Air Force
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Seeks Commercial Sources for Repair of TH-1H Altimeter
The Air Force Materiel Command’s (AFMC) Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex at Robins AFB, Ga., is conducting market research to determine whether the command will be able to use commercial […]
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InternationalBoeing Delivers KC-46A to Japan, Has Delivered 48 to U.S. Air Force
Boeing [BA] said on Oct. 31 that it has accomplished its first foreign delivery of the KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). “The Japan KC-46A is […]
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Air ForceGE Beats Raytheon’s Pratt & Whitney in F-15EX Engine Competition
The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Electric [GE] a contract that could be worth nearly $1.6 billion for the company’s F110 engines to power Lot 2 and possibly seven […]
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Air ForceIn Letter to Biden, 90 House Members Back Increasing F-35 Buy to a Minimum of 100 Per Year
90 House lawmakers have penned a letter to President Biden asking that the administration’s fiscal 2023 budget ramp up the buy of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter to at […]
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Air ForceMitchell Institute Advises USAF Ramp Up of F-35A Production
The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is recommending that the U.S. Air Force accelerate production of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A fighter to counter China and Russia. “There are no […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Conducts Hypersonic Sled Test Recoveries, As Service Looks to Future Test and Evaluation
The Air Force’s 846th Test Squadron at Holloman AFB, N.M., has conducted two recovery tests of hypersonic sleds traveling at about Mach 5, the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) said […]
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Air ForceACC Commander: Pratt & Whitney and U.S. Air Force Reduce Number of Unavailable F135 Engines Below 40
Over the last month and a half, Pratt & Whitney [RTX] and the U.S. Air Force Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex have reduced the number of unavailable F135 engines for […]
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Air ForceSenate Appropriators Recommend Adding $460 Million for AETP
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s version of the fiscal 2022 defense funding bill recommends adding $460 million for the U.S. Air Force’s Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP) for the Lockheed Martin […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Seeks Better Awareness of GEO
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command is seeking information from companies able to provide sensors to improve the space domain awareness of objects in Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO). “The […]
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Unmanned SystemsHoeven Wants to Bring Block 30 Global Hawks to N.D. for Hypersonic Missile Testing
Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) wants to bring the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of 20 Northrop Grumman [NOC] RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 drones to Grand Sky, N.D. after their retirement […]