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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program [Updated May 2, 2022]
From the Introduction: "The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also called the Lightning II, is a strike fighter airplane being procured in different versions for the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. The F-35 program is DOD's largest weapon procurement program in terms of total estimated acquisition cost. Current Department of Defense (DOD) plans call for acquiring a total of 2,456 F-35s for the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy at an estimated total acquisition cost, as of December, 2019, of about $397.8 billion in constant (i.e., inflation-adjusted) FY2012 dollars. U.S. allies are expected to purchase hundreds of additional F-35s, and eight foreign nations are cost-sharing partners in the program. The Administration's proposed FY2022 defense budget requested about $12.0 billion in procurement funding for the F-35 program. This would fund the procurement of 48 F-35As for the Air Force, 17 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps, 20 F-35Cs for the Navy and Marines, advance procurement for future aircraft, and continuing modifications. The proposed budget also requested about $2.1 billion for F-35 research and development."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah; Hoehn, John R.
2022-05-02
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Air Force F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Program [Updated May 2, 2022]
From the Summary: "On March 11, 2021, the U.S. Air Force took delivery of its first F-15EX Eagle II fighter. The original Eagle II program was intended to deliver 144 aircraft to replace aging F-15Cs, most of which are in the Air National Guard; however, the FY2023 President's budget request adjusts the intention of procuring 80 aircraft. The Biden Administration's FY2023 budget proposal included a request for $2.6 billion to buy 24 F-15EX aircraft, the second to last procurement toward a planned initial buy of 80. The subsequent FY2022 defense budget proposal requested about $1.32 billion in procurement funding for 12 Eagle IIs and $133.5 million in advance procurement for future aircraft. The proposed budget also requested about $118.1 million for F15EX research and development."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Hoehn, John R.; Gertler, Jeremiah
2022-05-02
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Replacing the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) [Updated April 4, 2022]
From the Document: "The U.S. Air Force recently expressed its interest to replace the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet. Over the summer and fall of 2021, several senior Air Force officials, including Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Commander of Pacific Air Forces General Kenneth Wilsbach, discussed plans to replace the E-3 AWACS. The officials stated that the Air Force needs to replace its fleet of E-3 AWACS aircraft due to their age, low mission capable rates, and the inability to procure parts to maintain 40-year-old aircraft. The Air Force released a request for information on February 8, 2022, seeking to replace the AWACS beginning in FY2023. The FY2023 budget request seeks $227 million in research development, test, and evaluation to begin E-3 AWACS recapitalization."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Hoehn, John R.; Gertler, Jeremiah
2022-04-04
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Replacing the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) [Updated February 16, 2022]
From the Document: "The U.S. Air Force recently expressed its interest to replace the E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) fleet. Over the summer and fall of 2021, several senior Air Force officials, including Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Commander of Pacific Air Forces General Kenneth Wilsbach, discussed plans to replace the E-3 AWACS. The officials stated that the Air Force needs to replace its fleet of E-3 AWACS aircraft due to their age, low mission capable rates, and the inability to procure parts to maintain 40-year-old aircraft. The Air Force released a request for information on February 8, 2022, seeking to replace the AWACS beginning in FY2023."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Hoehn, John R.; Gertler, Jeremiah
2022-02-16
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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program [Updated January 14, 2022]
From the Introduction: "The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also called the Lightning II, is a strike fighter airplane being procured in different versions for the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. The F-35 program is DOD's largest weapon procurement program in terms of total estimated acquisition cost. Current Department of Defense (DOD) plans call for acquiring a total of 2,456 F-35s for the Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy at an estimated total acquisition cost, as of December, 2019, of about $397.8 billion in constant (i.e., inflation-adjusted) FY2012 dollars. U.S. allies are expected to purchase hundreds of additional F-35s, and eight foreign nations are cost-sharing partners in the program. The Administration's proposed FY2022 defense budget requested about $12.0 billion in procurement funding for the F-35 program. This would fund the procurement of 48 F-35As for the Air Force, 17 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps, 20 F-35Cs for the Navy and Marines, advance procurement for future aircraft, and continuing modifications. The proposed budget also requested about $2.1 billion for F-35 research and development."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2022-01-14
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Potential Military Roles for Supersonic Transports [January 13, 2022]
From the Document: "A new generation of supersonic (faster than the speed of sound in level flight, also called Mach 1) passenger aircraft is now under development. Using 'low-boom' technology developed through NASA research to minimize sound signatures on the ground, advanced engines, and alternative fuel concepts, these new supersonic transports (SSTs) advertise the ability to fly over populated areas with minimal disruption, cruise more economically, and avoid some of the potential negative environmental effects of carbon-based fuels in high-altitude flight. These new aircraft have attracted interest and some investment from the U.S. military, and have on occasion been proposed for military missions by their developers. The potential roles differ with the size and capabilities of each aircraft."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2022-01-13
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Unexpected FY2022 Air Force Program Announcements [January 7, 2022]
