Air Force
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Air ForceF-35 Program and Lockheed Martin Starting Transition to Cloud-Based Logistics Program
The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have begun a transition to the the Operational Data Integrated Network (ODIN) cloud-based logistics program from the nearly 20 year-old Autonomic […]
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Air ForceAir Force Negotiating with Boeing on Communications Upgrade for KC-46
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing [BA] are negotiating the terms of a contract for Pegasus Combat Capability (PC2) Block I for the company’s KC-46 Pegasus air refueler–a contract which […]
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Air ForceVolansi Secures $50 Million Series B for Autonomous VTOL Cargo Delivery
Volansi completed a $50 million Series B financing round led by Icon Ventures to continue development of its autonomous vertical takeoff and landing cargo drones. Other participants in the round […]
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ArmyRaytheon Wins $13 Million Contract to Connect Military Aircraft to LEO Internet
Raytheon [RTX] was awarded a $13.1 million contract for an Air Force Research Laboratory program aimed at connecting military jets to emerging commercial satellite internet constellations in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), […]
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Air ForceRoper: Air Force Developing Two eSats, Has Flown NGAD Demonstrator
The U.S. Air Force is developing two digitally engineered satellites–so-called “eSats”–and has flown a full-scale demonstrator of its Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter, service acquisition chief Will Roper told the […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Red Hawk Future Trainer Receives Foreign Interest
The Boeing [BA] and Saab Red Hawk training aircraft for the U.S. Air Force has received an “unprecedented” level of interest from potential foreign customers who may want the standard […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Goal for 220 Bombers Could Change
A U.S. Air Force goal for 220 bombers–75 re-engined Boeing [BA] B-52Hs and 145 Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth aircraft–could change, Air Force Global Strike Commander Gen. Timothy Ray […]
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Air ForceAir Force Secretary Barbara Barrett Names Red Hawk As First System to Carry “e” Designation
In her kick-off address to the Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space, and Cyber (vASC) conference on Sept. 14, U.S. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett named the Boeing [BA] and […]
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Air Force
Unit Cost of F-15EX to Be $80 Million, Boeing Says, As Company Prepares to Deliver First Two Jets
Boeing [BA] is preparing to deliver its first two F-15EX jets to the U.S. Air Force, as company officials said that the unit cost of the fighter is to be […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyJoint Warfighting Concept To Be Delivered to Esper by End of Year
The Joint Staff is preparing to deliver a new, Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) to Defense Secretary Mark Esper by the end of the year–a concept that will heavily rely on […]