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Monkton Rolls Out Application for USAF Aircraft Preparation; Harold Smith Quoted

Department of Defense-supporting software developer Monkton has debuted a new mobile application that measures aircraft payload for the U.S. Air Force. Balanced was created alongside the USAF Special Operations Command and funded via Monkton’s MATTER indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Tysons Corner, Virginia-based company said Thursday. It also utilizes a cloud-based system founded in the DOD DevSecOps Playbook Reference […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt June 24, 2022, 12:01 pm
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Boeing Awarded $77M to Extend USSF Space Surveillance System Sustainment Services

Boeing has received a $76.7 million contract modification to continue helping the U.S. Space Force maintain a satellite system used to collect data on manmade orbiting objects. The company will extend its sustainment services for the Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 system through June 20, 2025, the Department of Defense said Friday. Space Systems […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 31, 2022, 11:55 am
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Boeing Delivers 1st Updated Wing Set for USAF Warthog Attack Aircraft

The U.S. Air Force has begun integrating the first replacement wings Boeing manufactured for the fleet of Warthog attack planes under a potential $900 million contract awarded in August 2019. Boeing said Wednesday it completed the initial A-10 Thunderbolt II wing set delivery to Hill AF Base in Utah through a partnership with suppliers such […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 27, 2022, 11:57 am
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KBR Wins $106M in Task Orders for USAF Technical Modernization and Guidance; Byron Bright Quoted

The Department of Defense Information Analysis Center has awarded KBR a pair of task orders amounting to $106 million under its multiple-award contract vehicle for support services to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. One of the task orders enlists KBR to evolve and maintain the C-130 Hercules aircraft and the other requires KBR to […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt May 19, 2022, 11:54 am
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Air Force Announces $82M Contract Increase for Design, Engineering Support at DLA Locations

The U.S. Air Force has issued an $82 million ceiling increase on an existing multiple-award contract, through which 13 companies provide design and engineering support at Defense Logistics Agency sites. The award will boost the ordering capacity for the mentioned services at DLA-managed fuel locations, the Department of Defense said Monday. The government will assign […] More

by Nichols Martin March 29, 2022, 11:53 am
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EXPANSIA Secures USAF Contract for Digital Marketplace Implementation; Adam Jarnagin Quoted

Government services firm EXPANSIA has won a multi-million-dollar contract award from the U.S. Air Force to create a digital marketplace for advanced manufacturing. The AGORA digital marketplace is meant to render USAF processes more efficient and cut down on financial and scheduling inconveniences from supply chain delays, the Nashua, New Hampshire-based contractor said Monday. Adam […] More

by Charles Lyons-Burt March 28, 2022, 11:50 am
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Lockheed Records Delivery Milestone for C-130J Super Hercules Airlifter

Lockheed Martin has reached a production milestone for its C-130J Super Hercules aircraft after delivering the 500th transport plane to the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 130th Airlift Wing. The new C-130J-30 aircraft is part of the ongoing modernization of 130 AW’s legacy C-130 Hercules airlifting fleet operated from McLaughlin Air National Guard Base in […] More

by Angeline Leishman March 16, 2022, 12:05 pm
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C3 AI-Enabled Air Force Maintenance Program Granted ATO at Impact Level 5

A data-driven maintenance program led by the U.S. Air Force’s Rapid Sustainment Office and enabled by C3 AI was granted a continuous authority to operate at impact level 5 by the service branch. C3 AI said Friday its Predictive Analytics and Decision Assistant is employed to help RSO maintain USAF’s fleet, boost aircraft availability and […] More

by Nichols Martin March 14, 2022, 6:15 am
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Air Force Brig. Gen. Heath Collins to Keynote ExecutiveBiz Forum on Digital Twins

Brig. Gen. Heath Collins, program executive officer for weapons at the Air Force, will keynote an ExecutiveBiz forum on April 14 to give his perspective on how digital engineering methods and technologies can help the service branch develop warfighting platforms. Collins has concurrently served as PEO for Weapons and director of the Armament Directorate at […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 9, 2022, 11:56 am
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Huntington Ingalls Hosts Air Combat Training for US Air Force in Europe; Garry Schwartz Quoted

Huntington Ingalls Industries prepared U.S. Air Force pilots in Europe for fights against enemy aircraft during the first-ever air combat training mission run by a contractor. HII said Wednesday the mission in December, which was part of a multi-role operations task order, provided data on the effectiveness, suitability and interoperability of contractor-owned, contractor-operated training for […] More

by Angeline Leishman March 4, 2022, 11:48 am
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AFRL Taps Pratt & Whitney to Develop, Demo New Engine Tech

Raytheon Technologies‘ Pratt & Whitney business has secured a contract to demonstrate a rotating engine detonation concept for the Air Force Research Laboratory in an effort to create an engine capable of supporting higher-Mach flight speeds. Pratt & Whitney said Thursday it will work with Raytheon’s missiles and defense business and the Raytheon Technologies Research […] More

by Nichols Martin March 4, 2022, 11:47 am
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Emergent Wins $80M USAF Order for Oracle Software Licenses

Virginia-based information technology company Emergent has won a five-year, $80 million delivery order to provide unlimited Oracle enterprise software licenses to the U.S. Air Force. The Department of Defense said Wednesday the Oracle Enterprise Software License Agreement II has a cumulative face value of $419.7 million and the military service is obligating the full amount […] More

by Nichols Martin February 24, 2022, 11:51 am

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