Air Force
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SpaceULA Chief: 70 Vulcan Rockets on Order for Government/Commercial Launches
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has received government and commercial orders worth billions of dollars for 70 Vulcan rockets, ULA CEO Tory Bruno said on Nov. 15. ULA is a partnership […]
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Air ForceGE Pitches XA100 for Wide Application, As Company Announces Completion of Third Phase Testing on Second Engine
General Electric [GE] is pitching its XA100 adaptive cycle engine for wide application across DoD and said on Nov. 14 that it finished third phase testing of the second XA100 […]
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Air ForceKendall: Sentinel Program ‘Struggling A Little Bit’
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Nov. 13 that, of the two service legs of the triad, he is more concerned about the Northrop Grumman [NOC] LGM-35A Sentinel […]
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Air Force16th Air Force Commander: Defensive Cyber and ISR Will Be First Missions to Leverage AI/ML
Aiding Air Combat Command (ACC) in blocking information flow from compromised sources and sorting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) information to benefit analysts are two prime use cases for artificial […]
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Air ForceB-21 Raider First Flight Not So Secret
While the U.S. Air Force has classified nearly all design details of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider bomber, dozens of onlookers, including a free-lance photographer, were on hand for […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Space Force to Modernize Unified Data Library in FY 2024
This fiscal year, the U.S. Space Force is to award a contract to modernize the service’s Unified Data Library (UDL), which began as a $150,000 research and development effort in […]
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Air ForceUSAF Drafting Response to HASC on EC-37B Requirement
The U.S. Air Force plans to respond to the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) request for the service to lay out a requirement for EC-37B Compass Call aircraft by BAE […]
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SpaceCompanies’ Perspective on New Data Links and Waveforms Sought for SDA Tranche 3 Transport Layer
The U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma satellites are to include Ultra High Frequency (UHF) S-band connections, an advanced tactical data link, and enhanced, anti-jam […]
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SpaceCyber Security of Space Systems ‘Crucial,’ As U.S. Space Force Official Notes Recent Attacks
A number of recent cyberattacks on space systems highlight the need for their improved security, a U.S. Space Force official said on Nov. 6. “The U.S. and our allied forces […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin ‘Actively Working’ With Four Countries Interested In TPY-4 Radar
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Lockheed Martin [LMT] has said its “actively working” with four countries interested in the company’s new TPY-4 ground-based air surveillance radar, which recently completed initial testing and […]