U.S. Air Force
Avionics
Avionics RTOS deployed on U.S. Air Force C–130J Special Mission Display Processor - News
December 14, 2021SANTA BARBARA, Calif. The Green Hills Software INTEGRITY-178 real-time operating system (RTOS) is now deployed on the Lockheed Martin C–130J Special Mission Display Processor (SMDP) for the U.S. Air Force, according to an announcement from Green Hills Software.
Comms
Microsatellite for deep-space sensing planned by Blue Canyon Technologies and AFRL - News
December 01, 2021BOULDER, Colo. Blue Canyon Technologies has signed a contract worth $14.6 million with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to build a small satellite bus for explorations beyond geosynchronous Earth orbit that can explore deep space, reaching past where most U.S. military satellites operate.
Radar/EW
Radar threat system simulator from Georgia Tech research arm nabs $770 million Air Force contract - News
October 29, 2021ATLANTA. Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp. (GTARC), the nonprofit research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has won a $770 million sole-source award from the U.S. Air Force to build a radar threat system simulator for military aircrew training activities.
Cyber
Cyber agility for U.S. Air Force the aim of Kessel Run agreement - News
October 22, 2021JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) Air Combat Command announced the finalizing of an agreement with the USAF "Kessel Run" software factory, under which the software unit will support the larger command in the areas of fighters, reconnaissance and command and control aircraft.
Unmanned
Unmanned ground vehicles for ordnance disposal will be delivered to U.S. Air Force in 2022 - News
October 21, 2021TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center recently contracted for the delivery of new explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) base support unmanned robots for the Department of the Air Force enterprise.
Radar/EW
Radar threat trainer/simulator from Lockheed Martin gets $80.66 million contract addition from U.S. Air Force - News
October 18, 2021GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas. Lockheed Martin 's Missiles and Fire Control unit has won a contract modification from the U.S. Air Force - worth $80.66 million -- to a previously awarded contract for the Advanced Radar Threat System – Variant 2 (ARTS-V2) Production Option Two.
A.I.
Amphibious version of C-130J aircraft in the works for the U.S. Air Force, built using VR and AI modeling - News
September 27, 2021U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND -- HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) -- together with the Air Force Research Lab's Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (AFRL-SDPE) directorate -- is currently developing a variant of the venerable C-130J "Super Hercules" aircraft: an MC-130J Commando II Amphibious Capability (MAC) to improve the platform's support of seaborne special operations.
