Air Force
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SpaceSpace Force Tested Geo-Location of Jamming Signals for WGS Satellites
The U.S. Space Force said on Feb. 17 that its Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Mitigation and Anti-Jam Enhancement (MAJE) program demonstrated the geo-location of […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force and CAPE Conducting Tactical Aircraft Study, May Involve Clean Sheet for F-16 Replacement
As Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conducts a Global Force Posture Review, the U.S. Air Force and the Pentagon’s Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) will run a tactical […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems Working on Improved M-Code GPS Receiver Under $247 Million Contract
BAE Systems said on Feb. 17 that it is working to design and build an advanced, Global Positioning System (GPS) M-Code receiver and next generation semiconductor to provide improved positioning, […]
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Special Operations‘Armed Overwatch’ Development Continues in Expectation of Fiscal 2022 Procurement
U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) research and development into the “Armed Overwatch” program continues in expectation of a flight test this year and a procurement request in the upcoming fiscal […]
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Nuclear ModernizationNorthrop Grumman Announces Completion of GBSD Review Last November
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Feb. 16 that it had “successfully conducted its first major design review” for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) baseline […]
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Unmanned SystemsTextron’s King Air-350 Key ISR Asset For Iraqi Security Forces
Textron‘s [TXT] King Air-350 (KA-350) has been the most capable intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) asset of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), though field reports have said that it is vulnerable […]
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Air ForceKC-46A Pegasus Refueler for Japan Conducts Maiden Flight
A Boeing [BA] KC-46A tanker for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) had its maiden flight on Feb. 8, Boeing said. The aircraft is to be delivered to JASDF later […]
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Air ForceAFRL Looking At Flexible Effects for JDAM, Laser JDAM
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and its munitions directorate at Eglin AFB, Fla., are examining a dialable effects munition (DEM) for the 558-pound Boeing [BA] GBU-38 Joint Direct […]
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Unmanned SystemsThreat of Small Drones Rises to Level of First Use of IEDs in Iraq, CENTCOM Commander Says
The growing threat of small drone systems to deployed U.S. and allied forces in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility is similar to the inception of terrorist groups’ use […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Considering New Vanguard Programs
The U.S. Air Force is considering a new round of Vanguard programs that will likely feature both the air and space domains. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Air Force […]