Weapons
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHypersonic Weapons ‘Not a Panacea,’ But Have Place in DoD Inventory, Kendall Says
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said this week that two booster flight tests this year of a prototype Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) have not changed […]
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Air ForceUSAF Awards Contracts for Next Phase of Stand-in Attack Weapon to Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and L3Harris
The U.S. Air Force is awarding about $45 million to Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman [NOC] and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] for the next step in the service’s Stand-in Attack Weapon […]
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Air ForceUSAF Conducts Live Fire Test of AMRAAM with New Electronic Components
On June 30, the U.S. Air Force 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron and 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) conducted the first live fire test of the Raytheon Technologies [RTX] […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force to Move Forward with All-Up-Round Testing of ARRW
The U.S. Air Force said on July 13 that a prototype Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) scored its second booster flight test success on July 12 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyFuture Warfighting Concepts, Lessons from Ukraine to Figure in Air and Space Chiefs’ Discussion
The Global Air and Space Chiefs Conference this week in London will delve into future warfighting concepts harnessing artificial intelligence/machine learning for kinetic and command and control purposes; quantum computing; […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft May Have Jamming Role
The future Combat Collaborative Aircraft (CCA) may have a role in future U.S. Air Force jamming missions, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown said on June 22. […]
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Air ForceContractors Announce Stand-in Attack Weapon Awards Before USAF
On June 7, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said it had received a U.S. Air Force contract for Phase 1 of the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) competition. A day later, L3Harris [LHX] […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Announces Stand-in Attack Weapon Award
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a contract for the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW), the company said on June 7. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman [NOC], Raytheon Technologies […]
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WeaponsNaval Surface Warfare Center Says It Set ‘World Record’ With Firing Of Hypercone Projectile Last Month
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) in Maryland says that it set a world record last month when the division fired a conical projectile–“hypercone”–109 nautical miles at White […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyL3Harris Technology Accelerator Has Eye of CEO Chris Kubasik
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has Skunk Works, Boeing [BA] its Phantom Works. Over the last five years, L3Harris [LHX] has been developing its own technology accelerator for classified DoD and intelligence […]
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