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Boeing nabs $1.7B for 12 KC-46A tankers
Jan 12, 2021 (UPI)
According to Boeing, this is the sixth production lot of the tankers and is designed to bring new capabilities and operational flexibility to the Air Force and ...
BAE, Vertex announce deal to maintain Harrier II fleet
Jan 12, 2021 (UPI)
Vertex, which received a $123 million task order for maintenance of the fleet in July, chose BAE as its subcontractor for the logistics support contract. Under ...
Northrop Grumman downselected as for USAF F-16 electronic warfare suite
Jan 12, 2021 (SPX)
The agreement was issued under SOSSEC Consortium's Air Force Open System Acquisition Initiative (OSAI) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for prototyping. Northr...
U.S. Air Force B-52s travel to Middle East for fourth time since November
Jan 08, 2021 (UPI)
"The aircrews flew a 36-hour, non-stop mission from the 5th Bomb Wing's home at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to the Arabian Gulf and back to send a clear deterre...
Pentagon and Lockheed Martin agree to $1.28B F-35 sustainment contract
Jan 07, 2021 (SPX)
"This contract ensures F-35s remain ready to fly and accomplish the warfighter's mission," said Bill Brotherton, Lockheed Martin F-35 program acting vice presid...
Greece gets planes, training and support in $1.68B deal with Israel
Jan 06, 2021 (UPI)
The 20-year contract is the largest defense agreement between Greece and Israel, and includes 10 M-346 training planes made by the European defense contractor L...
Newly-acquired AFRL test aircraft to aid personnel recovery research
Jan 06, 2021 (AFNS)
On Dec. 21, 2020, the CubCrafters XCub aircraft was ferried from Yakima, Washington, to the Lewis A. Jackson Regional Airport near Dayton, Ohio, on its journey ...
Boeing nabs $189.3M for repair and support work on F-15 warning system
Dec 31, 2020 (UPI)
Per the Pentagon's contract announcement, the deal modifies an earlier contract for low-rate initial production to add funding for property repair, acquisition ...
NASA Helps Bring Airport Communications into the Digital Age
Dec 31, 2020 (SPX)
This organized chaos is overseen by the ground-control managers as part of an airport-wide effort to ensure the safety of all ground operations. And as air trav...
B-52s fly over Middle East in show of force
Dec 30, 2020 (UPI)
CENTCOM's announcement did not specify a destination for the planes, but emphasized their in-flight refueling capabilities and noted that their "deliberate appe...
379th Expeditionary Air Wing gets its first female, first reservist chief
Dec 30, 2020 (UPI)
Capaldi began her six-month command this week, the Air Force announced in a statement on Wednesday. The position is usually a longer assignment and is typically...
Air Force 53rd Wing formalizes 'Black Flag' training exercise
Dec 29, 2020 (UPI)
Gen. Mark D. Kelly signed COMACC Plan 21 on Dec. 15, formalizing the creation of Black Flag as a training event "solely focused on test and tactics development ...
Lockheed Martin nabs $1.4B in F-35 contracts
Dec 29, 2020 (UPI)
The largest deal, worth $1.3 billion, is a one-year deal for support and training for the United States' F-35 program, with more than half the work taking place...
Australia's F-35A fighter planes are ready for deployment
Dec 28, 2020 (UPI)
The rating, after two years of testing, makes the Lockheed Martin-built planes fully deployable in operations. "The Australian Defense Force now has an F-35A sq...
State Department approves $128.1M aircraft sale to Kazakhstan
Dec 24, 2020 (UPI)
The DSCA delivered the notification of sale to Congress earlier this week. The deal would fulfill a request from Kazakhstan's government to buy three aircraft, ...
Five women among 24 graduates of USAF test pilot school
Dec 21, 2020 (UPI)
The rigorous, yearlong program at the only test pilot school of the U.S. Air Force accepts about 45 pilots and engineers per year, from about 300 applicants. Th...
X-59 construction reaches halfway point
Dec 18, 2020 (SPX)
The aircraft's uniquely crafted parts help ensure it will reduce a disruptive sonic boom to a quiet sonic thump to people on the ground when flying. The X-59 te...
Northrop Grumman's BACN Gateway System surpasses 200,000 combat flight hours
Dec 16, 2020 (SPX)
"This significant milestone further demonstrates the BACN system's proven ability to enhance situational awareness, improve warfighter safety and deliver open c...
UK Supreme Court rules Heathrow can have third runway
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
The nation's highest court struck down a Court of Appeal ruling in February that the UK government had failed to take into account climate change commitments wh...
AttritableONE returns to flight with formation flight test
Dec 16, 2020 (AFNS)
During the test event, an F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning, the Air Force's two fifth-generation fighters formed up off the wings of the smaller Valkyrie as it co...
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