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Avionics
USAF to get first lot of F-15EX fighter aircraft from Boeing in deal nearing $1.2 billion - News
July 14, 2020WASHINGTON. The Department of the Air Force has awarded a contract to Boeing -- worth nearly $1.2 billion -- for its first lot of eight F-15EX fighter aircraft, which uses open mission systems architecture to enable the rapid insertion of new technologies intended to keep the aircraft viable for decades to come.
Cyber
Cyberspace security and defense contract signed by USAF - News
July 14, 2020CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Data-analytics and software company Devo Technology has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force for the Enterprise Cyberspace Security & Defense (CS&D) Global Security Information Event Management (SIEM) System; the contract for Devo software and related services is worth $9.5 million.
Comms
Space-based ISR cohort will host eight small businesses - News
September 10, 2019
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. This fall, eight companies from around the country will convene in Colorado Springs for the Catalyst Space Accelerator?s (CSA) fourth cohort, centered around space-based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR).
Avionics
USAF Stealth Bomber trains with UK F-35 for first time - News
September 03, 2019
UNITED KINGDOM. UK F-35 Lightning jets have been conducting integration flying training with the B-2 Spirit stealth bombers of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as part of their deployment to Royal Air Force Fairford in Gloucestershire, UK.
Comms
Advanced antenna for satellites garners $7.2 million prototype agreement - News
July 22, 2019
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has signed a $7.2 million prototype agreement with Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions to develop a multi-band, multi-mission (MBMM) prototype phased array as part of a broader initiative to modernize the existing Air Force Satellite Control Network and bring new technology faster to warfighters.
Unmanned
USAF releases RFPs for next Launch Service Procurement contract - News
May 06, 2019
LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. The Space and Missile Systems Center, in partnership with the National Reconnaissance Office, released a request for proposals (RFPs) to award two firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery requirements contracts to domestic launch service providers.
Avionics
USAF 2018 acquisition annual report released taking aim at speed of acquisition reform - News
April 04, 2019
ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Air Force officials released the Fiscal Year 2018 Air Force Acquisition Annual Report, which focuses heavily on the role of speed and discipline in acquisition reform.
