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• Valerie Insinna
The U.S. Air Force formally opened a competition for Skyborg contracts on May 15, seeking partners to build and field AI-equipped drone capabilities. The framework creates pathways for more than one company to receive funding as the service accelerates autonomy-led uncrewed teaming.
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• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: The Air Force has opened up the final stage of the B-52 engine replacement effort.
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• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: Lockheed Martin is under contract to deliver 141 F-35 jets this year. Amid COVID-19 restrictions, it's unclear whether that will happen.
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• Vivek Raghuvanshi
By DefenseNews.com: The Indian Air Force is overhauling its plan to induct 114 medium-weight multirole fighters, with a senior service official saying the aircraft will be built in India with significant foreign technology transfer and no foreign procurement.
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• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: Day-to-day restrictions on supersonic flight won't stop pilots from pushing the F-35 to the limits in combat, an F-35 test pilot tells Defense News.
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• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: Only about 100 of the more than 6,000 Boeing workers to be laid off this week will come from its defense division.
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• Valerie Insinna
By DefenseNews.com: The Navy plans to curtail Super Hornet production in fiscal 2022. It remains unclear, however, whether that effort will be successful.
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• Nick Lee-Frampton
By DefenseNews.com: The planes will replace the military's existing fleet of Hercules, all of which are more than 50 years old and have been involved in a series of embarrassing breakdowns over recent years.
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• Nathan Strout
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• Sebastian Sprenger
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• Valerie Insinna
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• Valerie Insinna
