Air Force
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Nuclear ModernizationDepartment of Air Force Dubs GBSD As LGM-35A Sentinel
The Department of the Air Force has designated the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) next generation ICBM under development by Northrop Grumman [NOC] as the LGM-35A Sentinel. “The name Sentinel […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Wants to Avoid GMTI Duplication with Intelligence Community Programs
The Department of the Air Force is to take advantage of efforts led by Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David ‘DT’ Thompson on future ground moving target indication (GMTI) […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyL3Harris Technology Accelerator Has Eye of CEO Chris Kubasik
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has Skunk Works, Boeing [BA] its Phantom Works. Over the last five years, L3Harris [LHX] has been developing its own technology accelerator for classified DoD and intelligence […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department Approves Sale of F-16 C/D Block 70s to Bulgaria
The U.S. State Department has approved a nearly $1.7 billion sale of up to eight Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 C/D Block 70 Viper fighters and related munitions to Bulgaria. The […]
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Navy/USMCAs Navy Looks to AARGM-ER, Build of Baseline Missile to Continue Through Fiscal 2024
While the Navy finished its last buy of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] AGM-88 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM) last year, the company is to continue building the missiles for the […]
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SpaceNTS-3 Satellite on Track for Delivery This Year, L3Harris Says
L3Harris [LHX] is on track with the building of the 1,100 pound experimental Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), which is to launch aboard the first operational United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan […]
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Air ForceU.S. Transportation Command Re-Examining Tanker Requirements
U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is re-examining tanker requirements and collaborating with the combatant commands to alleviate risk associated with the retirements of Boeing [BA] KC-135 and KC-10 tankers and the […]
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InternationalBoeing, Airbus/Northrop Grumman Consortia and General Atomics Receive NATO Study Awards for AWACS Replacement
The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) on March 31 said that it has awarded $17.2 million contracts each under the Alliance Future Surveillance and Control (AFSC) initiative to consortia […]
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Air ForceDepartment of the Air Force Plans to Finish Future GMTI Force Design This Year
The Department of the Air Force is to complete a force design for future ground moving target indication (GMTI) using a possible mix of space and air assets this year […]
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Air ForceAmid Suggestions to Arm Ukraine with MQ-9, USAF Prepares to Transfer 100
Of some 300 General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers in the U.S. Air Force inventory, 100 are to go “to another government organization,” per the service’s fiscal 2023 budget request, Air Force […]
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