Air Force
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Air ForceHyten Sees Role For Reusable Rockets In Preventing Space Pearl Harbor
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The outgoing chief of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) sees a role for reusable rockets in preventing what he calls a Space Pearl Harbor, or a disabling attack […]
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Air ForceAir Force Upgrading Labs To Aid Tech Development
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is undertaking several facility modernization projects to support the development of advanced technology, including munitions and spacecraft, the lab’s head said Sept. 28. While […]
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Air ForceDoD Heightens Importance of Cybersecurity in Future Ground Systems
The Department of Defense (DoD) wants to make sure its future ground system for government satellites, known as the Enterprise Ground Segment (EGS), makes cyber security a much bigger priority […]
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Air ForceAir Force And ULA Sign Development Agreement To Certify Vulcan Launch Vehicle
The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with United Launch Alliance (ULA) as part of the effort to certify […]
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Air ForceGrounded JSTARS Aircraft Cleared To Fly
The Air Force has cleared to return to flight four Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft that were grounded late last week. Air Force spokesman Charles Paone said […]
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Air ForceAir Force Anticipates UH-1N Replacement Draft RFP By November
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force expects a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its UH-1N replacement program to be available by November with a final RFP targeted for the spring […]
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Air ForceCyberspace Allows Small Nations, Groups To Flex Large-Scale Military Muscle
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The size of a combatant doesn’t matter in cyberspace, where minor nations or small non-state groups with internet access and programming knowhow can create global effects […]
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Air ForceNavy Exploring Successor To Sub-Launched Nuclear Missile
The U.S. Navy is in the “very early phases” of exploring what the successor to its Trident II D-5 ballistic missile will look like, a service official said Sept. 22. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyIndustry Awaits Next Phase of DARPA’s Gremlins UAS Program
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), whose Gremlins program is developing an air-launched, air-recoverable unmanned air system, is nearing completion of the program’s first phase […]
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Air ForceDunford: Military Can’t Buy Its Way Out Of Modernization Hole
A lack of predictable and sufficient funding for modernization has left the military attempting to dig itself out of a technological deficit it cannot spend its way out of, according […]