Airbus expands Merritt Island satellite plant, adds Northrop Grumman production for U.S. military
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense touts its Merritt Island factory as the world’s first high-volume satellite production facility.
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U.S. Air Force Introduces KC-46 Tanker Demo Team
The 56th Air Refueling Squadron conducted the first KC-46 air display at an air show in Texas, recently. The 56th ARS from ...
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USAF greenlights testing of AI-driven KC-135 tanker operations with Merlin Pilot
The USAF has approved Merlin’s AI-driven pilot for testing on the KC-135 Stratotanker with flight trials slated for 2025.
US Coast Guard formally launches $70M Air Station Ventura at Point Mugu naval base
The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its new Air Station Ventura during a ceremony Wednesday morning in a hangar at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu. The Coast Guard has been running helicopter ...
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U.S. Air Force Expands Order Plans For Autonomous Fighter Prototypes
The U.S. Air Force plans to add more orders for the first batch of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) prototypes to equip a ...
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The Secretive Spaceplane of the U.S. Space Force Conducts First-of-Its-Kind Maneuvers
Called aerobraking, the technique allows the highly classified craft to change orbit without using propellant—and some are ...
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Modified Japanese carrier completes F-35B trials off Southern California
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday released video footage of an F-35B landing aboard the JS Kaga, an ...
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U.S. Air Force Establishes First KC-46A Pegasus Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron
The deployment of the 305th EARS represents the beginning of an enduring presence of the KC-46A Pegasus in the CENTCOM AOR, ...
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Salute to Veterans: Intercepting messages in the Cold War
I served in the United States Air Force Security Service for five years, from 1955. I enlisted right after high school ...