Air Force
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CongressReplacement Munitions May Not Be One-for-One; May Include New Weapons Chemistries, Wittman Says
As the Pentagon looks to refill inventories of weapons used in Iran and elsewhere, replacements may not be one for one but instead mark a new portfolio mix, according to […]
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Air ForceAir Force Leadership Backs MYPs Beyond F-35 And F-15EX
The Air Force leadership is backing multi-year procurements (MYP) beyond those in the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) draft fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 […]
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Air ForceHASC Wants Pentagon List Of Critical F-35 Technical Data Rights And Estimate Of Cost To Buy Them For Repairs
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the Pentagon to inform the committee of critical technical data rights for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter and how much it would […]
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SpaceNRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has said that it has launched more than 200 proliferated low Earth orbit satellites in the last two years to supplement the costly high-end systems […]
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Air ForceAir Force To Focus On Less Costly Palletized Missiles For Cargo Aircraft
The near term focus of the Air Force for the service’s Family of Affordable Missiles (FAMM) is on palletized ones (FAMM-P) for cargo aircraft, such as C-17s and C-130s, not […]
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Space
Space Force Eyes Nearly $1.5 Billion for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) plans to request nearly $1.5 billion for the Space Data Network (SDN) Backbone in a future fiscal 2027 reconciliation bill. Last week, Space Force’s Space […]
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Air ForceNext Generation Penetrator Designated GBU-76/B, USAF Conducting Market Research
The U.S. Air Force has designated the Next Generation Penetrator (NGP) as the GBU-76/B and is conducting market research for a possible solicitation on a prototype for which the service […]
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Unmanned SystemsLow Radar Cross Section Of MQ-28 Ghost Bat Validated, Boeing Says
Boeing [BA] said on Monday that it has validated the low Radar Cross Section (RCS) of the company’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone. “The MQ-28’s RCS reduces the range that enemy […]
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Missile DefenseNorthrop Grumman Targets Next Year For On-Orbit SBI “Capability”
Northrop Grumman [NOC] is to have space-based interceptors for Golden Dome on orbit, at least at the demonstration level, by next year–a year earlier than the White House’s goal, the […]
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Space
SpaceX Gets Nearly $4.2 Billion Nod From Space Force For Initial SB-AMTI
Two days after the Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) awarded SpaceX a nearly $2.3 billion contract for the Space Data Network Backbone, a proliferated low Earth orbit communications network, […]