Air Force
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SpaceSpace RCO Wants Budget Commitment on 12 SCAR Antennas
The U.S. Space Force Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) in Albuquerque, N.M., is hoping to get a budget commitment in fiscal 2026 for 12 Satellite Communications Augmentation Resource (SCAR) antennas. […]
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Air ForceAFRL Wants To Gauge State of Propulsion Innovation
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Aerospace Systems Directorate at Edwards AFB, Calif., wants to gauge the breadth of innovation for future missile propulsion under AFRL’s Rocket Lab Hermes project, […]
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SpaceSpace Force Meadowlands Development in Parallel with Production For L3Harris
Building each U.S. Space Force Counter Communications System (CCS) 10.3 Meadowlands takes a year or two for L3Harris Technologies [LHX] at its Palm Bay, Fla., plant, and several such systems […]
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Air ForceUSAF Mechanics Take On Aircraft Born Five Decades Before They Were
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Every 450 flight hours, or two years, an early 1960s U.S. Air Force B-52H bomber by Boeing [BA] will come here for 23 days of phased, “bumper to […]
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Air ForceB-52Hs May Have Role, If Iran Strikes Ordered
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–As the United States and Iran remain at loggerheads over the Iranian nuclear program, satellite photos this week have shown four B-52H bombers at the U.S.-U.K. base on […]
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Air ForceLead Wing for LRSO is 2nd Bomb Wing
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–The U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Bomb Wing here is to be the lead wing for acceptance of the RTX [RTX] AGM-181 Long Range Standoff (LRSO) nuclear cruise missile, […]
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Air ForceB-52H Upgrades Face Supply Challenges
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Announced by Boeing [BA] in 2009 and first fielded in 2014, the company’s Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade for the B-52H has been to replace old displays […]
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Air ForceSustainment Presents Hurdle for B-52 Modernization
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Tail number 60-041 exited its parking spot, “Whiskey 2,” early afternoon on Tuesday for a planned five-hour flight to allow crew from the 93rd Bomb Squadron and 11th […]
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Air ForceEXCLUSIVE: Bussiere Approves 2 of 3 Missile Wings’ Sentinel Silo Plans
BARKSDALE AFB, La.–U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink is visiting Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) here in his first visit to a service major command. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the […]
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InternationalAustralia Test Teams Up Ghost Bat Drones With E-7A Wedgetail Aircraft
Australia on Monday said that it demonstrated pairing two MQ-28A Ghost Bat drones controlled from an E-7A Wedgetail aircraft. The Australian Ministry of Defense explained that during the test out […]