Air Force
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Business/Financial
Union Machinists Go On Strike At Boeing Defense Plants in Missouri and Illinois
The 3,200 union machinists at Boeing [BA] plants in Mascoutah, Ill., and St. Charles and St. Louis, Mo.–among whom will be those helping to build the U.S. Air Force’s F-47 […]
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Navy/USMC
New $1.1 Billion AIM-9X Sidewinder Award Largest In Program, Will Boost Annual Production To 2,500 Missiles, RTX Says
The Navy on June 2 awarded RTX [RTX] a $1.1 billion modification award exercising options to production and delivery of many more AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Air-To-Air Missiles in Lot […]
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Navy/USMC
V-22 Official Expects Normal Ospreys Ops Return By End Of 2026 After Fixes
The V-22 Joint Program Office manager expects the Ospreys to finally move back to unrestricted flight operations by the end of 2026 once several component changes to improve safety are […]
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Air Force
ACC Commander Looks Forward to Rapid CCA Fielding
U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the head of Air Combat Command (ACC) at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., said this week that he believes that the service will field Collaborative […]
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Air Force
BAE Systems: Advanced Radar Warning Receivers for C-130Js Continue Production/Delivery
BAE Systems said on July 9 that it continues to deliver its AN/ALR-56M advanced radar warning receivers to the U.S. Air Force to protect C-130J transports by Lockheed Martin[LMT] under […]
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Navy/USMC
Lockheed Martin Nabs $1.56 Billion Contract In F-35 Logistics Support
The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.56 billion contract to procure various logistics support for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter air systems for the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Foreign […]
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Navy/USMC
V-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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Air Force
Air Force Narrows CCA To Anduril and GA To Make Production-Representative Vehicles
The Air Force on Wednesday said it narrowed the field of the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) technology effort from five to two teams, led by Anduril and General Atomics. […]
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Air Force
V-22s Cleared To Fly Again
The Defense Department approved all variants of the V-22 Ospreys for flight clearance following a months-long review into the cause of a deadly Air Force crash in November. Naval Air […]