U.S. Air Force
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSAF Pilots Conduct First-Ever Crewed eVTOL Flight with BETA Aircraft
On March 9 two U.S. Air Force pilots became the first Airmen to fly an electric aircraft with military airworthiness approval—the ALIA, an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Air Force Awards Contract to Electra and MIT for eSTOL Flight Controls
Electra.aero, the hybrid-electric ultra-short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft developer, on March 10 was awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract by the U.S. Air Force. Electra […]
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Air ForceAgility Prime Awards Phase III Contract to eSTOL Company Electra
Next generation aerospace company Electra.aero was awarded a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The contract will support the continued development of […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Upgrading C-17 and C-130H Avionics As Supplier Base for Legacy Systems Falls
The U.S. Air Force is undertaking a number of avionics upgrades for Boeing [BA] C-17 and Lockheed Martin [LMT] C-130H transport aircraft, as the supplier base for legacy avionics systems […]
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Air ForceHandheld Viasat Radio To Provide Link 16 Connectivity For Close Air Support and Other Missions
California-based Viasat has received a $90 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract from United States Air Force (USAF) Life Cycle Management Center at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio to provide USAF special […]
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Air ForceAir Force to Decide Which Satellite to Offer for Test at Defcon Hacker Conference
The United States Air Force plans to choose on Dec. 13 which satellite it will offer to a service-selected group of hackers to try to infiltrate at next August’s Defcon […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force to Experiment with Avionics Networks for Light Attack Aircraft
As the United States Air Force (USAF) continues its light attack aircraft program with the Textron Aviation [TXT] AT-6 Wolverine and the Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano, the […]