Air Force
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Receives Long-Lead Funding for 67 APG-85 Radars for F-35s
Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received a nearly $124 million fixed-price incentive contract for long-lead items for 67 AN/APG-85 active electronically scanned array radars for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin […]
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Air ForceUSAF Seeking Industry Input on Replacement of ARSR-4 Radar
The U.S. Air Force wants companies’ insights on a replacement for the Air Route Surveillance Radar-4 (ARSR-4). Northrop Grumman [NOC] delivered more than 40 ARSR-4s in the 1990s for border […]
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Missile DefenseBaseline Designs for L3Harris’ Tranche 3 Missile Tracking Satellites Okayed
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] has completed a preliminary design review (PDR) for Tranche 3 of the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) future Tracking Layer against ballistic and hypersonic missiles, the company said […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Vectis To Have ‘Almost F-35 Like Capabilities’
As the U.S. Air Force considers whether Increment 2 of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program will feature more attritable or more advanced drones, or a mix of those, Lockheed […]
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Air ForceWho’s USAF Gonna Call? One Top Candidate Is Dronebusters
The U.S. Air Force’s lead wing for securing overseas airlift locations wants to buy 54 systems to detect, track, and defeat small drones up to 55 pounds. The 621st Contingency […]
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Air ForceHoneywell Proposes ‘P40’ Upgrade for F-35’s PTMS
Honeywell Aerospace [HON] said on Tuesday that it is proposing the P40 upgrade for the company’s Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. The […]
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Air ForceDepartment of the Air Force Focused on Mission Systems for Future Tanker to Succeed KC-46 and KC-135
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) said that it is focused on what mission systems a future tanker to succeed the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker and the elder […]
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Air ForceGeneral Atomics Delivers FQ-42 CCA To Creech AFB For Flight Testing
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) on Monday said it has delivered a new unmanned FQ-42 Vengeance aircraft to Creech AFB, Nev., for use by test and evaluation units. The […]
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SpaceSpace Force Looking to Future for RPO-Docking to Counter Space Threats
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is looking to fiscal 2029 and beyond to launch rapid VICTUS missions for rendezvous proximity operations and docking (RPO-D) to counter threats in […]
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Space
True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman Aiming to Build GHOST-R Prototypes to Reduce RG-XX Costs
The Defense Innovation Unit and U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical Reconnaissance (GHOST-R) prototype contracts to […]