U.S. Air Force (USAF)

Americas Space 

Northrop Grumman Awarded $792 Million Launch Services Agreement from U.S. Air Force

October 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV), Northrop Grumman, Orbital ATK OmegA, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Northrop Grumman Corporation received a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) worth approximately $792 million of government investment from the U.S. Air

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Air Americas C4ISR 

Northrop Grumman Awarded $17.5M Contract for Fifth Generation Upgrade of E-8C Joint STARS Central Computers

October 9, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airborne ground surveillance (AGS), Battle management system (BMS), Command and Control (C2), Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $17.5 million contract for a fifth generation upgrade to the central computers on

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Americas Technology 

U.S. Air Force Designates GOLauncher1 (GO1) Hypersonic Flight Research Vehicle as X-60A

October 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Experimental aircraft, Generation Orbit Launch Services (GO), Hypersonic flight, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), USA, X-60A GOLauncher1 (GO1)

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has designated the GOLauncher1 (GO1) hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A. The vehicle is being

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Air Asia-Pacific Deployments 

Three U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers Complete First Deployment to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii

October 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Bomber Task Force (BTF), Hawaii, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), USA

Three U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and approximately 200 Airmen completed their first deployment to Joint Base Pearl

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Americas Space 

Lockheed Martin Selects Potential Mission Payload Providers for USAF’s Next Gen OPIR Missile Warning System

October 5, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Ball Aerospace (BATC), Lockheed Martin, Military satellite, Missile warning satellite, Next-Gen OPIR, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Lockheed Martin has selected Raytheon and a Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team to compete as potential mission payload providers for the

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Americas Training & Simulation 

CAE USA Awarded $200 Million U.S. Air Force C-130H Aircrew Training System Contract

October 3, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aircrew Training System (ATS), CAE Inc., Flight Training Device (FTD), Full flight simulator (FFS), Little Rock AFB, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

CAE announced, on Sept. 26, that CAE USA has been awarded a U.S. Air Force (USAF) contract to provide comprehensive

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Americas Bombs 

NNSA Completes Final Design Review for B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Life Extension Program (LEP)

October 3, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments B61 nuclear bomb, Glide bomb, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear weapon, Pantex Plant, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), USA

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) has successfully completed a Final Design Review for the B61-12

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Air Asia-Pacific Deployments 

U.S. Air Force B-52H Strategic Bombers Conduct Missions Over South China Sea, Indian Ocean

September 28, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP), Guam, Indian Ocean, South China Sea, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), USA

Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft conducted operations in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean on

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Air Asia-Pacific Deployments 

U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress Bomber Conducts Routine Training Mission Over East China Sea, Sea of Japan

September 28, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing F-15 Eagle, East China Sea, Guam, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Mitsubishi F-2, Sea of Japan, Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF)

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bomber aircraft conducted a routine training mission in the East China Sea and

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Air Americas 

Boeing-Saab Team Wins U.S. Air Force’s $9.2 Billion T-X Advanced Pilot Trainer Contract

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Boeing, Northrop T-38 Talon, Saab, Saab Boeing T-X, Trainer aircraft, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF T-X program

Boeing-Saab team has won the U.S. Air Force’s $9.2 billion T-X Advanced Pilot Trainer contract to supply an advanced trainer aircraft to

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