Air Force
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Space15-Year Space Force Plan May Include Systems To Ease Transition To “Dynamic Space Operations”
The U.S. Space Force is preparing a 15-year force design plan that may include “dynamic space operations” (DSO) for satellite refueling and on-orbit maintenance, depot, and modernization. “We know that […]
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Nuclear ModernizationFirst Sentinel Flight Test To Be Pad Launched
Rather than an ICBM test silo, the U.S. Air Force is to use a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., for the first flight test of an unarmed […]
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Air ForceUSAF Lease Of Space For AI Data Centers At Five Bases May Last Longer Than 50 Years, If Benefit National Defense
The U.S. Air Force may offer leases longer than 50 years for artificial intelligence data centers at five bases, if those centers benefit national defense or “the public interest.” In […]
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Unmanned SystemsGE Aerospace’s F110-GE-129 Engine To Power Shield AI X-BAT
GE Aerospace‘s [GE] F110-GE-129 engine with the Axisymmetric Vectoring Exhaust Nozzle (AVEN) is to power Shield AI‘s future X-BAT drone fighter jet, according to a Memorandum of Understanding between the […]
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CongressWittman: Number Of USAF Fighters Below Congressionally Mandated Inventory, But New Study Raises Hopes
While the U.S. Air Force remains below a fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act enacted floor of 1,145 Primary Aircraft Inventory (PMAI) fighters, a new 10-year fighter force structure study […]
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Nuclear ModernizationWarren Asks STRATCOM Nominee To “Not Stand In The Way” Of Independent Studies On Sentinel
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) last week asked President Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) not to “shield” nuclear weapons programs “from independent oversight.” During the confirmation […]
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Air ForceElectronic Warfare and Air-to-Ground Missions Focus of GA-ASI Gambit 6 Design
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) said on Tuesday that it is developing the Gambit 6–the company’s latest version of the Gambit series drones–for electronic warfare and air-to-ground operations. The […]
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Air ForceB-21 May Move From Two Pilots To One Pilot, One WSO
The U.S. Air Force B-21 Raider stealth bomber by Northrop Grumman [NOC] may have a crew of one pilot and one weapons systems officer (WSO) instead of two pilots, as […]
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Air ForceYFQ-44A Has First Flight, Anduril Planning for Weapons Shot Next Year
Anduril Industries‘ YFQ-44A Fury prototype drone for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program had its debut flight Oct. 31 at a California test site, according to the […]
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Air ForceDifficulty Ahead For USAF In Meeting 1,558 Combat Coded Fighter Goal
The Air Force will have problems meeting its goal of 1,558 combat-coded manned fighters in the next decade–a number laid out by the service in a required fighter force structure […]