The U.S. shouldn’t count on economic sanctions to cripple Russia’s defense industrial base or to prevent Russia from replacing military equipment lost or expended in Ukraine, according to a panel of experts. Despite a shrinking economy—Russia’s gross domestic could contract as much as 10 percent—they ...
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Pledging to pursue “speed without sacrificing discipline” in the acquisition process, Gen. Duke Z. Richardson took command of Air Force Materiel Command on June 13, relieving Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., who has run the service’s acquisition, research, development, logistics, and test organization since 2019. ...
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As the Air Force’s test and evaluation enterprise faces a surge of new weapon systems it needs to test, existing range space must be preserved and ground testing needs to be better resourced, said Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., outgoing head of Air Force Materiel ...
With several House Armed Services subcommittees set to allow the Air Force to make cuts to some of its oldest aircraft fleets as part of their 2023 National Defense Authorization Act markups, there’s one airframe in particular—and its delayed successor—that’s worrying lawmakers. The E-4B National Airborne ...
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The seven subpanels of the House Armed Services Committee are set to begin marking up their respective portions of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act in the next few days, and one is considering letting the Air Force make cuts to its tanker and C-130 ...
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Marvin Test Solutions' SmartCan has the power to address many of the current test gaps found in the armament community and the capacity to meet future requirements. Importantly, the Air National Guard has published post-demonstration reports addressing the capabilities of the SmartCan to support not only ...
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