Acting SecAF & Roper Likely Head To Paris Show, With F-35A
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V-280 Passes Key Agility Test: Bell
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Critics have argued the tiltrotor aircraft could never be as nimble at low speed and low altitude as a helicopter. Bell says it’s proven them wrong.
“You Have To Be Willing To Bleed A Little Bit”: Roper On Innovation
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BOSTON: “It’s like running through a briar patch naked,” Will Roper said of trying to bring start-up companies into the service’s contracting model to keep apace of commercial innovation. “You have to be willing to bleed a little bit,” Roper, the Air Force’s top acquisition official told me in an interview last Thursday, after watching 10 newborn… Keep reading →
Lockheed Adds Some Israeli SPICE To Kinetics Market
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It’s a global coming-out party for the precision munition, already used by the Israeli Air Force in Syria.
Let The (War) Games Begin: Army Buying High-Tech Training Sims
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After decades using the same clunky simulators, the Army is about to buy new sims drawing on the latest innovations in online gaming.
House Dems Block Wall Funds, Slash Sub, But Add F-35s
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The House Dems launch the first salvo in what promises to be a long defense budget saga, and they are drawing lines that will be hard to cross.
FARA: Why AVX Has A Shot At Army Scout
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Dark horse design house AVX has never built a complete aircraft. The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft competition just might change that.
Ellen Lord: Lot 12 Contract For F-35s Soon
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The Pentagon says a new F-35 deal is coming this summer, and promises more costs savings even as the program struggles to get needed spare parts.
Marines: FVL Intriguing, BUT CH-53K Is Essential
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The Marines are hellbent on fielding the troubled CH-53K helicopter to supply the far-flung island outposts they plan on using against China.