The US Air Force (USAF) is preparing for the first booster test flight (BTF-1) of the USAF/Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) to take place within 30 days, the service announced on 5 March. Immediate work has .
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AFA Winter 2021: US Air Force envisions additional Vanguard S&T programmes in the future
25 February 2021
by Pat Host
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) could have as many as six Vanguard priority science and technology (S&T) programmes in the coming years, said Brigadier General Heather Pringle, AFRL chief, on 24 February, during the Air Force Association’s (AFA’s) annual Aerospace Warfare Symposium.
Brig Gen Pringle said that she wants to have a pipeline of Vanguard programmes coming and going. The three current Vanguard efforts are Skyborg, a family of autonomous capabilities on affordable unmanned aircraft platforms for low-cost combat; Golden Horde, a collaborative munitions effort; and Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), an alternative position, navigation, and timing (PNT) capability.
Boeing begins T-7A Red Hawk production
24 February 2021
by Pat Host
Boeing has started production of its US Air Force (USAF) T-7A Red Hawk jet trainer at its St Louis, Missouri, facility, and has developed roughly 90% of a static test article’s forward fuselage.
Chuck Dabundo, Boeing vice president and T-7A programme manager, said on 23 February that Boeing has been working on this static test article forward fuselage since last month. The static test article will be completely assembled once Boeing unites the forward fuselage to the aft fuselage, which should happen in a couple of months, he added.
An important deadline is nearing for the Pentagon's Mi2 Technology Demonstration unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) effort. US Navy (USN) spokesperson Brittany Dickerson said on 17 February that the service expects to determine the next steps for.