Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Secretary Pledges $500 Million For Nuclear Force Upgrades
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Air Force will redirect $500 million over the next several years for nuclear force upgrades, according to the service’s top civilian. Air Force Secretary Deborah James […]
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Air ForceAir Force Buys 3 More Global Hawks, 2 Multi-INT Retrofit Kits in $354M Contract
The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $354 million contract to expand its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system fleet to 37 aircraft and to bring additional multi-intelligence capability. […]
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Air ForceAir Force Chief Scientist Promoting Rapid Prototyping To Combat ‘Requirements Churn’
The Air Force’s chief scientist is pursuing rapid prototyping as a means to combat costly “requirements churn.” Mica Endsley said Wednesday the Defense Department, over the years, hasn’t done a […]
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Air ForceAir Force Purchasing F-16D Longerons Following Grounding Due To Cracking
The Air Force decided to purchase F-16D longerons after cracking along the jet’s canopy sill forced the service to ground over half its fleet. Air Force spokeswoman Susan Murphy said […]
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Air ForceDoD Reprogramming Request Would Buy 8 F-35s and 21 Apaches, Support O&M Needs in OCO
The Defense Department requested to reprogram nearly $2 billion in fiscal year 2014 Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds, chief among them purchasing additional aircraft and supporting higher operational tempos for […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Aims For New Year’s Day 2015 Space Fence Groundbreaking
Lockheed Martin [LMT] is aiming for a New Year’s Day 2015 groundbreaking for its $915 million Space Fence ground-based space situational awareness (SSA) radar, according to a company executive. Lockheed […]
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Air ForceDoD Resumes F-35 Engine Deliveries Following Aircraft Fire, Metal Supply Issue
The Defense Department on Aug. 29 resumed deliveries of the engine that powers the F-35 after an aircraft fire and supply chain issue earlier this summer halted deliveries. Joe DellaVedova, […]
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Air ForceF-35 Engine’s ‘Flex’ Greater Than DoD Anticipated, Bogdan Says
The amount by which the F-35’s engine flexes during flight is greater than what the Defense Department initially anticipated, according to the head of the program. F-35 Program Executive Officer […]
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Air ForceDoD Knows How F-35A Fire Happened, But Not Why, Bogdan Says
The Defense Department believes it knows how an F-35A caught fire in June and the head of the program believes he will have a root cause analysis complete as to […]
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Air Force
Air Force Performing Temporary Fixes On F-16D Longerons
The Air Force is removing and replacing 50 fasteners per jet in the area of cracks found on F-16D canopy sill longerons that the service says will temporarily restore the […]