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Boeing and the U.S. Air Force launched a company-built KC-46A Pegasus tanker Friday for the aircraft’s maiden flight and in preparation of its aerial refueling test flights with other military aircraft later this year. The Air Force said Friday the plane took off at 1:24 p.m. Pacific time from Paine Field, Washington, and landed at […] More
Securboration Inc. has won a $40 million contract to develop and update the U.S. Air Force’s event processing environment software. The company will migrate the software tool to command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance infrastructures to help warfighters transmit and receive information, the Defense Department said Friday. Securboration will perform work in Melbourne, […] More
Exelis has received a $47 million contract to perform engineering work on the U.S. Air Force’s countermeasures phased array antenna. Exelis will develop the form, fit and function interface, and deliver prototypes of the AN/ALQ-172 line replaceable unit-8 antenna, the Defense Department said Friday. The company will carry out the task in Clifton, New Jersey, through […] More
The U.S. Air Force has unveiled a potential three-year, $24.9 million funding opportunity for industry to develop new methods and systems for the collection and processing of signals intelligence and cyber communications. White papers should contain information on processes and technological platforms that could enable SIGINT tools to detect and characterize electronic communication signals of interest in dense […] More
Northrop Grumman’s electronic systems sector has received a potential four-year, $8.5 million contract to perform research and development work for the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Staring Infrared Search and Track Technologies program. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through a competitive procurement process with nine proposals received, the Defense Department said Thursday. The […] More
A General Atomics business segment has announced plans to set up a new facility in Grand Forks, North Dakota that will train aircrews of domestic and international military agencies on how to operate remotely piloted aircraft. “We selected North Dakota as the site for our new training academy because it offered an unequaled opportunity to support both […] More
The U.S. Air Force has awarded MTSI a potential four-year, $25 million contract to help integrate space, air and ground sensor platforms for the military service to access intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data. MTSI will use a company-developed sensor resource management system to provide rapid ISR technology integration services to USAF under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, […] More
The U.S. Air Force has issued a request for information on airborne communications systems for nuclear environments as well as pricing and other market details for a potential broad agency announcement. The service said in the notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps that interested parties should submit an abstract that contains the requested information to the Air Force Materiel […] More
The U.S. Air Force could start to use laser weapons in combat missions within five years, Ars Technica reported Friday. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle told the Air Force Association Air & Space Conference this week he believes directed-energy weapons pods could be installed in a fighter plane “very soon,†Sean Gallagher reports. “That day is a lot closer than I think a […] More
Maryland-based Roboteam has received a $25 million contract to provide a small robot system for the U.S. Air Force to carry out explosive ordnance disposal operations. The Defense Department said Thursday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers logistics and maintenance services. Roboteam will perform contract work at international locations through Sept. 16, 2022, DoD added. The obligated amount of $4.8 million […] More
Raytheon wants to join Alenia Aermacchi and CAE in a bid for a contract to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s T-38 aircrew training systems, Defense News reported Thursday. Aaron Mehta writes Raytheon and the Air Force have discussed about the company’s interest in pursuing the T-X trainer replacement program after General Dynamics left the Alenia […] More
The Aerospace Corp. has promoted Scott Yeakel, formerly principal engineer at the nonprofit organization’s national systems group, to general manager of the group’s systems engineering and launch division. Yeakel will be responsible for the delivery of enterprise-level support services to the company’s clients in the National Reconnaissance Office, Aerospace said Tuesday. The two-decade U.S. Air […] More
