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Edwards AFB December 16, 2020 (Courtesy image) The safety of test operations is vital as ever during the COVID-19 pandemic and the creativity and spirit of ingenuity from Air Force Test Center units persevered. Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., personnel and teams garnered five of the command-level awards. Congratulations to the safety individuals and organizations recognized at the Air Force Materiel Command level. AFMC Flight Safety Achievement Award:  96 Test Wing/Flight Safety (SEF), Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The 96th TW Flight Safety office simultaneously supported three F-22 safety ...

 - December 15, 2020, 6:17 AM Although an XQ-58A Valkyrie “attritable” unmanned vehicle could not take part in the connectivity aspects of the recent trial due to technical failure, it was flown alongside an F-22 and F-35. (Photo: U.S. Air Force) On December 9 the U.S. Air Force undertook inflight connectivity trials with the Lockheed Martin F-22A and F-35A fighters, each of which carried a GatewayOne payload. Thanks to this equipment, the two aircraft passed critical mission data between themselves and ground nodes. Conducted by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Air Force L...

Boeing to begin LRIP for F-15 EPAWSS electronic warfare suite 15 December 2020 by Gareth Jennings Boeing has been contracted to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) upgrade for the Boeing F-15 combat aircraft. The F-15E Strike Eagle should be equipped with the new EPAWSS electronic warfare system in the early 2020s, with the F-15EX set to receive the suite also. (US Air Force) Announced by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 14 December, the USD79.6 million award will be performed in San Antonio, Texas, and will run t...

“Testing is all about pushing the limits of what’s possible, finding out where the toughest challenges are, and adapting creative solutions to overcoming difficult problem sets,” Stowe said. “The real win of the day was seeing the gatewayONE establish a secure two-way translational data path across multiple platforms and multiple domains. That’s the stuff ABMS is all about.” Fifth-generation fighters are typically limited to communicating with each other and to command and control centers via legacy tactical data connections, not in their native, but incompatible digital “langua...