Air Force
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Air ForceBridenstine Expresses Interest in Air Force Secretary, NASA Administrator Positions
House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member and space guru Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) would be interested in serving as either Air Force secretary or NASA administrator in the Donald Trump administration […]
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Air ForceAGI Sues Air Force Over SSA Contract Award To Applied Defense Solutions
Analytical Graphics, Inc., (AGI) on Nov. 3 filed a lawsuit against the Air Force over a contract award to Applied Defense Solutions (ADS) for space situational awareness (SSA) software and […]
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Air ForceF-35 ‘Too Smart’ For Training, Pilot Says
The F-35 aircraft is so good at fusing information received via sensors that it negatively impacts the training its pilots receive, according to a pilot. Air Force Lt. Col. Scott […]
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Air ForceAir Force Reacting Slowly On Ranges To Promise Of Reusable Rockets, Cheap Launch
Despite a vision from top Air Force officers that reusable rockets can play roles in future military missions, a conservative safety culture on launch ranges and institutional bureaucracy are slowing […]
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Air ForceDefense Department Slaps Lockheed Martin With Unilateral $6 Billion Contract For Latest Lot Of F-35s
The Defense Department late Wednesday forced a $6 billion contract on Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the ninth lot of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, effectively breaking a negotiating logjam but prompting […]
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Air ForceLawmaker Urges Pentagon To Expedite Counter-Drone Defenses
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, is urging the Pentagon to speed up efforts to defend against the growing threat posed by hostile unmanned […]
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Air ForceAir Force Returning To, And Investing In, Experimentation
The Air Force is returning to the experimentation business and is budgeting $100 million annually, starting with fiscal year 2018, to examine existing technologies and how they can be used […]
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Air ForceFinal Plan For Ownership Of Army, Guard Apache Helicopters Nears Completion
A final plan for settling the Army National Guard’s ownership of AH-64 Apache and how many of the attack helicopters it will transfer to the active component should land on […]
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Air ForceGAO Releases Bid Protest Decision To Boeing’s B-21 Award Challenge
In its unsuccessful bid protest of the Air Force’s B-21 award to Northrop Grumman [NOC], Boeing [BA] argued the service failed to give proper effect to the solicitation’s technical acceptability, […]
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Air ForceArmy, Navy, USAF Brass: Industry Must Cooperate To Keep Incremental Gear Upgrades Affordable
The military wants weapons and equipment with modular, open-systems architectures (MOSA) that allow rapid, regular upgrades but need assurance from industry that each incremental upgrade will not come with its […]
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