WORLD: Air Power: F-35 flies with Tech Refresh 3; B-21 family of systems; RC-26 aircraft to the Boneyard.
Rapid Acquisition & Sustainment
Boeing’s RVS 2.0 is getting closer to reality, but it’s still years away from delivery.
With the B-21 rollout, the Air Force begins recapitalizing the bomber force.
Integrating commercial partners and priming an ever-accelerating development and acquisition process will define the future for Pentagon space programs, acquisition leaders predicted at the 2023 GovCon Wire Space Acquisition Forum on Jan. 18.
A small Air Force team at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar is working on solutions to mitigate one of U.S. Central Command’s primary issues: doing more with less. As part of a broader push in CENTCOM towards what leaders call “a culture of innovation,” ...
L3Harris announced plans Dec. 18 to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne, the only U.S. maker of certain propulsion components for several key American military and space assets for $4.7 billion. The deal, which requires final approval from the Federal Trade Commission, would secure L3Harris as one of ...
Three more “all-up” flight tests of the AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) must succeed before the Air Force decides whether to press on into production for the hypersonic missile, the service has told Air & Space Forces Magazine. Lockheed Martin will also have to ...
The Air Force’s new trainer jet, the T-7A, has experienced issues with its ejection system in testing, forcing contractor Boeing and the service to re-baseline the schedule for the program and delaying production deliveries of the aircraft into the second half of 2024.
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