Air Force
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Air ForceUSAF Point Defense Battle Lab Wants Performance Data On C-sUAS
The U.S. Air Force’s Point Defense Battle Lab (PDBL) at Grand Forks AFB, N.D., wants companies to submit their ideas on counter small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) by July 31, […]
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Unmanned SystemsUkraine And European Union Discussing Drone Deal, As Kamikaze Drones Hit Russian Supply Lines
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pursuing drone deals with European nations, even as the U.S. has so far delayed such a deal and as Ukraine uses increasingly long range, kamikaze […]
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Air ForceDuffey: F-47 “At the Cutting Edge of Technology” and Government, Industry Collaboration
Pentagon acquisition chief Michael Duffey gave high marks on Tuesday to efforts thus far to develop and build Boeing‘s [BA] F-47 sixth generation fighter for the U.S. Air Force. Duffey […]
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SpaceWill $4 Billion For SB-AMTI/Space Data Network Backbone In Supplemental Reduce Or Add To Planned Funding For Systems In Reconciliation?
Nearly all of the Department of the Air Force’s fiscal 2027 procurement and research and development (R&D) budget for space-based air moving target indication (SB-AMTI) and the Space Data Network […]
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Air ForceProjected NGAL Wingspan And Carriage Fall Within Those Of C-5 And C-17
The Air Force wants companies to submit ideas by July 17 on the service’s planned Next Generation Airlift (NGAL) platform. In a Monday business notice, the Air Force Life Cycle […]
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Air ForcePACAF Evaluating Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat In Valiant Shield
As the U.S. Air Force continues to fund the development of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Anduril Industries, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) said […]
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Nuclear ModernizationLongtime Space Force senior heads to Nuclear Weapons Center
The longtime head of the U.S. Space Force’s rapid acquisition office is leaving to take a senior role at the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, according to a June 18 […]
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Air ForceUSAF Considering EO/IR Upgrade for MH-139A
The U.S. Air Force is looking into an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) system upgrade for the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter by Boeing [BA] and Leonardo. The MH-139A program office “is conducting market […]
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Air Force$300 Million for FAMM Pulled Forward By House Appropriators
House appropriators fund the U.S. Air Force Family of Mass Missiles (FAMM) at $355 million in fiscal 2027, an add of $300 million to the service’s discretionary budget request. The […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards Boeing $2 Billion MUOS Service Life Extension Contract
The U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command has awarded Boeing [BA] a $2 billion contract for the next two Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites. Fielded in 2019, four MUOS […]
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