Air Force Awards Lockheed $694 Million for Missiles but Withholds Order Size
A hypersonic missile program once threatened by failed tests and purchasing uncertainty now has a $694 million production contract. Yet…
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Lockheed Gets $694 Million for Air Force Hypersonic Missile Revival
A missile program once headed toward cancellation after testing failures is now a major production commitment. The Department of the…
Air Force Revives Hypersonic Missile With $694 Million, Withholds Quantity and Timing
The U.S. Air Force has committed $694 million to produce a hypersonic missile it previously planned to shelve, but two…
Air Force Gives Natilus $3.5 Million for Plane Between Cessna and C-130
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Natilus $3.5 million to advance KONA, an optionally piloted cargo aircraft intended to operate…
US Air Force Pulls All RAF Fairford Bombers, Says Missions Can Continue
RAF Fairford has lost its entire deployed U.S. bomber contingent, but the Pentagon says that does not end the Air…
Sentinel Cost Estimate Rose 81% With 450 Launch Facilities to Modernize
$140.9 billion is the revised acquisition estimate for Sentinel, the U.S. Air Force program replacing the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic…
Air Force Awards $31.8 Million for Ski-Equipped C-130 Antarctic Transport Engineering
Nearly $32 million is now committed to engineering a modern ski-equipped C-130, but the award does not buy an operational…
Air Force Activates Andrews Squadron for 26 Rescue Helicopters, Tightening Fleet
The Air Force is preparing to place 26 Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters at Joint Base Andrews for crisis…
USAF C-17 Flew With ISF Nose Panel After One-Off Supply Failure
The immediate problem was not damage assessment. It was manufacturing economics. A storm-damaged C-17 needed a replacement left nose panel,…