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‘Translator’ Sats to Link Commercial, DOD Networks | Manufacturing as Deterrence | Boeing’s Big Losses

Oct. 27, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
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China Advancing in Space | LaPlante on F-35 Engines | Hope for LMXT Tanker

Oct. 26, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
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Lockheed Martin Says LMXT Still a Possibility for KC-Y Program

Oct. 25, 2022 | By Chris Gordon
Lockheed Martin says it is still pitching its LMXT tanker to the Air Force amid a looming requirements announcement for the KC-Y tanker program. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has cast doubt on whether a KC-Y program would field a wholly new aircraft and has ...

Awards for Evacuation | Space-Based Missile Tracking | ‘Dirty Bomb’ Claims

Oct. 25, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and Christopher Stone
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Bomber Task Force to Guam | DAF Acquisition Report | New Mitchell Paper on JADC2

Oct. 24, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon and Greg Hadley
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B-21 Poised for Rollout | DAF Suicides Decline Significantly | How to Improve Space Safety

Oct. 21, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
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First B-21 Bomber to Roll Out of Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif., Plant on Dec. 2

Oct. 20, 2022 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force and Northrop Grumman will roll out the B-21 Raider from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif., on Dec. 2, the company announced. The rollout is the first of a new Air Force bomber since 1988, when the B-2 Spirit emerged from ...

Image of B-52 Upgrades | AFSOC’s New Hunter-Killer | Biden Pushes Back on Space Guard

Oct. 20, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Greg Hadley, and John A. Tirpak
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New Image Shows How B-52 Will Look After Engine, Radar Replacement

Oct. 19, 2022 | By John A. Tirpak
A new image from Boeing shows how the B-52H will look after a series of modifications that the Air Force has said are significant enough to warrant re-designating the aircraft as the B-52J or K. The image was rendered from a digital prototyping model and ...

Future of F-35 Production | How to Advance in Hypersonics | Report: Air Force ‘Very Weak’

Oct. 19, 2022 | By Greg Hadley, Chris Gordon and John A. Tirpak
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New B-52 Cockpit Photo | TRANSCOM Strategy | Roper Joins Defense Innovation Board

Oct. 18, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
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Planning for the B-21 | Cyber is USSF’s ‘Soft Underbelly’ | Kendall: DAF Needs More Hispanic Officers

Oct. 17, 2022 | By Amanda Miller, Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and John A. Tirpak
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