Almanac: Equipment

Guam Would Get Command Center With Integrated Air Picture in Missile Defense Agency Budget

May 25, 2022

The strategically important U.S. territory of Guam would get a 360° sensor coverage, missile defenses, and a command center, said Missile Defense Agency director Vice Admiral Jon Hill, who has made a full-throated case for putting $539 million in fiscal year 2023 defense dollars behind an array of new defensive…

Space Force Can Only ‘Mitigate’ China-Russia Space Cooperation

May 24, 2022

The China-Russia relationship in space has serious security implications as the tenuous allies unite financing and know-how in an effort to displace U.S. space superiority and threaten America’s space architecture, according to a panel of experts at the recent China Aerospace Studies Institute conference. The rwo countries’ military space cooperation…

Second Meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group Adds Nations, Yields ‘Sharper’ Focus

May 23, 2022

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III hosted his second Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in a virtual format May 23, drawing 47 nations that back Ukraine’s fight against Russia but leaving questions about when the war might end. New coastal defense systems and more artillery, armor, and tanks were highlighted…

Air Force C-17 Delivers 78,000 Pounds of Infant Formula

May 23, 2022

An Air Force C-17 flew from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to Indianapolis on May 22, delivering 132 pallets of specialty infant formula to help address the shortages currently affecting parents across the U.S. All told, the aircraft, assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, delivered 78,000 pounds of formula, enough for…

Loads Data for New B-21 Stealth Bomber Confirms Digital Models; Rollout May Be Weeks Away

May 23, 2022

Loads testing on the first B-21 Raider bomber is progressing well and matching computer predictions, and a formal rollout will closely follow completion of these tests and final equipment installs in the coming weeks, the program director said. Six B-21s are in production at Northrop Grumman's Plant 42 in Palmdale,…

B-21 Raider First Flight Now Postponed to 2023

May 20, 2022

The Air Force says the B-21 Raider won't make its first flight until 2023; about a six-month delay from the last official estimates. No reason was given for the delay. While other programs have recently chalked up schedule slips to supply chain and labor shortages, the Air Force has said…

New Air Force One Will be 2-3 Years Late; Battle Brewing Over KC-Y

May 19, 2022

The "Air Force One" replacement will be two to three years late due to pandemic issues, testing, and the loss of a subcontractor on the interior, USAF officials reported at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. They were also warned that some HASC members will insist on a competition for…

Space Force Prepares for Decision on Indo-Pacific Command Service Component

May 19, 2022

The Space Force is nearing a Secretary of Defense decision that would create a component command at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, a move that would strengthen space integration in the combatant command responsible for defending the U.S. against threats from China, said Space Force Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, deputy chief…

Cost of B-52 Re-Engining Jumps By Half in New Estimate of Refit

May 19, 2022

The cost of the B-52 re-engining program has increased 50 percent because of integration issues, according to revelations in a House Armed Services panel hearing. The B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program has been conducted as a middle-tier acquisition program to get underway rapidly and develop a prototype system but is…

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