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B-52 re-engining program will require $11 billion

Posted on June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 by alert5

The U.S. Air Force has revised upwards the money required to re-engine the B-52H bomber. The program will now cost $11 billion.

U.S. Air Force Airmen repair a B-52H Stratofortress engine during a Bomber Task Force deployment at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 25, 2021. The B-52H Stratofortress and B-2 Spirit can deliver large payloads of precision nuclear or conventional ordnance over long distances, and provide the ability to rapidly project military power. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jovante Johnson)

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ALQ-131C proven to work with APG-83 on F-16

Posted on June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 by alert5

Northrop Grumman has declared that its new ALQ-131C electronic warfare (EW) pod would work effectively with the APG-83 AESA radar on the F-16.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
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U.S. Navy takes delivery of first TH-73A helicopter

Posted on June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 by alert5

Leonardo Helicopters handed over the keys to the first operational TH-73A helicopter to the U.S. Navy at its AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corporation (Leonardo) plant in Philadelphia on Jun. 10.

PHILADELPHIA (June 10, 2021) — Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, Commander, U.S. Naval Air Forces, accepts the key to a TH-73A training helicopter from William Hunt, Chief Executive Officer for Leonardo Helicopters, during the acceptance ceremony for TH-73A June 10 at Leonardo’s Agusta Westland Philadelphia Corporation plant in Philadelphia. During the ceremony, Whitesell accepted the first TH-73A from Leonardo on behalf of the Navy. U.S. Navy Photo by Lt. Alyssa LaRosa (Released)

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Hankyoreh visits KF-21 production line

Posted on June 11, 2021 by alert5

A reporter from South Korean daily newspaper Hankyoreh was given the rare opportunity to visit the KF-21 production line by KAI.

KF-21A, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Raytheon secures $3.12 billion contract to supply APG-82 radars for the F-15

Posted on June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 by alert5

Raytheon has secured a $3.12 billion contract to supply APG-82 radars for F-15 under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award on Jun. 9.

An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 336th Fighter Squadron sits in a hanger while members of the Radar Modernization Program Eagle modernization program team begin removing panels, Oct. 3, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. More than 90 jets at Seymour Johnson AFB will receive the radar modifications, projected to be completed in seven to nine years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Shawna L. Keyes)

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