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Lockheed to build next-gen air control system for Jordanian Air Force
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $26 million foreign military sales contract to upgrade the Royal Jordanian Air Force’s national air command, control and communications infrastructure.
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Air Force to buy full-motion video receivers from L-3 West
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC), the new organization managing the service’s networks under the recent reorganization of Air Force Material Command, will buy full-motion video receivers and interim contractor support from L-3 Communications Systems-West in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Air Force awards $851M engineering support contract to small businesses
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded an engineering and technical advistory and assistance services contract worth up to $851 million to five small businesses.
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ViaSat to supply broadband services to military aircraft
ViaSat has won a multimillion dollar contract from the U.S. government to supply broadband satellite services to support military aircraft in flight.
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Air Force ISR aims for maximum insight
Agency strives to provide a full spectrum of ISR capabilities to meet strategic, tactical and combatant command requirements.
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Air Force ISR works to stay on top of evolving technologies
Lt. Gen. Larry James on the Air Force ISR's ever-evolving mission, the roles played by old and new technologies and the challenges AF ISR faces as it serves users on a rapidly changing global stage.
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Northrop receives $88M Global Hawk Block 30 support deal
Northrop Grumman has received a cost-plus, fixed-fee contract to furnish logistics support for the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30.
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AF IT Day: Gen. Shelton says service needs to refine its cyberspace mission
The Air Force still cannot define its role and responsibilities in cyberspace, despite stating for years that the domain was a zone of operations, says a top service official.
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Air Force, Northrop upgrade B-2 with EHF satcom subsystem
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to outfit the service's fleet of B-2 bombers with new high-speed processing subsystems.
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AF IT Day: Lt. Gen. Basla says operational rules on horizon
The Air Force needs to work out what its missions and responsibilities are in cyberspace, a top service official said Oct. 11.
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Air Force launches third GPS Block IIF satellite
The Air Force successfully launched the third Global Positioning System IIF satellite on Oct. 4 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV-Medium rocket, the service said.
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Air Force wants better knowledge of high-altitude airborne LIDAR capabilities
The Air Force is seeking white papers that would help it determine the capabilities of industry to produce Airborne Light Detection and Ranging systems and products and determine a forward path for expanded use of the technology in tactical and strategic intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
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AF to base first 'Space Fence' facility in Pacific
The Air Force will establish a Space Fence radar site on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands that will begin operating in fiscal 2017.
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Northrop wins Air Force contract for airborne comms node
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract modification to add beyond-line-of-sight command and control capabilities to the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node information gateway system.
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Air Force plans robust competition for small launches
The Air Force has decided that all of the bidders that applied for the Orbital/Suborbital Program-3 contract will be eligible to compete.
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Intel community must find more efficient ways to process data, says ISR chief
The entire intelligence community needs to find more efficient methods to process ISR data into decision-making information for joint warfighters, says Lt. Gen. Larry James.
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Next-gen GPS III satellites undergo first readiness test
The contractors that will deliver the Air Force’s next generation GPS III satellites report that they have finished the first launch readiness exercise on the road to achieving launch availability in 2014, Lockheed Martin said in a Sept. 5 news release.
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Cyber Command inches closer to unified command
The U.S. Cyber Command might become a unified combatant command in the foreseeable future.
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Air Force steps up cyber weapons development
The Air Force has issued a request for proposals for assistance with cyber weapons.
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