U.S. Air Force Awards Contract to Fix KC-46 Boom
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $55.5 million contract for the redesign of the KC-46A boom telescope actuator. The work is expected to be completed in February 2021. …
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House Appropriators Maintain F-15 Funding While Bolstering F-35 Procurement
U.S. House appropriators are ready to sign off on the Air Force’s request for eight new Boeing F-15EX fighters to begin replacing older F-15C/D aircraft in the Air National Guard. …
Read MoreJSTARS Replacement Program Canceled Yet Again
by C. Zachary Hofer, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. It’s official. The U.S. Air Force has taken formal steps to implement its stated intention to abandon the JSTARS Recap program. In the …
Read MoreShifts and Changes in Line-Up of T-X Contenders
by Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Air Force’s T-X advanced trainer program is one of the biggest prizes in the military aircraft market in the near …
Read MoreUsing Technology to Sort Through All the Garbage in Space
by Richard Sterk, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Air Force’s Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Systems program (formerly known as SPADATS) tracks and logs satellites and various orbital space …
Read MoreUSAF Postpones T-X RFP
by Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Air Force Program Executive Officer for Mobility has delayed issuance of the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the T-X advanced …
Read MoreUSAF’s JSTARS Recap Program Takes a Step Forward
by C. Zachary Hofer, Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. Another step in the ongoing saga that is the U.S. Air Force’s Joint STARS Recapitalization program has taken place. On November 19, …
Read MoreT-X: Next Big USAF Aircraft Contest
By Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. Now that the U.S. Air Force has awarded the Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B) contract to Northrop Grumman, and the inevitable protest of …
Read MoreEISS & ASIP Endure, in Turbulent Air
by Zachary Hofer, Forecast International. The EISS and ASQ-230 ASIP are living in tumultuous times. Northrop Grumman’s Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite (EISS) and ASQ-230 Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP) make …
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