Weapons
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Air ForceAir Combat Command Clears Stormbreaker for F-15E Operations
The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) has cleared the 204-pound, GBU-53/B Stormbreaker munition by Raytheon [RTX] for operational use after more than a decade of development. On Sept. […]
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Air ForceUnit Cost of F-15EX to Be $80 Million, Boeing Says, As Company Prepares to Deliver First Two Jets
Boeing [BA] is preparing to deliver its first two F-15EX jets to the U.S. Air Force, as company officials said that the unit cost of the fighter is to be […]
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InternationalU.S. State Department OIG Report Finds Fault, But No Law Breaking, in Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE
A report this month by the U.S. State Department Office of Inspector General found that the department had not broken the law in selling a potential of $8 billion worth […]
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WeaponsB-52 Conducts Third and Final Captive-Carry Flight Test of ARRW, Booster Test Next
The U.S. Air Force conducted its third and final captive-carry flight test of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) under the wing of a B-52H bomber […]
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WeaponsAFRL Moving Forward with Miniature Self-Defense Missile, As Raytheon Secures Contract
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) munitions directorate at Eglin AFB, Fla., is moving forward with research and development on a miniature self-defense missile (MSDM), as Raytheon [RTN] beat out […]
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PentagonAerojet Rocketdyne Announces Completion of Second Series of Propulsion Tests for Hypersonic Missile
Aerojet Rocketdyne [AJRD] said on July 21 that it has finished a second series of propulsion system tests under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Operational Fires (OpFires) program […]
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Air Force
Air Force Buying Anti-Jam JDAM Kits in Response to PACAF Urgent Need
The U.S. Air Force is buying Strategic Anti-jam Beam-forming Receiver Y-code (SABR-Y) GPS and antenna kits for Boeing [BA] Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) in response to an urgent operational […]
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Air ForceAFMC Commander: Hypersonic Development Efforts Not Waylaid by COVID-19
The commander of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) said on July 1 that AFMC’s hypersonic development efforts are proceeding as a high priority effort despite the operational hurdles of the […]
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WeaponsFirst StormBreaker Test With Super Hornet
A U.S. Navy flight test recently conducted the first guided release of a Raytheon Technologies [RTX] StormBreaker bomb from an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the company said Tuesday. StormBreaker is the […]
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Navy/USMCRaytheon Nabs $392 Million Mod For More AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles
Naval Air Systems Command awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $392 million modification on March 20 to produce and deliver additional Lot 20 AIM-9X, Block II, and Block II plus Sidewinder air-to-air […]