Air Force
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyTroops Overseas to Test Counter-UAS Laser Weapon Systems
Two prototype high energy laser weapon systems built by Raytheon [RTN] will be deployed to troops overseas as part of an Air Force experiment, the company said Aug. 5. The […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyRaytheon-DARPA Hypersonic Program Completes Baseline Design Review
One of the Air Force’s major hypersonic weapons programs recently underwent a successful baseline design review, contractor Raytheon [RTN] said July 29. The Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) program, a joint […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Working Over $3.5 Billion In Hypersonic Programs; Northrop, Raytheon Playing Too
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has more than $3.5 billion worth of business it has captured in hypersonic weapons, with a lot of the development work expected to move into the prototype […]
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Air ForceBoeing Triggers Nuclear Option, Walks Away From ‘Unfair’ ICBM Competition
Citing “unfair” competition from a rival with a captive solid rocket motor business, Boeing Co. [BA] this week walked away from a potentially $25 billion Air Force contract to build […]
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Air ForceAir Force Vice Chief of Staff: First Flight of B-21 Expected Around Late 2021
The Air Force is currently expecting to see first flight of the B-21 next-generation bomber around December 2021, the service’s number-two military official revealed July 24. Speaking at an Air […]
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Air ForceAir Force Pilots Conduct First Flight of New Combat Rescue Helicopter
Air Force pilots conducted their first flight of the Sikorsky [LMT] HH-60W, slated to be the service’s new combat rescue helicopter to replace the aging HH-60G Pave Hawks. The 413th […]
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SpaceULA CEO: Component Issues that Delayed Summer Launches Won’t Affect Vulcan Rocket
A component issue that has prompted delays of two scheduled launches this summer aboard United Launch Alliance (ULA) rockets will not translate over to the joint venture’s forthcoming space vehicle, […]
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SpaceExpected ULA Launch of Second GPS III Satellite Delayed
The scheduled launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the Air Force’s second GPS III satellite has been delayed until the end of August due to […]
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InternationalTrump Indicates Turkey Will Not Receive F-35s as S-400 Deliveries Occur
After four days of silence from the U.S. government since Turkey first took delivery of the Russian-made S-400 weapon system, President Trump and his nominee for Secretary of Defense each […]
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International
Lawmakers Condemn Turkey’s S-400 Acquisition, Urge Consequences
House and Senate leaders of the armed services and foreign relations committees on July 12 urged swift action to counter Turkey’s acquisition of a Russian-made weapon system that the Defense […]