Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Studying Possible Commercial Role For Surplus ICBM Motors
The U.S. Air Force plans to finish a study later this year on the potential impact of changing existing law to allow surplus intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) motors to be […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Face Challenges, GAO Says
The U.S. Air Force does not have adequate resources to address the long-term needs of its nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) systems, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Aug. […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s X-37B Spaceplane Might Fly Again In September
The next launch of the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B unmanned reusable spaceplane will occur “no earlier than September,” launch vehicle provider SpaceX said Aug. 14. The Air Force had previously […]
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Air ForceAir Force Delays Launching AEHF, SBIRS Satellites
The Air Force is pushing back the launches of two Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built satellites that were supposed to lift off this fall. Each spacecraft – the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency […]
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SpaceHarris To Deliver Navigation Payload For Fourth GPS III Satellite In Fall
Harris Corp. [HRS] said Aug. 9 that it expects to deliver the fourth of 10 navigation payloads for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellites this fall. The […]
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CongressF-35 Upgrade Plan Nears Completion, GAO Says
The U.S. Department of Defense plans to send Congress this month a multi-billion-dollar upgrade plan for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said […]
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Navy/USMCMilitary OK’d To Use ‘Reasonable Force” To Destroy Unauthorized Drones Over Bases
The Defense Department has issued guidance on how to deal with unauthorized commercial drones flying over U.S. military bases, though just how troops are able to shoot them down or […]
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Air ForceAir Force, SOCOM Exploring Light-Attack Aircraft Technologies
The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) are partnering to explore technologies for a potential light-attack aircraft for special operations forces (SOF). The Air Force Lifecycle Management […]
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Air ForceDoD Reviewing Schedule For Replacing Nuclear Force
The U.S. Department of Defense’s nuclear posture review is looking at whether the schedule for replacing the three legs of the aging nuclear triad should be revised, a Pentagon official […]
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Air ForceBoeing Argues Its GBSD Will be Cheaper Than Upgrading Minuteman Again
Building a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will be cheaper than upgrading the 1970s-era Minuteman III, a Boeing [BA] official said on Wednesday. Frank McCall, Boeing vice president for strategic […]