Air Force
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Air ForceAir Dominance Combined Test Force Succeeds F-22 CTF at Edwards AFB
The U.S Air Force has established the Air Dominance Combined Test Force (CTF) under the 412th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, Calif. “The F-22 Raptor Combined Test Force has formally […]
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CongressJoint Chiefs Chairman Nominee Brown Cites Multi-Year Authority As Critical For Munitions Requirements
Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, cited the new multi-year procurement authority as critical to ensuring the Pentagon […]
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Air ForceLatest AMRAAM Variant Successful In Final Flight Test
RTX [RTX] on Tuesday said the newest variant of its Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) has successfully completed its final flight test, marking the completion of developmental and operational testing. […]
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Air ForceUSAF Awards Pratt & Whitney $5.5 Billion for F117 Engine Sustainment
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a more than $5.5 billion contract for F117 engine sustainment. “The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to […]
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Air ForceF-35 Data Rights Case Continues On Issue of ‘Developed’ Software
An F-35 software data rights dispute between the federal government and Lockheed Martin [LMT] continues before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ABSCA) nearly four years after the company […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Receives $625 Million Contract for Force Element Terminals for B-52s
The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center’s nuclear command, control and communications integration directorate at Hanscom AFB, Mass., has awarded Raytheon Technologies [RTX] a $625 million contract for Force Element […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Vanguards Cut in House Appropriations Committee’s Defense Bill
The House Appropriations Committee cuts the Department of the Air Force’s nearly $256 million research and development request for Vanguard programs by almost $87 million, as the committee says that […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Conducts First Acceptance Flight Test of T-7A Red Hawk
The Boeing [BA] T-7A Red Hawk had its first engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) flight test on June 28 from St. Louis Lambert International Airport. The flight, which lasted about […]
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace: EPACS PTMS for F-35 Will Provide More Than Twice the Current Cooling
Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Collins Aerospace said last week at the Paris Air Show that it has conducted a lab test in Windsor Locks, Conn., of the Enhanced Power and Cooling […]
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SpaceHouse Appropriators Want More Frequent Updates on ‘Troubled’ Space Programs
House GOP appropriators note that the U.S. Space Force fiscal year 2024 budget request is more than $30 billion–a $3.9 billion, 15 percent increase over last year’s enacted level, but […]