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F-15EX: Delivering Today For Tomorrow’s Missions

F-15EX: Delivering Today For Tomorrow’s Missions
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Boeing’s lead in digital engineering has underpinned the F-15EX’s success, schedule and low price, and will provide rapid capability growth through open architecture and agile software development.

Lockheed Unveils New Tanker Design: LMXT

Lockheed Unveils New Tanker Design: LMXT
Lockheed Unveils New Tanker Design: LMXT

Lockheed is offering an upgraded version of the Airbus A330 MRTT tanker used by NATO nations.

Joint US-Australian Hypersonic Cruise Missile Moves Ahead

Joint US-Australian Hypersonic Cruise Missile Moves Ahead
Joint US-Australian Hypersonic Cruise Missile Moves Ahead

SCIFiRE is aimed at maturing an air-breathing hypersonic conventional cruise missile launched from either a fighter or a bomber.

Israeli PM To Request Biden Clear Money To Purchase New F-15IAs: Sources

Israeli PM To Request Biden Clear Money To Purchase New F-15IAs: Sources
Israeli PM To Request Biden Clear Money To Purchase New F-15IAs: Sources

UPDATE: Thursday’s planned meeting between Biden and Bennett has been postponed following the attacks in Kabul. It is unclear exactly when that meeting will now take place.  TEL AVIV: When Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with US President Joe Biden, he plans to ask the United States for a special increase in Foreign Military…

Navy, Boeing Refuel E-2D Using MQ-25 Demonstrator

Navy, Boeing Refuel E-2D Using MQ-25 Demonstrator
Navy, Boeing Refuel E-2D Using MQ-25 Demonstrator

The successful refueling is the Navy and Boeing’s second demonstration with T1, and the first exercise refueling an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye.

Microsoft Expands Its Space Cloud With New SES-Boeing MEOsats

Microsoft Expands Its Space Cloud With New SES-Boeing MEOsats
Microsoft Expands Its Space Cloud With New SES-Boeing MEOsats

The full constellation of next-gen O3b mPower satellites is expected to be on-orbit by 2023, said SES CEO Steve Collar.

Budgetary Pressures Could Push Skyborg Beyond 2023

Budgetary Pressures Could Push Skyborg Beyond 2023
Budgetary Pressures Could Push Skyborg Beyond 2023

“I won’t say that it’s not achievable” to transition Skyborg to a program of record, said AFLMC’s Brig. Gen. Dale White. “I will just say that it has to be balanced with all of the other requirements we have across the portfolio to be able to do that.”

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Taking Army Heavy Lift To Greater Range, Altitude, And Payload

Taking Army Heavy Lift To Greater Range, Altitude, And Payload
Taking Army Heavy Lift To Greater Range, Altitude, And Payload

The Chinook Block II program helps the Army retain its need for enduring heavy lift while it modernizes with Future Vertical Lift’s FLRAA and FARA programs.

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Every Moment Counts In The New Era Of Missile Defense

Every Moment Counts In The New Era Of Missile Defense
Every Moment Counts In The New Era Of Missile Defense

By digitally designing, integrating, testing and addressing issues long before they can arise in the operations and sustainment environments, we are able to deliver value throughout the life cycle of the product.

KC-46: Baby Steps To Wider Availability For Operators

KC-46: Baby Steps To Wider Availability For Operators
KC-46: Baby Steps To Wider Availability For Operators

TRANSCOM can now task KC-46 tankers to use their air refueling boom to fill up C-17 Globemaster III, B-52H Stratofortress and other KC-46 aircraft during day-to-day operations.

Beyond KC-46: Air Force Exploring ‘Advanced’ Tech On Next Tanker

Beyond KC-46: Air Force Exploring ‘Advanced’ Tech On Next Tanker
Beyond KC-46: Air Force Exploring ‘Advanced’ Tech On Next Tanker

“We still have several more years of procurement of the KC-46. So, the good thing is we have time to have these conversations, and look at the technologies out there,” Lt. Gen. David Nahom told appropriators today.

SMC Eyes MEO Sats For Missile Tracking

SMC Eyes MEO Sats For Missile Tracking
SMC Eyes MEO Sats For Missile Tracking

Space Force is actively considering whether its future missile warning and tracking satellites should be stationed in a wider range of orbits than in the past to improve the network’s accuracy and resiliency, an SMC official says.

F-35 Nabs $6.5B Swiss Deal; ‘Lowest Operating Costs’

F-35 Nabs $6.5B Swiss Deal; ‘Lowest Operating Costs’
F-35 Nabs $6.5B Swiss Deal; ‘Lowest Operating Costs’

“Switzerland has no industrial or program stake in the program, and Swiss procurement, like the country, is largely neutral, so this reflects very well on the F 35’s overall technical appeal,” aviation analyst Richard Aboulafia of Teal Group says.

Air Force Starts KC-Y Tanker Search As Lawmakers Slam KC-46

Air Force Starts KC-Y Tanker Search As Lawmakers Slam KC-46
Air Force Starts KC-Y Tanker Search As Lawmakers Slam KC-46

So far, Boeing has lost $5 billion on the low risk system, is years behind schedule and doesn’t seem to have a very good handle on basic manufacturing principles such as ensuring tools, scrap metal and other debris (FOD) are not left behind in the aircraft.