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Boeing Brings Back JDAM-Based Cruise Missile Proposal for USAF
Boeing is bringing back an old approach to use a joint direct attack munition as a lower-cost cruise missile for the U.S. Air Force, Flight Global reported Tuesday.
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Boeing to Support JDAM Kits, Activities Under Potential $250M Deal
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 3, 2019 — Boeing (NYSE: BA) will perform sustainment, technical and aircraft integration support for Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kits under a potential $250M contract from the U.S. Air Force, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday. The Department of Defense said Monday the service branch picked Boeing to support JDAM and Laser […] More
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Boeing Gets Air Force Munition Support Contract Modification
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $45M contract modification to support integration and technical work on airborne guidance kits designed to guide free-falling bombs into the target area. Boeing will conduct studies, analysis, modernization and integration efforts for the Joint Direct Attack Munition system at a company facility in Missouri through March 31, 2019. The Air Force will […] More
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Lockheed’s F-35 completes final system devt & demonstration flight test
Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of the final flight test of the F-35 program’s system development and demonstration phase. The company and the military completed the final SDD test flight Wednesday by flying the U.S. Navy’s F-35C test aircraft, CF-2, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland to assess the fighter jet’s capability to […] More
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General Atomics’ Extended-Range Avenger RPA Completes 1st Flight; Linden Blue Comments
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business completed the maiden flight of an Avenger Extended Range remotely piloted aircraft Oct. 27 at the company’s Gray Butte flight operations facility in Palmdale, California. The Avenger ER aircraft is a variant of General Atomics’ jet-powered Predator C Avenger and designed to have a 76-foot wingspan and fuel capacity of 2,200 […] More
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Air Force Wraps Up Weapons Delivery Tests on Lockheed’s F-35; Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan Comments
An integrated test team within the U.S. Air Force has completed 25 weapons delivery and separation tests of the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 fighter jet. The F-35 ITF at Edwards Air Force Base in California dropped and fired a total of 30 weapons that include the AIM-120 medium-range air-to-air missile, Joint Direct Attack Munition, AIM-9X Sidewinder and the […] More
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Boeing Installs Prototypes of Upgraded B-52 Weapons Bay Launcher; Mike Houk Comments
Boeing has completed the installation of an upgraded weapons bay launcher for the B-52 bomber aircraft to build up the mission flexibility and weapons carriage capacity of the U.S. Air Force fleet. The company said Wednesday it used a conventional rotary launcher to enable the aircraft to carry more GPS-guided weapons in the weapons bay instead of on the wing pylons. Flying the B-52 without […] More