AI & AutonomyWith an Eye To CCA Increment 2, Talon IQ Conducts Test Flight A “Talon IQ” Model 437 aircraft by Northrop Grumman‘s Scaled Composites has flown a mission autonomy test flight using the company’s Prism software and Hivemind software by Shield AI, the companies said on…
MilitaryUSAF Expects KC-135 Center Console Refresh Solicitation In May The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) KC-135 Center Console Refresh (CCR) program office at Tinker AFB, Okla., said that it expects to issue a solicitation in May after more than…
MilitaryRolls-Royce F130 Engine For B-52 Passes Altitude And Operability Testing, Company Says Rolls-Royce said on Feb. 24 that it has completed altitude and operability testing for the company’s F130 engine as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) modernization for…
MilitaryAir Force Acquisition Official: ‘APG-85 Is A Helluva Radar Unless You Don’t Have One’ AURORA, Colo.–While it may take two years to field, a dual-mount bulkhead in the nose of the Lockheed Martin F-35 to accommodate both the AN/APG-81 radar or the twice as powerful AN/APG-85, both by…
MilitaryUSAF Looks To Replace Radios On HH-60Ws The U.S. Air Force is looking to replace the Link-16 TacNet Tactical Radios (TTRs) by RTX‘s Collins Aerospace on the service’s fleet of Lockheed Martin HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and…
MilitaryUSAF To Award Sole Source Contract To BAE Systems To Resolve Deficiency Reports on ALR-56 The Air Force is to award BAE Systems a sole source contract to resolve deficiency reports (DRs) for the company’s ALR-56 radar warning receivers (RWRs) on F-15 and F-16 fighters and C-130 airlifters. “This…
MilitaryUse of Commercial Technologies Obviates Need for C-17 Re-engining, USAF Says The use of commercial technologies for upgrades to Pratt & Whitney‘s [RTX] F117 engine for the U.S. Air Force C-17 airlifter by Boeing obviates the need for a re-engining of the 222 C-17s in…
MilitaryCurrent F-35 Configuration Complicates Fielding Of APG-85 Radar Radar mountings in the nose of the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter are different for the current AN/APG-81 by Northrop Grumman and the future AN/APG-85 radar, also by Northrop Grumman–a difference which has helped complicate fielding…
AI & AutonomyUSAF Designates Talon CCA Contender As YFQ-48A YFQ-48A is the designation for Northrop Grumman‘s Project Talon series of drone contenders for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the service said on Dec. 22. The YFQ-48A Mission…
MilitaryBoeing Receives Sole Source Award For C-17 Flight Deck Replacement, As USAF Projects Spares For Two LRUs Will Run Out in FY 2028 In mid-December, the Air Force awarded Boeing a $266 million sole source contract through 2031 to replace the flight deck of the company’s C-17 airlifter. The avionics redesign through the use of commercial…