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Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Sept. 11 used what is typically his largest stage—the keynote address at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber conference—to lay out a series of requests, or politely worded demands, to Capitol Hill.
The U.S. Air Force is not, as an organization, prepared for a large-scale war and must look at overhauling its structure and how it can quickly deploy its forces, according to the service’s top civilian official.
As the U.S. Space Force grows increasingly concerned about Chinese and Russian anti-satellite weapons, GEOST says its Starlite protective system will be integrated into the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tracking Layer Tranche 1 satellites.
The head of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) wants 25% of the fleet to have new connectivity systems installed by 2025, a tab of about $500 million that is needed in the near term for airlifters and refuelers.
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U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) have demonstrated the MQ-9 Reaper uncrewed aircraft system’s ability to take off and land at airfields without the need for dedicated launch and recovery crews.
Rolls-Royce is poised to begin a third phase of ground tests with a pair of dual-podded F130 turbofans for the U.S. Air Force’s B-52J re-engining program and is on track to undertake the critical design review (CDR) for the production version early next year.Read more.
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