Air Force
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SpaceMaxar In Long-Term Deal To Supply Geospatial Products For F-35 Simulator
Maxar Intelligence on Monday said it agreed to a long-term deal with Lockheed Martin [LMT] to provide two- and three-dimensional geospatial products for the F-35 fighter’s Full Motion Simulator (FMS) […]
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Navy/USMCV-22 Program Looks To Extend Life For Decades
The V-22 Osprey program office is studying future aircraft upgrades, including the potential to extend the fuselage for up to several decades past the current service life limit that runs […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyKendall Flies in Front Seat of X-62A VISTA
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall flew in the front seat of the X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) on May 2 during an autonomous flight from Edwards AFB, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCollaborative Autonomy Tested in EpiSci/USAF Autonomy Prime Flights
California-based EpiSci said this week that the company finished multiple collaborative autonomy tests last month under the U.S. Air Force’s Autonomy Prime program to train operators on the company’s Starling […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySpace Based GMTI Radar Satellites to be in Low Earth Orbit
A U.S. Space Force official on May 2 said that the Space Based Radar (SBR) under development by the Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will be a proliferated […]
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Air ForceBoeing Announces MH-139 Follow-On Contract Day Before Legislator’s Revelation of Nunn-McCurdy Breach
In another curious case of industry timing, Boeing [BA] said on Apr. 29 that the U.S. Air Force had awarded the company a $178 million contract for seven MH-139 Grey […]
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Air ForceFielding Acceleration of T-7A Red Hawk May Be Hard Lift
“Boeing T-7A Red Hawk Triples Progress” was the headline of an Apr. 29 Boeing [BA] press release on the company’s trainer for the U.S. Air Force, but top Air Force […]
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Air ForceKendall: Funds Shortfall Led Department of the Air Force to Scrimp on Counterspace
The Department of the Air Force scrimped on fiscal 2025 plans to advance U.S. counterspace technology to deter China because of constraints in the Budget Control Act, Air Force Secretary […]
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Air ForceDoD Leaders Pressed On Sentinel ICBM Cost Overruns As Path Forward To Be Detailed Soon
Senior Pentagon leaders on Tuesday were pressed on the department’s ongoing review of cost overruns with the Sentinel future intercontinental ballistic missile program, which is expected to be detailed to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAnduril Adds To Menace C4 Platform With Vehicle-Based Option For Tactical Edge
Anduril Industries on Monday said the newest product in its Menace expeditionary command and control (C2) family is in production and being distributed globally, giving customers a small vehicle-based workstation […]