AFMC Wants to More Than Halve System Delivery Times
U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) wants to more than halve system delivery times and to address any obstacles to that acceleration through a new Digital Acceleration Task Force (DATF). […]
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ULA Receives 11 Missions, SpaceX 10 in Final Assignments for NSSL Phase 2
The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., assigned 21 launches in the next two to three years for the fiscal 2024 National Security […]
Lockheed Martin Gets $996 Million USAF Contract for Sentinel Reentry Vehicle
The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill AFB, Utah has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $996 million contract for the Mark 21A reentry vehicle (RV) for Northrop Grumman‘s […]
USAF to Add Parsons Airfield Laser Defense Systems
The U.S. Air Force is to add five Parsons Corp. [PSN] Recovery of Airbases Denied by Ordnance Systems (RADBO) systems to the 16 already on contract. The RADBO consists of […]
U.S. Will Develop Higher-Yield B61 Gravity Bomb
The U.S. military will develop a new, higher-yield variant of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb designed for delivery by modern aircraft, the Pentagon announced on Oct. 27. Designated the B61-13, […]
SDA Awards Northrop Grumman $732 Million for Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $732 million firm-fixed price Other Transaction Authorities (OTA) contract to build 38 satellites for the Tranche […]
USAF Considering Addition of 12 EC-37B Compass Call to Planned 10
The U.S. Air Force may want to buy an additional 12 EC-37B Compass Call aircraft by BAE Systems and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] to counter threats in the Indo-Pacific. Congressional lawmakers […]
B-21 Taxi Tests Underway, As Bomber Prepares for First Flight
Taxi tests of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth bomber are underway near Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., as the aircraft prepares for first flight. The Air Force issued […]
Engine, Wing Assembly Design Lead Boeing to Project More Than 300 Nautical Range for Powered JDAM
Boeing‘s [BA] future Powered Joint Direct Attack Munition (PJDAM) is to have a range of more than 300 nautical miles–seven times the range of the company’s JDAM Extended Range (JDAM […]
SDA Readies for Second Award for Tranche 2, Transport Layer Alpha Satellites After York Space Systems’ Win
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) expects to award a second contract, possibly next week, for the Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Alpha satellites after the announcement last week by […]