The Air Force has decided to delay the launch of its third Orbital Test Vehicle mission into mid-November to give Air Force Space Command and its launch provider, United Launch Alliance, more time to analyze a flawed but ultimately successful launch from earlier this month.
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The Air Force is still waiting for Iraq to return a signed
letter of acceptance for the purchase of 18 F-16 fighter jets, a document that
would give the service a green light to produce a second batch of the
multi-role aircraft for the country.1044 words
More than a dozen of the defense industry's leading providers
of military satellite communications and a variety of national security
organizations, led by the Air Force, recently initiated a two-year study to
determine the defense establishment's protected communications needs in the
post-2020 time period.764 words
The Air Force recently partnered with Canada to test and
demonstrate an aviation biofuel blend on the Canadian air force's C-130s.591 words
The United
Kingdom's Royal Air Force (RAF) on Oct. 26 will stand up a new intelligence
squadron of five MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft at an RAF base near Waddington,
Lincolnshire, according to Air Force spokeswoman Maj. Mary Danner-Jones. The
squadron will be manned solely by RAF airmen, she said. The Reapers will be
used to monitor activity in Afghanistan in support of the RAF and its coalition
partners, a British Embassy spokesman said. The RAF already operates one Reaper
squadron out of Creech Air Force Base in Nevada.89 words
The Air Force this week corrected and amended two awards for its Adaptive Energy Technology Development program.
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A senior Hawker Beechcraft executive has his eyes on the
light attack aircraft and smart weapons industries while his company emerges
from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.552 words
Leading companies in the defense industry's rotorcraft
manufacturing sector are mulling what platforms to bid and how to pitch them in
response to the Air Force's long-awaited release of a request for proposals on
the Combat Rescue Helicopter program.853 words
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, the manufacturer of the
upper-stage engines for the Air Force's Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
program, has completed early hot-fire testing for a modernized RL10 engine
configuration and expects to have that model fully certified by early next
year.717 words
A federal court has tossed out a bid protest over an Air
Force contract that would give BAE Systems the sole-source right to provide
specialized information technology services necessary to track parts needed to
repair the Air Force's aircraft and space weapon systems.778 words
Industry representatives say they are taking a close look at
opportunities for involvement in sustainment work on the B-1 bomber fleet in
the coming years as the Air Force implements changes in its contract with
Boeing, its prime integrator.708 words
The Air Force and Raytheon's unique arrangement to fund
development work on the Family of Advanced Beyond-Line-of-Sight Terminals
program contains 11 optional contract line items that would take the work out
to September 2015 if exercised, but the total possible value of that contract
has yet to be formalized, according to the service.647 words
Northrop Grumman executives say they are moving toward a
fiscal future laced with tough decisions and lower revenues following a year of
ups and downs such as the sale of five high-profile unmanned aircraft to NATO
and the cancellation of the company's military satellite system.814 words
Lockheed Martin will issue WARN Act notices to employees
impacted by sequestration sometime in 2013 should the measure take effect in
the new year, the company's CEO said this week.519 words
Senior leaders from the Army and Navy said this week that
their services are already planning for sequestration or will soon begin doing
so, but the Air Force has not started to plan and will not until formal
guidance from the Office of Management and Budget is issued.287 words
The Air Force plans next year to conduct a fourth flight test
of a hypersonic vehicle that lost control during its third flight in August,
said Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager for Air Force Research Laboratory.322 words
The Pentagon is eying a new version of a software designed to
boost interoperability for unmanned aircraft systems that will support the full
integration of services and help ensure consistency, according to a defense
official overseeing the program.550 words
The Defense Department is on track to post a banner year for
overseas military sales, tallying at least $68 billion in deals for combat
equipment with foreign governments in fiscal year 2012 and beating the
Pentagon's forecast -- which assumed an unusually large sale of combat aircraft
to Saudi Arabia -- by nearly 14 percent.639 words
The entrance of private firms into the space launch market
has changed the calculus for developing new launch technologies, particularly
the Reusable Booster System, according to a study released this week by the
National Academy of Sciences.646 words
To fill a critical gap, the Pentagon plans to acquire
additional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for special
operations forces under its rapid acquisition authority, Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta told Congress.267 words
Uncertainty surrounding U.S. defense-spending levels in
fiscal year 2013 and beyond is preventing the Pentagon from making key
decisions about long-term strategy and investments, Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta said Thursday.693 words
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