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US Air Force has followed the US Army, and the US Marine Corps with plans to procure and deploy the Army Long Range Persistent Surveillance system/ Expeditionary Long-range Persistent Surveillance. Already operationally deployed in multiple COCOMs, USAF will integrate ALPS into…
Leidos has just shared high res images of both the expeditionary & FS variants of the Army Long Range Persistent Surveillance #ALPS system. ALPS has been operationally deployed since 2019 for passive detection of Cruise Missile, Fixed/Rotary winged a/c and UAS threats. #AUSA2024
Northrop is testing space-based interceptors for Golden Dome "now," CEO Kathy Warden says during q2 earnings calls
"A St. Louis factory expansion to support full-rate production of the Boeing #F47 #NGAD will see its first facilities open in 2026, the construction contractor said. The 1.1-million sq ft facility expansion will be complete by 2030" ~ Aviation Week 🔗👇
"I know that [buying joint E-2D to replace retiring E-3s] was part of the Department of Defense's mitigation strategy for being able to cover down on that..I don't know what the analysis was done to look at size of geography vs range vs loitering opportunity vs time on station. I…
"Senators also slashed $1.5 billion that the Pentagon sought to purchase more Navy E-2D Hawkeye planes to perform the airborne target-tracking mission, rather than buy a new fleet of 26 Wedgetails" airandspaceforces.com/air-force-hous…
The F22 Raptor is my favorite jet to film by far.
For the second time, Ursa Major has successfully fired our 10” solid rocket motor with highly loaded grain showing repeatable results with rapid iteration, as seen in the motor start up. On the topic, Bill Murray, Vice President of Product and Engineering for Solid Missiles…