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Amid Suggestions to Arm Ukraine with MQ-9, USAF Prepares to Transfer 100

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, March 29th, 2022

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Amid Suggestions to Arm Ukraine with MQ-9, USAF Prepares to Transfer 100

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range on July 15, 2019 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Of some 300 General Atomics MQ-9 Reapers in the U.S. Air Force inventory, 100 are to go "to another government organization," per the service's fiscal 2023 budget request, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told reporters in a March 25 pre-budget briefing. The transfer of the 100 MQ-9s would come on top of Air Force plans to retire 150 aircraft in fiscal 2023, including 33 Block 20 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-22s, eight Northrop Grumman [NOC] Joint STARS, 21 A-10s, 15 Boeing…

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

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Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]

Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]