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Aviation Today • Frank Wolfe

USAF awards Boeing $266M sole‑source contract to redesign C‑17 flight deck; spares for two LRUs may run out by FY2028

In mid‑December the U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $266 million sole‑source contract through 2031 to redesign the C‑17 Globemaster III flight deck and modernize avionics. The USAF warns spares for two line‑replaceable units could be exhausted by FY2028, creating near‑term sustainment pressure.

2026-01-08T13:49:56.027623-08:00
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Aviation Today • Frank Wolfe

USAF Officially Designates Northrop Grumman’s Project Talon CCA Prototype as YFQ‑48A

By Aviation Today: YFQ-48A is the designation for Northrop Grumman‘s Project Talon series of drone contenders for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, the service said on Dec.

2026-01-08T14:03:29.211057-08:00
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Aviation Today • Frank Wolfe

Pentagon IG Report Flags Ongoing F‑35A/C Readiness Shortfalls Affecting Strike Operations

By Aviation Today: While Air Force F-35A and Navy F-35C fighters by Lockheed Martin were in the U.S. strike package against Venezuela on Jan. 3, a December Pentagon Inspector General (IG) report highlighted […].

2026-01-08T13:22:23.965197-08:00
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Defense Daily • Frank Wolfe

Pentagon Inspector General Warns of Ongoing F‑35 Readiness Shortfalls Amid Operational Deployments

By Defense Daily: While Air Force F-35A and Navy F-35C fighters by Lockheed Martin were in the U.S. strike package against Venezuela on Jan. 3, a Pentagon Inspector General.

2026-01-07T14:45:19.156163-08:00
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Breaking Defense • Michael Marrow

Northrop Grumman, Kratos Selected to Integrate XQ-58 Valkyrie for Marine Corps MUX TACAIR Program

By Breaking Defense: Northrop Grumman will serve as the prime contractor and integrate mission systems on Kratos’s XQ-58 Valkyrie for the Marine Corps’s MUX TACAIR Collaborative Combat Aircraft program.

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2026-01-08T06:09:17.995465-08:00
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DefenseNews.com • Tom Kington

Italy selects Trapani‑Birgi as first F‑35 pilot school outside US; JPO and Lockheed to oversee readiness

By DefenseNews.com: The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) and constructor Lockheed Martin will oversee the readying of the training center at Trapani-Birgi Air Base.

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2026-01-08T08:35:06.980476-08:00