The U.S. Air Force 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. and Northrop Grumman [NOC] began Launch Control Center Block Upgrades (LCCBU) this month to modernize support equipment for the Boeing [BA] Minuteman III ICBMs, the 90th Missile Wing said. The effort began at the Kilo-01 missile alert ...

The U.S. Space Force has completed an analysis of alternatives (AoA) on future ground moving indication (GMTI), including the possibility of space-based GMTI, to replace the Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) GMTI planes. “Moving target ...

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Sept. 20 that it will unveil its B-21 Raider stealth bomber for the U.S. Air Force the first week of December at the company’s Palmdale, Calif., plant–a timeline confirmed the same day by Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter during his appearance at a ...

L3Harris [LHX] and Embraer [ERJ] are pitching the KC-390 Millenium tactical tanker for U.S. Air Force helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. The plane, which would have multiple refueling options, including a boom and a remote system, could offload 75,000 pounds of fuel and take off on a 5,000 foot ...

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has added two drones by Inspired Flight to a list of small unmanned aircraft cleared to fly in DoD airspace without filing an exemption. The pre-cleared aircraft under the DIU Blue small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Blue sUAS) 2.0 project are the IF750 and IF1200 by ...

Development of the Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] AGM-181 Long-Range Standoff Weapon (LRSO) to replace the Boeing [BA] AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) has raised no technology readiness level (TRL) concerns thus far, U.S. Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton, the commander of Air Force ...