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Air Force seeks data migration solution for classified 3DExperience systems
This new market research effort focuses on air-gapped engineering environments.
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Anduril: new factory will start making drone wingman in just ‘days’
The Ohio manufacturing facility is to open months ahead of schedule.
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Air Force wants its acquisition tools in the cloud
The Air Force envisions iteration number two of its LaunchPad environment as extending beyond the current base of engineering users.
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Air Force Research Lab seeks more national approach for innovation
Lab officials give a first glimpse at how they want to expand on a pilot program for turning dual-use technology into operational capability.
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Air Force reaches deal with Northrop to expand B-21 production
The Pentagon wants to spend $4.5 billion in bomber-related reconciliation funds this year alone.
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Air Force launches program for resilient intelligence platforms
The RAPID program will use traditional and other transaction authority contracts to develop cloud-based tools that can combine multiple intelligence sources with automation and cyber defense tools.
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Air Force charts new path to recompete nuclear missile support work
Instead of one big contract, the service branch will hold separate competitions for different lines of work to aid in the transition to a new ground-based system.
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Air Force Research Lab opens proposal window for $10B vehicle
This will be the lab's central mechanism for acquiring research-and-development support on behalf of the entire Air Force.
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General Dynamics IT books $120M Air Force zero trust contract
The task order, awarded through the Next Generation Gateway program, will deliver cybersecurity solutions to 1 million users across 187 bases worldwide.
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Air Force consolidates some acquisition program offices into mission-focused groups
But many of the new “portfolio acquisition executives” were already leading multi-mission efforts.
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Air Force gives small businesses 3 days to respond to nuclear systems contract
The contract nuclear missile engineering support has a compressed timeline from the initial sources sought notice to award.
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Air Force reopens $972M Northrop contract after conflict-of-interest allegations
Protests from Science Applications International Corp. and HII prompted the service to conduct an investigation after accusations that Northrop would be evaluating its own work.
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Leidos wins $455M Air Force cloud architecture job
This piece of the service branch's Cloud One Next initiative concentrates on access to cloud computing services via automated, on-demand and self-service means.
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Air Force looks to refactor HR apps, avoid vendor lock-in
The service branch's personnel office needs to move applications to a new Salesforce licensing model while keeping the current systems up and running.
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The Netherlands joins US Air Force’s robot wingman program
The U.S. ally also agreed to develop small drones for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance with General Atomics.
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Amentum wins $955M contract to maintain Air Force's Reaper fleet
The new five-year award continues Amentum's support of the long-endurance drone across U.S. bases and overseas locations.
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Azimuth acquisition pays off for Core4ce
Core4ce nearly doubles its Air Force advanced photonics research contract after the 2024 transaction.
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GovCIO wins $865M Air Force communications contract after protracted protest battle
The CTSS V contract, first awarded in 2024, will support 90,000 personnel across the Southern Command.
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Air Force taps 33 companies for $980M automatic test systems contract
The pool of companies will compete for task orders to provide computer-controlled diagnostic equipment to test military aircraft and weapons systems.
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