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ARC and Air Force Launch Next Phase to Advance Human-Machine Teaming for the Modern Battlefield
Armaments Research Company (ARC) has launched the next phase of its multi-year partnership with the Air Force, dedicated to reshaping how warfighters and autonomous systems operate together on the battlefield. Supported by a four-year, $15 million contract, this initiative contributes to the Air Force readiness and aims to fuse data from ARC’s AI-enabled weapons sensors (AEWS). The new phase will…
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United States Air Force Awards Gentex Corporation Aircrew Laser Eye Protection (ALEP) Ballistic Day and Night Spectacle Contract
Gentex Corporation, a global leader in personal protection and situational awareness solutions for defense forces, aircrew, emergency responders and industrial personnel, announced today that it was awarded an additional United States Air Force Aircrew Laser Eye Protection (ALEP) contract to develop and produce its laser protective eyewear for aircrew, the Block 3 Day and Night Ballistic Spectacles. Gentex is proud…
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Fiberon Partners With ‘Military Makeover’ to Honor Air Force Veteran With Donated Deck
Fiberon Decking recently joined forces with the television program “Military Makeover with Montel®” to build a deluxe deck for a military veteran. The company donated the materials for a 200-square-foot composite deck, creating an outdoor oasis for 20-year Air Force veteran Matt Kosto. “Matt served multiple deployments with the military, and we wanted to show our appreciation for his service…
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Air Force Pilot, SkillBridge Fellow Helps NASA Research Soar
Jeremy Johnson laces his black, steel-toed boots and zips up his dark blue flight suit. Having just finished a pre-flight mission briefing with his team, the only thing on his mind is heading to the aircraft hangar and getting a plane in the air. As he eases a small white-and-blue propeller aircraft down the hangar’s ramp and onto the runway,…
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Raytheon Technologies delivers fourth combat-ready laser weapon to U.S. Air Force
Last fall, the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and Raytheon Technologies successfully tested the Air Force’s first palletized high-energy laser weapon during four days of continuous live-fire exercises at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Raytheon’s palletized laser weapon is the first 10-kilowatt laser built to U.S. military specifications in a stand-alone configuration that can be moved and…
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Air Force Research Laboratory selects BAE Systems to develop advanced seeker for maritime targeting from air-launched platforms
BAE Systems has received a $12 million Phase 2 contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to further develop a low cost, all-weather, multi-mode (radar/infrared) open architecture seeker under the Maritime Weapon Innovation Program (MWIP) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (also known as QUICKSINK). “Our seeker technology will greatly increase the warfighter’s capabilities, enabling combatant commanders with a new way…
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Introducing the LMXT: America’s Next Strategic Tanker
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] introduces the LMXT as America’s next strategic tanker ― built in America by Americans for Americans. Offered in response to the U.S. Air Force’s KC-Y Program, the LMXT represents the newest chapter in Lockheed Martin’s 60+ year history of producing and delivering tanker and cargo aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy…
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Air Force Tasks Rhea Space Activity to Build Rapid-Response Lunar Communications Spacecraft
As U.S. operations in space steadily move further away from Earth orbit, the rapidly growing ‘New Space’ company Rhea Space Activity (RSA) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the United States Air Force (USAF) for a Phase I, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 2021 Space Force Pitch Day award to investigate a bi-modal, solar-thermal propulsion system…
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Immersive Wisdom to Drive Robot Dogs in 3D for Air Force Base of the Future
BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Immersive Wisdom, Inc., provider of a game-changing real-time geospatial collaboration software platform, announced that it had been selected to provide a 3D Virtual Operations Center for the Air Force Base of the Future. Immersive Wisdom’s software will allow Air Force personnel, whether on their desktops, touch tablets, or in Virtual Reality, to collaborate and…
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NASA Astronaut, Air Force General to Talk with Students About Future of Air, Space
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt will discuss leadership for the future of air and space through an online educational opportunity at noon EDT Thursday, April 16. The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. The event also will stream live on the Air Force Recruiting Service (AFRS) Facebook page and NASA’s Facebook page. Questions…
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