Weekly Briefing: Air Warfare

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Weekly Briefing Air Warfare

The Force Of The Future

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With fly-by-wire flight controls, hypersonic weapon payload capacity and advanced cockpit systems, Boeing's F-15EX is prepared to face future threats head on.

Air Force Starts KC-Y Tanker Search As Lawmakers Slam KC-46 So far, Boeing has lost $5 billion on the low risk system, is years behind schedule and doesn't seem to have a very good handle on basic manufacturing principles such as ensuring tools, scrap metal and other debris (FOD) are not left behind in the aircraft.

Houthi 'Terror' Scuds Now Threaten Most Of Saudi Arabia A new variant of the Houthi's Burkan missile has a range of at least 1,200 km, putting almost all of Saudi Arabia within range of the Northern Yemeni rebels, posing a new threat to the kingdom. Ansar Allah, as the Houthis are formally known, released footage in August 2019 of a new ballistic missile, called…

Air Force To Set Up 3D Printed Supply Chain At Tinker AFB "The ability to additively manufacture an aircraft engine part and gain military airworthiness is a significant step forward in growing the adoption of additive manufacturing in the Air Force," Nathan Parker, deputy program executive officer at RSO, said.

Supporting Australia To Deter China Helps America   As the Biden administration focuses on ways to improve deterrence in the Pacific, reenforcing Australia's defense against China is a good place to start. Working closely with Australia now can send an important message to Beijing that political intimidation, backed by economic and military threats, is not in its long-term interest. For those not…

Machinists Union Presses F-35 Jobs Campaign On Capitol Hill "We've been applying pressure to members of Congress to make sure that this program is adequately funded," Hasan Solomon, IAM's political and legislative director, said of the union's campaign to support the F-35.

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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