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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...

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, ...

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...

The US Air Force (USAF) has reached 600,000 flight hours in its Pilatus PC-12 (U-28A in USAF service) turboprop utility aircraft. USAF spokesperson Captain Savannah Stephens said on 18 February that 328,000 of those flight hours supported fl...

US Navy contracts Sikorsky for VH-92A LRIP helicopters 10 February 2021 by Pat Host The US Navy (USN) on 5 February awarded Sikorsky a USD479 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to procure five VH-92A presidential helicopters, according to a Pentagon statement. The award exercises options for the procurement of Lot 3 low rate initial production (LRIP) aircraft, associated interim contractor support, two cabin interior reconfiguration kits, support equipment, initial spares, and system parts replenishment. Work is expected to be completed by December 2023. Marine Helicopter Squadron...