Air Force
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InternationalLockheed Martin Nabs $1.8 Billion Award For More F-35 Logistics Support
Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a not-to-exceed $1.8 billion undefinitized contract action (UCA) on June 30 to procure recurring logistics services for delivered F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Presses Staff to Analyze Needed Capabilities, Not Numbers
While the U.S. Air Force’s fiscal 2022 budget request proposes retiring 201 aircraft, including two squadrons of F-15C/Ds, to help pay for a requested $2.2 billion increase in research and […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySkyborg Program Conducts Another Test of Autonomy System on Different Drone
The U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg program–one of four service Vanguard efforts–conducted a two hour and thirty minute flight test on June 24 of the Skyborg autonomy core system (ACS) aboard […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNorthrop Grumman Delivers Spacecraft Bus to L3Harris for NTS-3 Air Force Vanguard Program
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has delivered its ESPAStar-D spacecraft bus to L3Harris Technologies [LHX] in Palm Bay, Fla. in preparation for the planned fall 2023 launch of the National Technology Satellite-3 […]
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CongressGaramendi Introduces Bill To Pause GBSD Development Until 2031
A bill introduced in the House on Wednesday looks to pause development of the future Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) intercontinental ballistic missile until 2031 and instead focus on extending […]
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Air ForceHouse Defense Appropriators Advise Restart of Air Force MQ-9 Buy, Add Six Reapers
While the U.S. Air Force requested no funding for General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drones in fiscal 2022, the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel’s (HAC-D) version of the FY 2022 Defense […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems Highlights Continued Deliveries of F-35 EW System
BAE Systems is highlighting its continued deliveries of the AN/ASQ-239 electronic warfare (EW) and electronic countermeasure system for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35. The company said that it has delivered […]
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Air ForceHanscom AFB and Air Combat Command Working to Establish Zero Trust Across U.S. Air Force
Personnel from the AFNet sustainment and operations branch at Hanscom AFB, Mass. and Air Combat Command’s (ACC) directorate of cyberspace and information dominance are teaming to develop “a modern software-based […]
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Air ForceAir Combat Command Establishes 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing
The U.S. Air Force on June 25 stood up the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing (350th SWW) under Air Combat Command (ACC) to focus on offensive electronic warfare (EW). The wing […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyJAIC’s Joint Information Warfare Team Helps Field Malware Detection, Looks to AI for Space Applications
The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Joint Information Warfare (JIW) team developed and helped field AI malware detection and threat detection tools and is now looking to develop AI […]