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SpaceAustralian Parliament To Scrutinize Space Treaty for U.S. Launches Down Under
The Australian Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) is to consider the Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA), which would allow U.S. launches from Australia. U.S. and Australian officials signed the […]
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Air ForceSTRATCOM Head Wants Examination of Multiple Warhead ICBMs, Conventional Long-Range Strike Missile
The U.S. may want to “re-MIRV” its ICBMs and regain a conventional, more than 1,500 mile long-range strike weapon lost when the Air Force decommissioned its Boeing [BA] AGM-86C/D Conventional […]
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Air ForceSparking U.S. Defense Industrial Base to Meet Ukraine Defense Is Key Challenge, J-4 Says
Sparking the U.S. industrial base to churn out equipment for Ukraine is the key challenge in helping that nation defeat Russia, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Leonard Kosinski, the Joint […]
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Air ForceB-1 Bomber Crews Train with Swedish Air Force Gripen Fighter Pilots
Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth AFB, S.D.’s 28th Bomb Wing deployed to Luleå-Kallax Air Base, Sweden, to train with Swedish Air Force Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighters […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCalvelli: Industry Low Balling to Win Space Contracts ‘Has to Stop’
A top Department of the Air Force official laid down the gauntlet to industry on Feb. 23 to help field space systems more rapidly to counter China. “It all comes […]
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Air ForceCongress Considering DoD Reprogramming to Ramp Up, Accelerate Replicator
DoD submitted a reprogramming request to Congress on Jan. 31, and legislators are trying to understand the Pentagon’s funding needs for the Replicator initiative, which was part of the reprogramming […]
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SpaceSDA Director Backs Raising Small Business Award Caps, Advises Small Companies to Team with Primes
Space Development Agency Director (SDA) Derek Tournear on Feb. 23 suggested that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce lobby Congress to raise the $2 million small business innovation research (SBIR) award […]
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Air ForceAFRL Scientist: ‘Culture’ Vital Part of Effective Autonomous Systems
Enabling multiple, collaborative Pentagon autonomous systems to learn from experience and adapt in fluid environments is a significant challenge for drones, a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) official said […]
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Air ForceSenate-Passed Supplemental Has $5.4 Billion for Counter Drone, Artillery, Air Defense, Munition Parts
A $95.3 billion fiscal 2024 supplemental/foreign aid bill passed by the Senate on Feb. 13 has $5.4 billion to increase production of counter UAS, artillery, air defense, and munitions’ components, […]
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Air ForceNew PACAF Commander Sees Heightened Emphasis on Base Defense
As the U.S. Air Force embarks upon a reorganization to improve the service’s position to counter China, Air Force Gen. Kevin Schneider, who assumed the helm of Pacific Air Forces […]