MilitaryAir Force Plans $1.7 Billion Retrofit Of APG-85 Radar On 181 F-35As In Lot 17 And Prior The Air Force’s fiscal 2027 future years defense plan (FYDP) contains more than $1.7 billion to retrofit 181 Lockheed Martin F-35As in Lot 17 and prior with the future Northrop Grumman AN/APG-85…
MilitaryUSAF To Modify Two B-52s To Carry F130 Engines This Year The U.S. Air Force Commercial Engine Replacement Program for the Boeing B-52J recently passed a Critical Design Review (CDR), according to the service. The passage of CDR allows Boeing’s San Antonio, Texas, plant to…
MilitaryAPG-85 Fielding May Come 9 Months Early, Estimated Unit Cost Of $8.8 Million The Air Force now expects to receive the first Northrop Grumman APG-85 radar for the F-35A fighter by Lockheed Martin in April 2028–nine months earlier than previously scheduled, according to the service’s fiscal 2027 procurement…
AI & AutonomyAir Combat Command’s EOU Tests Anduril’s YFQ-44A Last week, the Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit (EOU) at Nellis AFB, Nev., tested an Anduril Industries YFQ-44A Fury prototype Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), which flew from a company site in southern California to…
AI & AutonomyGA-ASI Lays Out No Date for Resumption Of YFQ-42A Flights After Mishap General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has paused flight testing of the company’s YFQ-42A Dark Merlin prototype drone for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program after a mishap about 1 p.m.…
MilitaryUSAF Seeking Advanced IR Countermeasures For HH-60Ws The Air Force is seeking industry feedback on an advanced infrared countermeasures system (AIRCM) that the service could use for its Lockheed Martin HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopters. “The…
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…
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