The Air Force and Boeing successfully conducted the KC-46 critical design review, or CDR, from July 8-10 on the Boeing facility in Mukilteo, Wash. The KC-46 weapon system CDR was the culmination of nine months of component and sub-system design reviews, which blended the proper practices of both the economic and Department of Defense frameworks. Currently, the CDR still has about a actions to complete, however the process is scheduled to be complete well previous to the Sept. 24 contractual date. “The efforts by the combined Boeing and Air Force team to get thus far within the program development has... Read More »

Lockheed Martin will offer a universal, highly adaptable and affordable mission equipment package (MEP) to fulfill requirements for the Joint Multi-Role/Future Vertical Lift (JMR/FVL) rotary wing program, with potential applications for other customers and platforms. The Lockheed Martin MEP will integrate proven solutions from three of the Corporation’s business areas and greater than 30 years of expertise integrating mission equipment components and subsystems right into a number of U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and international rotary- and stuck-wing programs. The product may be an inexpensive, dependable solution for multiple customers as a result of its open architecture and... Read More »

DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas: The 337th Test and Evaluation Squadron successfully completed their first captive carry test of a protracted Range Anti-Ship Missile on-board a B-1 Bomber June 17, marking a big breakthrough toward the B-1′s role within the maritime environment. Designed and developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research, the LRASM is predicated off the Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range and was constructed as a part of an effort to conquer challenges faced by current anti-ship missiles penetrating sophisticated enemy air defense systems. “This is a huge stepping... Read More »

Algeria’s army has reinforced its forces along the eastern border with Tunisia, Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia said on Thursday, days after the killing of eight Tunisian soldiers. The soldiers were found on Monday with their throats cut after being ambushed by jihadist militants in Mount Chaambi, a neighborhood near the border with Algeria. Algeria’s army “reinforced its resources and capabilities at the eastern border of the rustic due to troubles that Tunisia goes through,” Kablia told the national news agency APS. Tunisian troops have intensified their hunt for an armed group inside the Mount Chaambi area because the spring,... Read More »

Less than three months after the last F-4 phantom II departed from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group for drone conversion, maintainers listed here are already turning the wrenches on Air Combat Command’s fourth generation of aerial targets, the F-16 Fighting Falcon. With AMARG’s entire F-16 regeneration team gathered to document the development on July 1, Col. Robert Lepper, AMARG Commander, took the chance to congratulate workers for being ready and ready to transition so quickly from the F-4 to the F-16. “Each and each one in all you is significantly contributing to the longer term success of our... Read More »