Air Force
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SpaceSDA Draft Solicitation Lays Out Buy of 20 Tranche 2, Transport Layer Gamma Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to buy 20 Tranche 2, Transport Layer (T2TL)-Gamma satellites with advanced tactical data links, and the agency is requiring that any […]
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SpaceNRO Awards Five Contracts to Assess, Leverage Commercial Electro-Optical Imagery
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Dec. 5 that it has awarded Airbus‘ U.S. space and defense division, Albedo Space, Hydrosat, Muon Space, and Turion Space Strategic Commercial Enhancements […]
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Special OperationsRTX Receives $321 Million Contract for Silent Knight Radar
U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded RTX [RTX] a $321 million, multi-year contract for the “continued production and delivery” of the company’s AN/APQ-187 Silent Knight radar used by Air Force […]
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Air ForceDoD Should Embark on “Multi-Billion Dollar” AI Program with Non-Traditional Contractor, Gallagher Says
The Pentagon should start a multi-billion dollar artificial intelligence (AI) program with a contractor not among DoD’s usual stable, according to a top GOP lawmaker. “I’m concerned that there’s an […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAutomation Critical In Managing Future Fight, Kendall Says
Automation based on artificial intelligence combined with human supervision to manage hundreds of aircraft and their weapons against as many targets will be critical to warfighting in the future, Air […]
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Air ForceAir Force General Says Sentinel Can Be Tipped With Multiple Warheads
The U.S. Air Force is prepared to put multiple nuclear warheads atop its new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles if called to do so, according to the officer in charge of […]
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Air ForceAir Force Awards $2.3 Billion Lot 10 Production Order To Boeing For 15 More KC-46As
The Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a $2.3 billion Lot 10 production order to build 15 more KC-46A tankers. With the latest production order, Boeing said it’s now under […]
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Air ForceAFRL Explores Terahertz and Sub-Terahertz Communications Advances in Agreement with Keysight Technologies
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) said this week that its information directorate in Rome, N.Y., signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) on Nov. 13 with Santa […]
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PentagonPentagon Inspector General Points to Challenges in Building ‘Strategic Competition’ Framework
While DoD wants to build a lasting framework to counter China and Russia, the Pentagon has faced challenges “in consistently securing and accounting for defense materiel” for Ukraine; question marks […]
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Unmanned SystemsPentagon to Pick Replicator Contenders in Next Three Weeks
The Pentagon is to pick the Replicator contenders in the next three weeks, and DoD estimates a unit cost in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, as the […]