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By Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson
PACAF operates four of the 27 E-3As in the overall fleet at Kadena and Elmendorf air bases in Japan and Alaska.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems is growing the defense part of its revenue streams faster than expected, which is mildly helping to offset lost work in making airliners, the company’s CEO said Feb. 23.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
The Protected Tactical Waveform was demonstrated successfully during the Advanced Battle Management System onramp event No. 2 in late August and early September.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Orange Flag, a regular exercise hosted by the Air Force Flight Test Center, will allow the Air Force to get a first glimpse of the Skyborg technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Flight testing of the Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) demonstrators designed by a Lockheed Martin/Aerojet Rocketdyne team and a Raytheon/Northrop Grumman team has been delayed since the end of 2019.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lee Hudson
U.S. Air Mobility Command is pitching a plan to approve a portion of KC-46A aircraft for limited operational missions despite remaining deficiencies that will hinder the tanker to participate in combat missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jen DiMascio
Sierra Nevada on Feb. 22 filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office of the U.S. Air Force’s decision to award a sole-source upgrade contract to Sikorsky for the HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Joby Aviation is going public in a transaction that will provide the urban air mobility startup more than $1.5 billion to complete aircraft development and begin air taxi services.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
NASA is reviewing updated proposals from three companies vying for funding to continue development of human lunar landing systems for the Artemis program and expects to select two programs for Option A follow-on contracts “within the next few weeks,” Mark Kirasich, deputy associate administrator for human exploration and operations, said on Feb. 24.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble
The pair of F-117As seen over Southern California are believed to be two of the cadre of four stealth aircraft resurrected from a small number that have been retained in flyable storage.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
European publication of certification rules for road-capable gyroplanes has cleared the way for the Netherlands’ PAL-V to complete development of its Liberty flying car.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. government and Lockheed Martin are negotiating a scaled back version of the performance-based logistics contract the company previously pitched for F-35 sustainment, with the aim of getting the flying hour price to $25,000 by 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Italian flagship aerospace and defense company Leonardo has reiterated its intent to sell off its Arlington, Virginia-based U.S. operations called DRS, marking the second time since last fall that the company has commented on the sales effort.
Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Hard on the heels of its billion-dollar investment deal, urban air mobility startup Archer has committed to launch its first air-taxi network in Los Angeles by 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Advanced air mobility startup Lilium has selected Spanish aerostructures supplier Aciturri to build the composite airframe for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Lee Hudson
For the first time, Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Collins Aerospace and the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency have agreed to a performance-based contract structure that allows the team to forecast future gearbox repair parts and spares needed for U.S. Air Force B-2 and F-16 aircraft.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
Thirty years since the U.S. Army retired the Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe, Erickson is looking to offer a more capable version of the helicopter for use by the U.S. military.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Russian Helicopters is on its way to securing the first foreign investment in its VTR500 light single rotorcraft program run through its VR-Technologies subsidiary.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Army has made an unspecified investment in an Air Force Research Laboratory-developed high power microwave weapon against drone swarms, AFRL
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
The buildup of Launch Complex 36 (LC36) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for Blue Origin’s upcoming New Glenn reusable orbital booster is nearing completion, Scott Henderson, vice president of test and flight operations, said Feb. 23.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Asked during an event by the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the Next Generation Interceptor, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff cited the program as a growing concern about competitiveness and resilience in the defense industry.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system is to be used to monitor helicopter operations off Norway’s coastline.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
A yearlong study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) stresses an urgency for assessing two nuclear propulsion options if the U.S. is to lead a multiyear human expedition to Mars in the late 2030s.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The 41-kg (90-lb.) N-Raven is advertised with the ability to carry 10-15 kg payloads for up to 250 km at a cruise speed of 180 km/hr.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Redwire, a busy private equity funded space rollup, announced Feb. 23 it had acquired Deployable Space Systems, a provider of deployable solar arrays, structures and mechanisms for space applications.
Commercial Space