Air Force
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BudgetPentagon Wants Authority To Begin New Program Starts Without Funding; Kendall Wants Congress To Act
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Time is the enemy for contending with potential threats from China and Congress can help by giving the Defense Department new, limited acquisition authorities to move out quickly […]
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Air ForceSupply Chain Shortfalls Affected KC-46 RVS 2.0, But Air Force Still Plans to Begin Fielding by Start of Fiscal 2026
The U.S. Air Force would like to field the Remote Vision System 2.0 (RVS 2.0) fix for the Boeing [BA] KC-46A’s original RVS sooner than the start of fiscal 2026, […]
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Air ForceDoD and Lockheed Martin Look to Possible Performance Based Logistics Contract to Help Improve F-35 Readiness
FORT WORTH, Texas–More than two decades ago, the Pentagon Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) approved key performance parameters (KPPs) for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) that set the availability rate […]
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WeaponsGreater Load Outs of Advanced Weapons for F-35 to Start This Year with Lot 15
FORT WORTH, Texas–The Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is soon to have a company-designed weapons rack–“Sidekick”–that will allow the internal carriage of six Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] AIM-120 advanced medium range […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Plans to Finish 1,000th F-35 By End of Year
FORT WORTH, Texas—Lockheed Martin [LMT] plans to turn out its 1,000th F-35 fighter by the end of this year on the one-mile, 20-foot-long assembly line here at Air Force Plant […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Announces IVEWS Testing on Path to Fielding
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Apr. 11 that its AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters has completed Air Force Laboratory Intelligence Validated Emulator […]
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SpaceUpdate to Life Cycle Sustainment Plan Needed for Department of Air Force Satellite Control Network, GAO Says
The U.S. Space Force intends to bolster its satellite communications capacity through the use of electronically-steered phased array antennas for the DoD Satellite Control Network (SCN), and a new Government […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAFRL To Issue Multiple Awards Under $400 Million Contract for Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research Program
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is making awards to multiple companies under a $400 million contract for the Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research program. “The primary objective of […]
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Air ForceRise in Spare Parts Cost Cited As Major Factor Behind USAF Requested Increase in FY 2024 for Flying Hours
Gross Issue Effectiveness (GIE) and Supply Response Time (SRT) for the on-time delivery of required spare parts are to be key features of a Performance-Based Logistics contract that the F-35 […]
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Air ForceUSAF Decision May Come This Summer on Gapfiller Tanker Between KC-46 and NGAS
The U.S. Air Force may decide this summer on a buy of up to 75 tankers to fill the gap between the planned fielding of the 179th Boeing [BA] KC-46A […]