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May- 2023 -

2 May

USAF Concludes Latest AMRAAM Configuration Audit Milestone

The US Air Force has completed its Functional Configuration Audit of the latest Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile.

2 May

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Joe Saballa

US Orders MQ-9B SkyGuardian Drones for Taiwan

The US Air Force has ordered four MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for the armed forces of Taiwan.

2 May

Americas

Airman 1st Class Caleb Strout, 17th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron flight medicine admin technician, supplies a simulated casualty with oxygen during a training exercise at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M. Aug. 16, 2022. The Medic Rodeo is designed to test the skills of Air Force medical technicians in both deployed and home installation environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Heimbuch)

Rojoef Manuel

USAF Expands New Medical Training for Future Battlefield Operations

The US Air Force is expanding its newly-developed Medic-X initiative to train medical personnel for dynamic future battlefields.

Apr- 2023 -

28 April

Space

Albedo’s “Vis-Sharpened Thermal” dataset combines visible and thermal imagery to provide temporal information, such as whether an object is active or passive, moving or stationary.

Rojoef Manuel

Albedo Wins Nighttime Thermal Imaging Contract for US Air, Space Intelligence

Albedo has received a contract to support the US National Air and Space Intelligence Center in nighttime thermal imaging operations.

28 April

Air

Two U.S. Air Force pilots inspect Joby’s eVTOL aircraft in advance of remotely piloted flights. Photo: Joby Aviation

Rojoef Manuel

Joby Aviation Bags $55 Million for US Air Force’s eVTOL Air Taxis

Joby Aviation has received a contract extension to deliver electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft to the US Air Force.

28 April

Technology

Rojoef Manuel

GigXR to Develop ‘Extended Reality’ Casualty Care Training for US Air Force

GigXR has received a contract to develop an “extended reality” simulation training module for the US Air Force 354th Medical Group in Eielsen, Alaska.

27 April

Land

Airmen from the 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron depart F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, for the first operational Joint Light Tactical Vehicle mission supporting maintenance at a launch facility near Harrisburg, Nebraska, April 24, 2023. This is the first step in modernizing the security forces vehicle fleet to provide more lethality and security for the nuclear enterprise. (Air Force photo by Joseph Coslett Jr.)

Rojoef Manuel

USAF Conducts First Nuclear Security Operation With Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

The US has carried out its inaugural operational mission with the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle for nuclear facility maintenance in Nebraska.

24 April

Air

Joe Saballa

US Air Force Faces Two-Year Delay on T-7A Red Hawk Production

The US Air Force will have to wait two more years before its first T-7A Red Hawk supersonic advanced jet trainer enters production.

21 April

Arms

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during a developmental test at 12:33 a.m. Pacific Time Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie)

Rojoef Manuel

US Tests Minuteman III ICBM Airborne Launch Control System in California

The US Air Force and Navy have trialed an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) airborne launch control system.

20 April

Air

Inder Singh Bisht

US Scale Downs Global Hawk Flights Over Black Sea Since Reaper Crash: Report

The US has reportedly drastically reduced its RQ-4 Global Hawk drone flights over the Black Sea since a Russian fighter jet collided with a Reaper drone.

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