Boeing turns to drone inspections of military planes, still negotiating Wedgetail price with US
Negotiations with the US Air Force over the cost of the E-7 Wedgetail are still ongoing, a Boeing executive confirmed at the Singapore Airshow.
‘Advanced Manufacturing Olympics’ To Shape New Air Force Strategy
"Advanced manufacturing, scaled across the entire Air Force and Space Force, will transform sustainment," Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett says.
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Air Force Pushes 3D Printing To Boost Readiness
Air Force LCMC is working to ensure that far-flung depots eventually can print their own parts -- with a recent first being Travis AFB's using their brand, spanking new laser printer to print those toilet seat covers built of a new-fangled polymer from it's own brand new printer.
US Expands Icelandic Airfield For Tankers, Big Cargo Lift
An old Cold War base in Iceland has seen over $80 million in US investments in recent years as the Pentagon flies more surveillance missions in the high north -- and plans to do more.
Air Force Electronic Warfare Push Gains Steam; C-5 Gets 3-D Printed Door Handles
We will probably never know much about it, but the Air Force's top Electronic Warfare task force has completed its first scrub and should report to top service leaders in the next month or so.
Korean War 2.0? The Signs To Watch
After threatening to rain four missiles around Guam, North Korea’s pudgy leader, Kim Jong-un appeared to back off today. The (spoof) official North Korean News Agency issued a fabulous tweet describing it, declaring: “Esteemed General Kim Jong-Un reprieves US colony of Guam, citing concern for ocelots and sea turtles. Fate of Los Angeles remains unclear.” […]
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GPS: Still the gold standard in global navigation
The GPS network continues to prove its unmatched reliability, and it’s only getting stronger.
Negotiations Begin On Fate Of Strategic Jewel Diego Garcia
WASHINGTON: The United States, Britain and Mauritius have begun talks that may lead to the loss of ports, airstrips and listening posts on Diego Garcia, the remote tropical atoll that has played an important role in American maritime, air and space operations throughout Asia and the Indian Ocean for much of the last 50 years. […]
EXCLUSIVE: HASC Try To Protect Air Guard May Mess Up C-5 Plans, Association Warns
WASHINGTON: Both chambers of Congress have resoundingly rejected the administration’s proposed cuts to the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve – but the language that the House passed is so sweeping that it may inadvertently block the modernization of the very Guard and Reserve forces it was written to protect, according to Hill sources […]
SASC NDAA Freezes Air Guard Cuts, Pakistan Aid; Rejects Tricare Fee Boost
THE CAPITOL [updated 9:40 pm with details from Senate press release]: The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously passed its mark-up of the annual defense spending bill, rejecting all proposed cuts to the Air National Guard, cutting the Defense Department’s civilian and contractor workforce by 5 percent over five years, and restricting aid to Pakistan. The […]
Guard, Reserve Fight For Modern Hardware; JLTV, C-5A, C-17 At Stake
WASHINGTON: The military Reserves and National Guard have spent a decade operating with unprecedented intensity alongside the regular active-duty force in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, as budget cuts loom, their leaders are fighting hard to keep the funding needed to keep their edge in both training and equipment. Going back to the sleepy days of […]
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DoD Caps Airlift at 300 C-5s, C-17s; Hill Cannot Refuse
So how many aircraft does it take to move the world’s largest military force? Not as many as many as you would think, the Pentagon says. In what has at times seemed like a long-running bad joke, filled with terms like ‘floors’, ‘ceilings’ and ‘sweet spots’, the Pentagon has finally capped its strategic airlift requirement […]