Air Force
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Air ForceUSAF Awards Raytheon Nearly $21 Billion for AMRAAM Foreign Orders
The U.S. Air Force has awarded RTX‘s [RTX] Raytheon an almost $20.7 billion contract for multi-year production of the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) for foreign allies through […]
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Unmanned SystemsArmy Establishes Dedicated Counter-Drone Testing Lanes At Yuma
To help accelerate the development and iteration of counter-drone technologies, the Army is dedicating “lanes” at its Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) so that they […]
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Space21 Tranche 1, Transport Layer Satellites Delivered to Vandenberg, Northrop Grumman Says
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday that it has delivered 21 satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for Tranche 1 of the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s Transport […]
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Air ForceUSAF Plans Participation of Early CCA Production Aircraft In Emerald Flag
The U.S. Air Force wants to use General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems, Inc.‘s (GA-ASI) FQ-42A Vengeance and the Anduril Industries FQ-44A Fury in the Emerald Flag Exercise this December. Those aircraft are […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Receives Long-Lead Funding for 67 APG-85 Radars for F-35s
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received a nearly $124 million fixed-price incentive contract for long-lead items for 67 AN/APG-85 active electronically scanned array radars for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin […]
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Air ForceUSAF Seeking Industry Input on Replacement of ARSR-4 Radar
The U.S. Air Force wants companies’ insights on a replacement for the Air Route Surveillance Radar-4 (ARSR-4). Northrop Grumman [NOC] delivered more than 40 ARSR-4s in the 1990s for border […]
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Missile DefenseBaseline Designs for L3Harris’ Tranche 3 Missile Tracking Satellites Okayed
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] has completed a preliminary design review (PDR) for Tranche 3 of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) future Tracking Layer against ballistic and hypersonic missiles, the company said […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Vectis To Have ‘Almost F-35 Like Capabilities’
As the U.S. Air Force considers whether Increment 2 of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program will feature more attritable or more advanced drones, or a mix of those, Lockheed […]
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Air ForceWho’s USAF Gonna Call? One Top Candidate Is Dronebusters
The U.S. Air Force’s lead wing for securing overseas airlift locations wants to buy 54 systems to detect, track, and defeat small drones up to 55 pounds. The 621st Contingency […]
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Air ForceHoneywell Proposes ‘P40’ Upgrade for F-35’s PTMS
Honeywell Aerospace [HON] said on Tuesday that it is proposing the P40 upgrade for the company’s Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. The […]