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US Startup’s Crow-Shaped Flapping-Wing Drone Reads as a Bird on Counter-Drone Sensors at Edwards AFB
Ornadyne’s O1, a one-pound crow-shaped ornithopter, was classified as a bird by commercial counter-drone sensors at Game of Drones 26-3 at Edwards…
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US Air Force Wants 1,000-Plus ERAM Cruise Missiles That Hit Within 10 Meters Under GPS Jamming
The Air Force wants more than 1,000 Extended Range Attack Munition rounds within 15 months: a 500-pound-class cruise missile with 250 nautical…
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First US Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II Lands at Joint Base Andrews to Replace Decades-Old Hueys
The first of 26 HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters has arrived at Joint Base Andrews, starting the UH-1N Huey’s replacement in the…
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US Air Force Awards $83.4M Contract for New Fixed Wing Helmet Designed to Cut Aircrew Neck Strain
LIFT Airborne Technologies has won an $83.4 million Air Force contract to finish developing, qualify, and field the Next Generation Fixed Wing…
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US Air Force F-16s Return to NORAD Alert at Alaska’s Eareckson Air Station for First Time in Decades
For the first time in decades, armed US Air Force F-16s stood NORAD alert at Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, then…
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US Navy Adds $97 Million to Expand Northrop Grumman FMU-139D/B Electronic Bomb Fuze Production
The US Navy is raising Northrop Grumman’s FMU-139D/B contract ceiling by about $97 million as US and allied forces rebuild munitions stockpiles.…
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Lockheed Martin Wins $43.7M to Upgrade F-35 Reprogramming Labs That Build the Jet’s Threat Library
NAVAIR has awarded Lockheed Martin a $43.7 million no-bid modification to upgrade operating systems in the F-35 reprogramming labs at Eglin Air…
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US Military-Backed Electra Lands Ultra Short Aircraft at Manhattan Heliport With No Runway Required
Electra took off and landed its hybrid-electric Ultra Short aircraft at a Manhattan heliport, a first for a non-VTOL fixed-wing aircraft according…
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Northrop Grumman Selected as US C-130 Depot to Return Hercules Transport Aircraft to Service Faster
Lockheed Martin has recognized Northrop Grumman’s Lake Charles, Louisiana, facility as a certified C-130 Hercules depot, adding repair, overhaul and inspection capacity…
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Accenture to Build and Secure ICBM FENCES for US Nuclear Missile Modernization in $151M No-Bid Deal
Accenture Federal Services has won a $151.5 million sole-source ICBM FENCES task order at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, with a $228…