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USAF to Seek Airborne Aircraft Refueling Services From Industry
The U.S. Air Force has expressed its intention to award contracts for third-party refuelling tanker aircraft for tests, training and other flights, FlightGlobal reported Saturday.
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Maj. Jacob Davis: Air Force Eyes RFP for B-52H Bomber Engine Replacement Program in FY 2019
Maj. Jacob Davis, chief B-52 requirements officer at Global Strike Command, has said the U.S. Air Force intends to issue in fiscal 2019 a solicitation to replace the engines of its Boeing-built B-52H Stratofortress aircraft in order to keep the fleet operational through 2050, National Defense reported Monday. He told the publication the service expects the […] More
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Report: Air Force to Test Northrop B-21 Bomber at Edwards AF Base
Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer, commander of the U.S. Air Force‘s 412th Test Wing, has said the service branch plans to test the B-21 bomber aircraft under development by a Northrop Grumman-led team at Edwards AF Base in California, The Drive reported Monday. He told audience at the Antelope Valley Board of Trade and Business Outlook Conference held Saturday that […] More
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PaSci EMC Lands $77M Air Force Contract to Supply Bomber, Transport Aircraft Egress Systems
Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Co. has received a potential $77 million indefinite-quantity/indefinite-delivery contract to provide B-1, B-52 and C-17 egress systems to the U.S. Air Force and eight foreign military sales customers. The sole-source contract includes orders from the U.K., Australia, Canada, Qatar, Hungary, Kuwait, India and the United Arab Emirates, the Defense Department said Monday. PaSci EMC will […] More
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Air Force Picks Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney to Build Aircraft Secondary Power Systems
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a potential $12 million contract to Honeywell International and a $15 million contract to United Technologies Corp.‘s Pratt & Whitney subsidiary to research, develop and engineer secondary power systems for multiple types of aircraft. Both contractors will support efforts of the Air Force and U.S. Navy to optimize the safety, reliability and maintainability of secondary […] More
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Northrop to Update Netherlands’ F-16 Electronic Countermeasure Pods
Netherlands’ air force has selected Northrop Grumman to update electronic countermeasure pods used on the country’s fleet of F-16 aircraft in a push to help the aircraft adapt to the modern threat environment. Northrop said Monday that work will cover the development of threat detection and jamming capacity for the Netherlands air force’s AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasure pods. […] More
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Air Force Picks Harris for B-1 Systems Engineering Support IDIQ
Harris Corp. has received a potential five-year, $9.8 million contract to provide sustaining engineering support services for the U.S. Air Force’s testing laboratory for B-1 reprogrammable electronic warfare systems and defensive avionics platforms. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers support for special test equipment of the service branch’s 53rd electronic warfare group and B-52 electronic warfare mission […] More