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New engine for B-52J passes design review on time, but upgrade program still lags

The B-52’s new engine, the Rolls Royce F130, has cleared its critical design review, meaning it can...

AFWERX Says Agility Prime eVTOLs Lack Range, Shifts To Hybrid

In a significant shift of its strategy, the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX Agility Prime program has...

Allvin: USAF Force Design Maps Out Plan to Scale Up—or Down

Air Force Chief of Staff David W. Allvin said the principal aim of his much-advertised but still...

U.S. Central Command Employs Large Language Model-based Artificial Intelligence

Amidst an intense geopolitical environment and active war in the Middle East region, the U.S...

Seeking New Options for GPS, Space Force Eyes Multiple Orbits

The Space Force’s best-known mission is often spelled out with just three letters: GPS. The world...

Revolutionizing space-based thermal systems: AFRL’s SPIRRAL launch on SPX-31

KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. (AFNS) -- The Air Force Research Laboratory launched the Space Power InfraRed...
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