All articles by Dave Majumdar – Page 15
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General Dynamics and Alenia Aermacchi team up on T-X bid
General Dynamics and Alenia Aermacchi are signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) to compete jointly for the US Air Force's T-X trainer programme to replace the venerable Northrop T-38 Talon jet trainer.
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Pratt & Whitney to deliver last F-22 Raptor engine
Pratt & Whitney will deliver the last of 507 F119 afterburning turbofans to the US Air Force on 17 January. Two such engines, which the company says have...
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Pentagon lowers F-35 performance bar
The US Department of Defense is lowering the performance bar for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter according to a new report by the Pentagon's director of operational test and evaluation (DOT&E).
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USAF tackles F-35 sustainment cost estimates
The USAF and the Pentagon's Joint Program Office are working to bridge the gap between sustainment cost estimates for the Lockheed Martin F-35 ...
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USAF committed to new bomber despite declining budgets
Despite a declining budget, the US Air Force is committed to its secretive Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) programme. However, what kind of military capacity...
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US Army fields first AH-64E unit, but more improvements to come
Even as the US Army moves forward with fielding its first unit of Boeing AH-64E Block III attack helicopters, the service is planning to add further improvements...
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USAF to field F-22 life support mods this January
The US Air Force expects to start fielding life support systems modifications for its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor air superiority fighters this...
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Eclipse responds to USAF trainer request for information
Eclipse Aerospace has submitted a response to a US Air Force request for information (RFI) for a very light jet to support the service's undergraduate pilot...
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USAF mulls options for replacement of Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle
On 11 December, the Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle marked the 26th anniversary of its first flight, but the venerable strike fighter will continue serving with...
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Sikorsky last bidder standing in USAF's combat rescue helicopter battle
Sikorsky appears to be the only potential contractor willing to bid for the US Air Force's combat rescue helicopter programme ...
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US Navy delays UCLASS RFP
The US Navy has delayed a request for proposals (RFP) for its unmanned carrier-launched surveillance and strike (UCLASS) aircraft programme until next year. "We...
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NASA awards commerical crew programme contracts
NASA is awarding Boeing, Sierra Nevada and Space Exploration Technologies Corp contracts that might one day allow for commercial manned spacecraft to carry...
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USAF launches X-37B into orbit
The US Air Force launched a Boeing X-37B space plane on 11 December from the Kennedy space center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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US Navy starts X-47B taxi trials on carrier
The US Navy has started taxi trials of the Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrator (UCAS-D) onboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry...
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USAF to develop new cruise missile
The US Air Force is expecting to award sole-source contracts to four firms to develop technology for its Long Range Standoff cruise missile ...
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11 killed in South African Air Force C-47 Dakota crash
A South African Air Force (SAAF) Douglas C-47 Dakota transport aircraft crashed in the Giants Castle area of the Drakensberg mountain range on 5 December,...
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USAF: Current unmanned aircraft irrelevant in the Pacific
The US Air Force's current fleet of unmanned aircraft will be irrelevant in the Pacific theater, a top service official says. Over the past 10 years,...
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Sikorsky delivers first CH-53K ground test vehicle to flight test team
Sikorsky has delivered the first CH-53K ground test vehicle (GTV) to the company's flight test team. The airframer is developing the massive aircraft for...
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Lockheed working on new air-to-air hit-to-kill missile
Lockheed Martin has confirmed it is working on a new hit-to-kill (HTK) air-to-air missile which would increase the number of weapons that could be carried...
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Stealth isn’t becoming obsolete anytime soon: USAF
Stealth technology is not going to be rendered obsolete anytime soon, a top US Air Force official says. "Our adversaries are building capabilities...