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US Signs APKWS Production Framework for Up to 25,000 Counter-Drone Interceptors a Year
The Department of War and BAE Systems have agreed a seven-year framework to buy up to 25,000 APKWS guidance sections a year,…
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US Air Force Plans $2 Billion Dyess B-21 Buildout to Bring Nuclear Bombers Back to Texas
Air Force, Northrop Grumman and Abilene civic leaders met on October 8, 2026, to plan Dyess AFB’s shift to the B-21 Raider,…
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Firm Flying Shahed Drone Stand-Ins Joins U.S. Air Force’s $5.4B Adversary Air Contract
Three small businesses, including drone threat replication specialist KestrelX, have joined the Air Force’s $5.4 billion CAF CAS adversary air vehicle. With…
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US Air Force F-22 Pilot Directs YFQ-44A Fury CCA Through Simulated Combat Tasks in Flight
An F-22 Raptor pilot directed an Anduril YFQ-44A Fury through dynamic maneuvers and simulated combat tasks from the cockpit, while the drone’s…
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US Weighs ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Strikes on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, CNN Reports
CNN reports that US strike plans against Iran include the GBU-43/B MOAB, the 21,600-pound “mother of all bombs.” Yet Pickaxe Mountain may…
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Raytheon Wins $8B Deal to Restart Nuclear Strategic Communications Terminals
Raytheon has won a sole-source contract worth up to $8 billion to modernize and restart production of the Air Force’s Strategic Communications…
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B-2 Pilot Alert System Deal Signals USAF Expects Its B-2 Bombers to Fly Through 2036
Ophir Corp. will repair the B-2 Spirit’s Pilot Alert System, the lidar that warns crews of contrails, under a $34.6 million sole-source…
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US Air Force Seeks to Revive Four KC-10 Extender Tankers for North Africa
The US Air Force is surveying industry to regenerate up to four retired KC-10 Extender tankers for an unnamed North African partner…
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US F-117A Nighthawk That Flew All Four Combat Campaigns Joins Smithsonian Museum
F-117A Nighthawk 85-0818, nicknamed The Overachiever, is the only one of its type to fly combat in all four F-117 campaigns. An…
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US Air Force Breaks Ground on Line to Build B-21 Stealth Bombers Faster
Construction has begun on a new B-21 Raider final assembly line at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, the first physical step…