Air Force
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Air Force
Air Force to Begin Open Skies Sensor Suite Sustainment in 2020
The Air Force plans to work with Northrop Grumman [NOC] to perform sensor suite sustainment on the service’s two OC-135B Open Skies reconnaissance aircraft beginning in 2020, according to an […]
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Space
Air Force Space Command to Reveal New SATCOM Strategy by End of 2019
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Air Force Space Command expects to release this year a new strategy for the service’s future satellite communications architecture to address lawmakers’ longtime concerns about stove-piped […]
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Space
Air Force Planning to Stand Up Space Force by 2024, Pending Lawmakers’ Approval
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Should Congress approve the creation of a new Space Force under the Air Force, the service plans to begin standing up the new branch within 90 […]
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Space
New SDA Director Unveils Notional Space Architecture, Outlines Top Agency Priorities
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The leader of the new Space Development Agency (SDA) unveiled April 9 a notional future space architecture that the agency plans to develop over the next […]
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Air Force
Air Force Officials Defend F-15EX Buy As Gapfiller To Meet Operational Readiness Challenges
Air Force officials told a Senate panel on Tuesday the plan to procure over 80 F-15EXs over the next five years is required to keep up with an operational pace […]
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Air Force
Roper: Air Force Close to Resuming KC-46 Deliveries
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Air Force is ready to resume deliveries of its new KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft as soon as Boeing [BA] completes the latest and most […]
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Pentagon
White House Nominates Stratcom Commander for Vice Chair, Joint Chiefs
The White House nominated Air Force Gen. John Hyten to be vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, opening up a vacancy at both the nation’s top nuclear command […]
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Air Force
Northrop to Test First Stage of New OmegA Rocket in May
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Northrop Grumman [NOC] is moving ahead on schedule to field its new OmegA rocket by 2021 in hopes that the Air Force will select it as […]
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Air Force
Harris Receives $84 Million to Produce Experimental Satellite to Enhance GPS Capabilities
Harris Corp. [HRS] has received $84 million to produce an experimental satellite dubbed Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) that will demonstrate new position, navigation and timing capabilities that could improve the […]
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Air Force
Lawmakers Continue to Press Air Force on F-15EX Buy
Lawmakers in both chambers continued to press Air Force leadership this week on the service’s decision to include eight F-15EX aircraft in its fiscal year 2020 proposed budget. Multiple members […]