Air Force
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Air ForceAir Force Leaders Underscore Need To Change Now
Air Force leaders on Monday talked about the need for the service’s capabilities to change and adapt in the face of a modernizing China, especially the need to spend money […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Nabs $2 Billion F-35 Logistics Contract
The Defense Department awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $2.014 billion contract definition award on Sept. 13 to provide logistics support for domestic and international customers of the F-35 Joint Strike […]
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InternationalLockheed Martin Nabs $1.8 Billion Award For More F-35 Logistics Support
Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a not-to-exceed $1.8 billion undefinitized contract action (UCA) on June 30 to procure recurring logistics services for delivered F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. […]
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Air ForceBETA’s eVTOL Receives First Air Force Airworthiness Approval for Human Flight in Electric Aircraft
After a year of testing, BETA Technologies‘ electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, ALIA, has received the first airworthiness approval for manned flight in an electric aircraft from the […]
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Unmanned SystemsJCO Completes First C-sUAS Demonstration
The Defense Department’s Joint Counter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO) tested counter-small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) from Aurora Flight Sciences, ELTA North America, and XTEND during its first semi-annual demonstration […]
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Air ForceAir Force Continues KC-46 Flights While Finishing Final Deficiency Fixes
The Air Force is flying the Boeing [BA] KC-46 tanker and conducting fueling in exercises for some aircraft to build crew capability while awaiting remaining fixes to several key deficiencies, […]
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Unmanned SystemsAir Force Looks to Hybrid Electric Solution for eVTOL and UAS Energy Concerns
The Air Force is investing in LiquidPiston’s X-Engine technology to create a hybrid-electric propulsion system to power emerging technologies like unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and orbs, the company said on […]
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GeneralMost DoD Aircraft Do Not Meet Mission Capable Goals, GAO Finds
Military aircraft spanning all branches failed to meet mission capable rates according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that analyzed 46 types of aircraft from fiscal […]
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UncategorizedB-1B Systems Engineer Explains How IBS Makes Future Bomber Upgrades Easier
The Air Force’s B-1B bombers have an all-new Integrated Battle Station (IBS) equipped with a fully-integrated data link (FIDL), vertical situational display upgrade (VSDU), and improved central integrated test system […]
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UncategorizedIn a First for the DoD, Kubernetes Installed on U-2 Dragon Lady
For the first time, Kubernetes, an open-source container-orchestration system for automating computer application deployment, scaling, and management, was used on an operational major weapons system in the Department of Defense […]
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