Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Returns to 76 Congressionally Mandated B-52s After Restoration of Boneyard Bomber
The U.S. Air Force recently completed nearly a year-long renovation on a B-52H bomber, which re-entered service with the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, N.D., earlier this month. While […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDigital Engineering Efforts for Munitions Yield Lessons Learned for Possible Fielding
Last fall, former U.S. Air Force acquisitions chief Will Roper held out the possibility that the service would soon announce an e-series, digitally engineered weapon to follow the Air Force […]
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InternationalL3Harris Looks for Viper Shield Flight Testing and Production Contract Award Next Year
L3Harris [LHX], Lockheed Martin [LMT], and the U.S. Air Force are collaborating to flight test the L3Harris AN/ALQ-254 Viper Shield electronic warfare (EW) suite on new F-16 fighter aircraft late […]
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace Looks to Leverage DoD Recognition of Company’s F-16 and C-130 Brake/Wheel Sustainment
Collins Aerospace [RTX] received DoD recognition in January for a performance-based logistics (PBL) effort that is projected to save the Air Force $117 million in sustainment costs on wheels and […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyINDOPACOM Nominee Does Not Specifically Defend F-35, But Says Fifth and Sixth Generation Planes Needed
U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. John Aquilino, who has piloted F/A-18 and F-14 fighters, did not specifically defend the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 during his confirmation hearing to head […]
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InternationalL3Harris Sees Foreign Military Sales Potential for F-16 EW Suite
L3Harris [LHX] said on March 22 that it is looking for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of the company’s Viper Shield advanced electronic warfare suite for Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 fighter […]
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Air ForceCurtailing U.S. Air Force F-35A Buy, Increasing Procurement Rate Among Debated Items
While the U.S. Air Force has fielded some 250 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35As, at the current buy rate of 60 per year, it would take until 2048 for the service […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUS Air Force Tests F-35 Emissions Control Tactics In Combined Orange Flag/Black Flag Exercise
The U.S. Air Force tested emissions control (EMCON) tactics for the service’s F-35A fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT] in a combined Orange Flag and Black Flag exercise earlier this month. […]
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Air ForceSlow Software Loading Process Delayed F-35 Updates
A slow software loading process for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 delayed aircraft updates, but the latest software drop to be fielded this summer for the Combat Air Forces (CAF) […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUS Air Force To Forego Sixth Planned ABMS Demo This Summer
The U.S. Air Force plans to forego a planned sixth “on-ramp” demonstration this summer of the service’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), due to congressional cuts to the program. “Due […]