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Air ForceCollins Aerospace: EPACS PTMS for F-35 Will Provide More Than Twice the Current Cooling
Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Collins Aerospace said last week at the Paris Air Show that it has conducted a lab test in Windsor Locks, Conn., of the Enhanced Power and Cooling […]
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InternationalU.S. Approves New $500 Million Weapons Aid Deal For Ukraine Amid Counteroffensive
The U.S. has approved a new $500 million weapons aid package, which includes providing Ukraine with more Stinger and Javelin missiles as well as Bradley and Stryker vehicles as it […]
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CongressMcCaul Stands Up Bipartisan Task Force To Modernize FMS Process
The Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) on Tuesday announced a new bipartisan task force that will make recommendations to speed foreign military sales (FMS) processes. The FMS […]
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Air ForceUSAF to Certify New Material for Polarization Appliques to Allow KC-46 Operation in Chem-Bio Environments
Gear that will allow boom operators on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker to continue their work in chemical and biological agent environments is a requirement that the U.S. Air […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Conducting Market Research On Saildrone-Like Long Dwell USVs
The Navy recently issued a sources sought notice conducting market research for potentially using up to 10 “long dwell” Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs), similar to the Saildrone vessels currently being […]
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Nuclear ModernizationThirty Pits a Year by 2030 or Sooner; First Pit in 2024, Los Alamos Weapons Chief Says
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. – By December 2024, the Los Alamos National Laboratory will produce a proof-of-concept pit for a new intercontinental ballistic missile warhead, a senior lab official said here […]
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Business/FinancialAnduril Enters Rocket Motor Business With Acquisition Of Adranos
Anduril Industries on Sunday said it has acquired Adranos Inc. in a deal that puts Anduril in the solid rocket motor business and gives Adranos the backing to further advance […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force to Certify New Materiel for KC-46A Self-Protection
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is planning to certify new self-protection materiel for Boeing [BA] KC-46 tankers with the Remote Vision System […]
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Navy/USMCDDG(X) Motor Options And 3D Printing Reports Ordered In Amendments To House Defense Policy Bill
The House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee’s markup of their portion of the fiscal year 2024 defense authorization bill directs reports on several aspects of the Navy’s next-generation […]
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Air ForceHASC Requests USAF Options for T-7A Acceleration, Increase in J85 Engine Availability for T-38C
The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) draft version of the committee’s fiscal 2024 defense authorization bill, H.R. 2670, asks U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall to provide HASC by March […]
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