Boeing-led team wins NATO E-3 replacement study contract
Boeing has been awarded a contract from the NATO Support and Procurement Agency to conduct a Risk Reduction & Feasibility Study of future air surveillance, command, and control concepts. The study...
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News US sending additional $300 million in military aid to Ukraine The Pentagon notified Congress on April 1 that it is sending Ukraine an additional $300 million of warfighting equipment that includes...
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A fitting tribute
For the first time in history, a B-2 Spirit piloted by Airmen from the 419th Flight Test Squadron, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., conducted a special flyover over San Diego in honor of the late Brig....
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Kelly Latimer names as Virgin Galactic director of flight test
Virgin Galactic announced March 30, 2022, that veteran pilot and retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kelly Latimer has been promoted to Director of Flight Test. Latimer joined Virgin Galactic in 2015 as...
View ArticleBoeing completes successful demonstration of ground-based anti-jam SATCOM...
Boeing recently demonstrated successful integration of its Protected Tactical Enterprise Service software elements with an industry partner’s user terminal, proving technical maturity on the U.S. Space...
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Month of the Military Child: April is DOD’s month to recognize military children
For nearly 40 years, April 1 has marked the Defense Department’s kickoff for the Month of the Military Child, and this month promises to be packed with events for parents and children of all ages, said...
View ArticleLockheed Martin releases open-source interface standard for on-orbit docking
Lockheed Martin has released an open-source, non-proprietary interface standard to support on-orbit docking within the industry. With unity of effort in mind, Lockheed Martin has published this Mission...
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Northrop Grumman conducts successful abort motor test for NASA’s Orion...
Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin successfully performed the final full-scale ground test of the abort motor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft Launch Abort System at Northrop Grumman’s Promontory, Utah,...
View ArticleSikorsky leverages established high-tech manufacturing for production of...
The Sikorsky Raider XÆ competitive prototype for the U.S. Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft is more than 85 percent complete, progressing 50 percent faster through production and assembly...
View ArticleHeadlines — April 6
News No strikes in Afghanistan since US withdrawal, DoD leaders confirm U.S. military forces have not conducted any counterterrorism strikes in Afghanistan since withdrawing all troops from the country...
View ArticleAirports Commission news March 2022 General aviation airports facing tough...
ALHAMBRA, Calif. — General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster and Compton/Woodley Airport could become early leaders among the five Los Angeles County-owned municipal airports on track to reduce and...
View ArticleDARPA, AFRL, Lockheed Martin, Aerojet Rocketdyne team demonstrate HAWC concept
PALMDALE, Calif. — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Air Force Research Lab, Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne has team successfully flight tested the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon...
View ArticleDAF announces candidate locations for STARCOM HQ, Deltas
The Department of the Air Force selected six candidate locations for U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command Headquarters, April 4, 2022. All USSF bases are candidate locations under...
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Vietnam Veterans honored during pinning ceremony
More than 100 veterans received commemorative pins on March 29 in honor of the 50th Vietnam War Commemoration and 5th Annual Vietnam War Veterans Day. “It is my honor to meet some of our Vietnam War...
View ArticleSTEMPOSIUM panelists detail career ed progress
AEROSPACE VALLEY, Calif. — High school and elementary age students in the High Desert and mountain region where American leadership in air and space technology was created, are being challenged and...
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Aerospace region educators expand learning boundaries
AEROSPACE VALLEY, Calif. — After a yearlong pandemic lapse, primary and secondary school professionals from the Antelope Valley / East Kern Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Network,...
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Marines complete CH-53KÆ initial operational test, evaluation test vignettes
Demonstrating its advanced capabilities in the fleet environment, the CH-53K heavy lift helicopter completed Initial Operational Test & Evaluation test vignettes paving the way for the expected...
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Air Force’s new intercontinental ballistic missile system has a name: Sentinel
The Department of the Air Force’s new weapon system, the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, has officially been designated the LGM-35A Sentinel. Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall approved the...
View ArticleHeadline — April 8
News Russians preparing for new push as Ukraine gathers its dead Ukraine gathered its dead and collected evidence of Russian atrocities on the ruined outskirts of Kyiv, as the two sides geared up...
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Month of the Military Child: Military kids make art
My military family. Dad’s gone and I have to be strong. Military kids are around the world. Be strong for loved ones. My military mom. Even though they’re gone, stay strong. We travel the world. Safe...
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