Air Force
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Air ForceSenate Appropriators Advise Significant Cut to F-35 Software Development, Would Make C2D2 Separate Program
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s draft fiscal 2022 defense funding bill recommends cutting nearly $566 million from the Pentagon’s almost $2 billion request for Continuous Capability Development and Delivery (C2D2) for […]
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Air ForceKendall Stresses Need for Air Force Logistics Improvements, Retirement of Aging Systems
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Oct. 18 stressed the need for the service to develop and sustain well-oiled supply chains for future conflicts and retire aging systems with […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Looking into Acquisition Strategy; Possible Used, Commercial Derivative Aircraft for E-4B Replacement
The Air Force is to forge an acquisition strategy for the Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), which is to replace the aging Air Force E-4B National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC) […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Eyeing Replacement of HH-60W Missile Warning System
The U.S. Air Force is considering replacing the missile warning system for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter to counter future threats. […]
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Air ForceFollow-On to GBU-28 ‘Bunker Buster’ Released in Flight Test
A 5,000-pound, GPS-guided GBU-72–an envisioned follow-on to the Raytheon Technologies’ [RTX] GBU-28 “bunker buster”–had its first release on July 23 and another successful firing from a U.S. Air Force 96th […]
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Air ForceAir Mobility Command to Study Requirement for Commercial Tankers
The Air Force is to study service tanking needs to inform a possible, upcoming solicitation for commercial tankers. “The objective of this work is to complete a report suitable for […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNorthrop Grumman to Expand Huntsville Presence to Support GBSD
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Oct. 12 that it is expanding its presence in Huntsville, Ala., to support the company’s development of the U.S. Air Force’s Ground Based Strategic Deterrent […]
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Unmanned SystemsJCO Evaluating Counter Small UAS Demonstrations Last Month, As Five Companies Bow Out Due to COVID, Supply Chain Problems
The Pentagon’s Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Office (JCO) is evaluating a three-week demonstration held last month of five C-sUAS systems at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. A JCO after […]
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Air ForcePlatform Aerospace Looks to Field Ultra Long Endurance Drones with Air Force and Navy
Platform Aerospace, a small Maryland company that lists itself as a service-disabled veteran-owned business founded in 1993, finished an eight day-long flight of the company’s Vanilla Unmanned aircraft at Edwards […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Delivers New Airborne High Energy Laser For Testing On An AC-130J
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has delivered the new Airborne High Energy Laser (AHEL) to the Air Force for flight testing on an AC-130J aircraft following a successful factory acceptance testing period, […]