Air Force
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Air ForceRaytheon Preparing Military Aircraft for IFF Mode 5 Mandate by Next June
Raytheon [RTN] said recently that it is preparing military aircraft to meet a new Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) mandate by next June. Mode 5 IFF is an enhancement to legacy […]
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Air ForceAir Force to Boeing: ‘Progress Needed’ to Solve Ongoing KC-46 Concerns
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Despite a variety of problems remaining to be solved – including a new Category-1 deficiency – the Air Force continues to push for the new KC-46A […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFirst ABMS Demonstration to Occur Within Next Four Months
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Air Force is planning its first display of what its Advanced Battle Management Concept (ABMS) would operationally look like within the next few months, the […]
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Air ForceCollins Wants to Bring Open Architecture to Military Avionics
Collins Aerospace [UTX] sees its development of what could become the aviation industry’s first FAA-certified multicore processor as providing a baseline for establishing an open architecture for the U.S. Army’s […]
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Air ForceDefense Department Inspector General to Scrutinize Original KC-46 Boom Design
The Defense Department Office of the Inspector General announced Sept. 16 it plans to evaluate how the Air Force determined requirements to design and develop the refueling boom of the […]
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Air ForceAir Force Names New Trainer Aircraft The T-7A Red Hawk In Honor Of Tuskegee Airmen
The Air Force has named its next-generation trainer aircraft the T-7A Red Hawk, a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, with plans to accept the first platforms and simulators in 2023, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFully Modernized, Cloud-Based F-35 Logistics System Expected in 2020
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The F-35’s notoriously unwieldy Automated Logistics Information System (ALIS) is scheduled to move to the cloud by the end of the year, a move that is […]
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Air ForceBoeing Claims Northrop Rejected Potential Partnership on GBSD Program
After several weeks of speculation that the two developers for the Air Force’s next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile system could work together on a path forward, the companies appear to be […]
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CongressSenate Appropriators Add New Weather Sensor to Air Force Space Budget, Lessens R&D Funds
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2020 defense budget pluses up the Air Force’s space procurement budget for fiscal year 2020, but the majority of the increase comes from shifting […]
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ArmyLawmakers Press Air Force, Army Secretary Nominees On Priorities
Senate lawmakers on Wednesday pressed the nominees to serve as the next Air Force and Army Secretaries on a range of issues from modernizing force structure for potential future fights, […]