35 Would Require Further Analysis, Program Says
If Congress decides to continue the U.S. Air Force Advanced Engine Transition Program (AETP), integration of an AETP engine on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 would require further analysis before […]