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Poland has signed an intergovernmental contract (Letter of Acceptance, LOA) with the United States for Sniper advanced targeting pods manufactured by Lockheed Martin. The Armament Agency, an organization under the Polish Ministry of Defense, said the 3…
Gen. James Hecker, commander of US Air Forces in Africa and Europe, said it could take anywhere from 4-5 years for Ukraine to achieve “proficiency” in flying F-16s.
The initial order for 32 aircraft also includes 35 engines, weapons, ammunition, logistics support, training services and simulators, according to the Romanian Ministry of National Defence.
“There have been some really impressive results,” said MDA Executive Director Laura DeSimone on recent directed energy tests.
A Honeywell Aerospace executive suggested Pratt & Whitney is improperly coordinating with fellow RTX subsidiary Collins Aerospace on modernization efforts for the F-35, but a Pratt VP denied the charge.
Obtaining the technical data packages from the two prime contractors will enable the Air Force to conduct more maintenance on its own and facilitate greater competition for sustainment contracts.
MDA’s goal is to field the Next-Generation Interceptor to replace its current Ground-Based Interceptors by 2028.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Next-Generation Interceptor — a weapon being developed to to replace the current ground-based interceptors — has reached a massive milestone. According to a press release from Lockheed Martin, the Pentagon’s No.1 weapo…
Each KC-46A will take about two months to retrofit with a new vision system, according to the Air Force’s program lead, a fix that will address two of six remaining critical defects in Boeing’s Pegasus air refueling tanker.
“[R]ight now with the way we’re funded, we think we can carry both [companies] through prototype, and both are leaning in fully. And so then we’ll let the prototype and test do the evaluation,” Air Force propulsion chief John Sneden said.