Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Needs To Evaluate Funding Changes For Space Acquisition Civilians, GAO Says
The Air Force did not evaluate, nor establish clear or concise goals, for a two-year old pilot program that was supposed to give it flexibility to hire civilian acquisition personnel […]
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Air ForceAir Force’s New GPS IIF Satellite Enters Service
The Air Force’s fourth and newest Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite entered into service June 21, according to satellite contractor Boeing [BA]. Launched May 15, GPS IIF-4 was handed […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Successfully Tests New B-2 AESA Antenna With AEHF Satellite
Northrop Grumman [NOC] proved in May a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna it developed for the B-2 can establish and maintain communications services with an on-orbit Advanced Extremely […]
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Air ForcePropulsion System For Minuteman III Successfully Tested, Northrop Grumman Says
A rocket engine system for the post-boost upper stage flight phase for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been successfully tested, contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] says. A Minuteman ICBM […]
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Air ForceRaytheon Says SDB II Remains On Track Despite Brief Suspension Of Testing
Raytheon [RTN] this week said its Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II flight test program is in full swing and “advancing steadily” toward Milestone C in fourth quarter fiscal year 2014, […]
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Air ForceMissile Defense Agency Plans Friday GMD Intercept Flight Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Air Force 30th Space Wing and U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) plan to conduct an interceptor flight test July 5 to exercise the Ground-based Midcourse […]
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Air ForceDemand Increasing For Bold Quest Combat ID Assessments
There is a growing demand from the services and U.S. allies for more Bold Quest demonstrations, the joint-staff led coalition air combat assessments examining combat identification issues, an official said. […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Delivers Third SBIRS Highly Elliptical Payload To Air Force
Lockheed Martin [LMT] in June delivered the third of four highly elliptical earth orbit (HEO) satellite payloads contracted by the Air Force as part of the Space Based Infrared System […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards Northrop Grumman Inertial Navigation System-Related Contract
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $1 million for the second phase of the Maintain Accurate Geo-registration via Image-nav Compensation (MAGIC) program, according to a […]
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Air ForceHASC Calls Air Force On ‘Blatant Disregard’ of Congressional Priorities
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) continues to review the Defense Department’s reprogramming actions, and in their most recent letter to the Pentagon Comptroller calls out the Air Force for […]