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Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has decided not to proceed with replacing the F-35’s F135 powerplant with either of two alternatives.

A newly created Defense unit is projected to triple Bombardier’s revenue in the next decade.

Nearly four-fifths of overall funding for Next Generation Air Dominance is projected to be spent over the next five years.

The incident is the first publicly disclosed American death connected to loitering munitions.

The test on March 13 of the Lockheed Martin AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) “met several objectives,” but not all.

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Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The test of the Software Programmable Open Mission Systems Compliant radio terminal was developed under an Air Force Life Cycle Management Center contract.

Finland has begun allowing allies to conduct surveillance flights along the country’s 1,300-km border with Russia.

Boeing will record another charge on its star-crossed KC-46A tanker program for the U.S. Air Force.

The service is ending the Adaptive Engine Transition Program for its fleet, opting instead for Pratt’s cheaper Engine Core Upgrade proposal.

The Biden administration’s fiscal 2024 request includes an increase in procurement and research and looks to cut the current fleet to pay for it.

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is expected to be the first tenant in Ebbing.

U.S. Air Force officials have not backed off predictions of a first flight coming later this year, but certain conditions and a note of doubt have creeped in.

The U.S. Air Force plans to increase spending on its future Survivable Airborne Operations Center to replace the aging E-4B Nightwatch.

The contract is focused on metal tooling for fast-cure, out-of-autoclave composites processing.

The Air Force is planning to buy 10 Wedgetails over the next five years to recapitalize its air-moving target indicator mission.

The U.S. Air Force and Navy are using new congressional authorities to buy Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM).

The U.S. Air Force will see its spending increase dramatically in nuclear modernization over the next five years.

No procurement funding for the single-engine jet trainer appears in the fiscal 2024 budget request rolled out by the U.S. Defense Department.

Singapore’s ministry of defense has confirmed that the U.S. Air Force sent the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk on a “short-term deployment” to the island.

The U.S. Air Force will not go ahead with a full engine replacement for its Lockheed Martin F-35A.

The U.S. Air Force is requesting $1.9 billion in RDT&E for its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform, an increase from $1.7 billion in fiscal 2023.

The U.S. Air Force is focusing heavily on maritime strike as it looks toward the Pacific with a need for munitions.

The U.S. Space Force is investing in new offensive capabilities in space.