Air Force
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Sells USAF One B-21 Test Aircraft As Part of Production Acceleration
Northrop Grumman [NOC] sold the U.S. Air Force one of the company’s test B-21 Raiders as part of an effort to accelerate production of the 6th generation stealth bomber. “To […]
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SpacePentagon To Move Forward On AEP Upgrades For GPS, As DoD Cancels GPS OCX
The Pentagon has decided to end the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) by RTX [RTX] and instead move forward on upgrades to the existing ground system for GPS, […]
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Air ForceUSAF Surveying Industry On Cheaper, Long-Range Ground Attack Missiles On Cargo Planes And Fighters
The office of Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Lyons, the service’s portfolio acquisition executive for weapons and the head of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s armament directorate at Eglin […]
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SpaceFinal GPS III Satellite To Launch On Monday With Optical Cross Link Demonstration Payload
On Monday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 is to carry the last GPS III satellite by Lockheed Martin [LMT] into orbit with an optical cross link payload designed to increase the […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awarded AMTI Contracts To Nine Vendors To Get Initial Space-Based Capability
The Space Force last Friday said it awarded small contracts to nine vendors that will lead to an initial operating capability for detecting and tracking moving aerial targets from space. […]
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Air ForceAir Combat Command’s EOU Tests Anduril’s YFQ-44A
Last week, the Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit (EOU) at Nellis AFB, Nev., tested an Anduril Industries YFQ-44A Fury prototype Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), which flew from a company site […]
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SpaceAir Force Let Development Contract For Space-Based AMTI; Meink Says Risk Low
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—The Department of the Air Force has awarded a contract for space-based air moving target indication (AMTI) to multiple vendors to begin development activities, Air Force Secretary Troy […]
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CongressPentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says
The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]
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SpaceSpace Force Picks Blue Origin As Lessee For Heavy Pad Development At Vandenberg
Billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is the Space Force’s choice as a lessee to develop heavy and super heavy launch pads for Space Launch Complex-14 (SLC-14) at Vandenberg Space Force […]
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SpaceSpace Force Examining “Many Possible Swap Opportunities To Get Capability On Orbit”
As U.S. Space Force continues to examine the root cause of a booster anomaly during the Feb. 26 launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur and possible remedies, […]