Friday 4 June 2021

Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare

The latest Air Warfare news and analysis from Breaking Defense.
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Weekly Briefing
Air Warfare

Cold War Era To Modern Mission Success: Digital Engineering Transforms The B-52

Rolls-Royce, GE Aviation, and Pratt & Whitney have invested hundreds of thousands of hours of digital engineering on the podded mount for the digital engines to virtually attach to the bomber's wing, as well as on other tests such as understanding airflow properties of the aircraft.
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B-21 Speeds To IOC; ARRW Test Slated For Next Month: Ray

The B-21 program will not undertake traditional "block upgrades" to beef up future performance, says Air Force Global Strike Command head Gen. Timothy Ray. Instead, it will incrementally add new capabilities as they become available.

 

Destroyer, JADC2 Top Navy Unfunded Requirements

The Navy also asks for five additional F-35C fighters, an E-2D Hawkeye and 4 CMV-22s.

 

Lockheed Martin Sees Hill Support For F-35 PBL

"There's a perception out there that Lockheed's going to take everything, and nobody's gonna be able to get in to support of the F-35," said Mike Miles of Lockheed Martin's F-35 logistics unit about the firm's PBL proposal. "That's not the case."

 

Air Force Hopes To Retire 201 Planes; Space Force Ask Up $2.2B

The service plans to buy 48 F-35As and 12 F-15EXs for $4.5 billion and $1.3 billion, but the F-35 buy is almost certain to increase once it hits Capitol Hill. The Air Force also wants to buy 14 KC-46s for $2.4 billion.

 

Army Modernization Budget Drops $4.2B; Budget Drops $3.6B Overall

"We have a lot of people programs and we tried to protect those. Secondly, we tried to protect readiness. Third, we tried to protect modernization," acting secretary John Whitley says.

 

Pathfinder: The MQ-9 You Don't Know [Sponsored]

Take another look. The world's workhorse unmanned aerial system (UAS) is adding a host of upgrades designed to win the fight now and bring the future faster.
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