From the Document: "Since June 2021, elements of the United States Air Force have announced intentions to pursue several new major programs. Each of the programs would likely be of congressional interest on their own, but they are more unusual in aggregate, for at least three reasons: [1] The programs were announced outside the usual cycle, not as part of a budget submission, and after the relevant committees had substantially completed work on the FY2022 defense authorization and appropriations bills. [2] Two of the three had not appeared in previous budget documents and had no identified sources of funding, while the third represented an acceleration of an existing program that would require relatively large shifts of funds to earlier years than programmed. [3] The Air Force is already facing a significant modernization bill for a variety of systems. Advancing any of the newly proposed programs could potentially force slowdowns in existing efforts that Congress has authorized and appropriated."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2022-01-07
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VH-92 Presidential Helicopter [Updated November 26, 2021]
From the Document: "The Marine Corps operates a fleet of helicopters to provide transportation for the President, Vice President, and other senior officials. These aircraft are known as 'Marine One' when the President is aboard. The VH-92 program is intended to provide 23 new helicopters to replace the current fleet of aging VH-3D and VH-60N presidential helicopters. [...] An earlier replacement program, the VH-71, was terminated in 2009 following substantial cost growth and schedule delays. Following that termination, in FY2010, the Obama Administration proposed a new presidential helicopter program, called the VXX Presidential Helicopter Program, which became today's VH-92 program. Of the 23 VH-92 helicopters the Marine Corps plans to acquire, six were acquired through research and development funding for development and test prior to 2019, and four of those are to be outfitted to join the operational fleet. Congress appropriated $649 million for six production VH-92s in FY2019 and $641 million for another six in FY2020. The final five were included in a $578 million appropriation in FY2021. The total program acquisition cost, including development and procurement, is projected at $4.9 billion, 5.6% less than initially estimated in 2014."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-11-26
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Air Force OA-X Light Attack Aircraft/SOCOM Armed Overwatch Program [Updated November 24, 2021]
From the Document: "On October 24, 2019, the U.S. Air Force issued a final request for proposals declaring its intent to acquire a new type of aircraft. The OA [observation/attack]-X light attack aircraft is a small, two-seat turboprop airplane designed for operation in relatively permissive environments. The start of a formal program followed a series of Air Force 'experiments' to determine the utility of such an aircraft. After the Air Force experiments ended, the program passed to U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) as the 'Armed Overwatch' program, with a goal of acquiring 75 aircraft for a somewhat different mission. In November, 2021, SOCOM issued its own request for proposals, with a different set of competitors. [...] The Administration's FY2021 budget request proposed $101 million to begin purchasing armed overwatch aircraft. Congress, in Section 163 of the report accompanying the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.Rept. 116-617), denied that request and prohibited funds from being used to acquire armed overwatch aircraft through FY2023."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-11-24
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Air Force F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Program [Updated November 3, 2021]
From the Summary: "On March 11, 2021, the U.S. Air Force took delivery of its first F-15EX Eagle II fighter. The Eagle II program is intended to deliver 144 aircraft to replace aging F-15Cs, most of which are in the Air National Guard. The Trump Administration's FY2020 budget proposal included a request for $1.1 billion to buy 8 F-15EX aircraft, the first procurement toward a planned initial buy of 144. This proposal represented a change from previous Air Force plans to procure only stealthy 'fifth-generation' fighter aircraft. The subsequent FY2021 defense budget proposal requested about $1.27 billion in procurement funding for 12 Eagle IIs and $133.5 million in advance procurement for future aircraft. The proposed budget also requested about $159.8 million for F15EX research and development."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-11-03
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Defense Primer: The United States Air Force [Updated October 26, 2021]
From the Document: "When it was established as a separate service in 1947, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) was to be 'organized, trained, and equipped primarily for prompt and sustained offensive and defensive air operations ... necessary for the effective prosecution of war except as otherwise assigned.' That statutory language remains almost identical today. Similarly, although the words used to describe its core missions have changed, space and cyberspace joined air as operational domains, and the means used to carry them out have evolved with technology, the USAF's missions themselves have remained remarkably constant."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-10-26
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Defense Primer: United States Airpower [Updated October 26, 2021]
From the Document: "Almost since the invention of heavier-than-air flight, control of the air has been seen as a military advantage. Over time, the United States has come to treat air superiority as a necessity, and built such capable air forces that no enemy aircraft has killed U.S. ground troops since 1953. Modern airpower is able to provide a full range of effects, from strategic operations at intercontinental ranges to direct support of troops in combat. Today, every branch of the U.S. military employs air forces for various purposes, employing nearly 14,000 aircraft."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-10-26
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B-52 Re-Engining Program Begins [Updated September 27, 2021]
From the Document: "On September 24, 2021, the U.S. Air Force awarded a contract [hyperlink] to Rolls-Royce, Indianapolis, IN, for 608 new engines to replace the TF33 engines powering the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet, in a contract running up to 17 years. The initial contract is for $500.9 million, but with spare engines, technical data, support equipment, and sustainment, the contract could ultimately be worth $2.6 billion, and may include 650 engines. Rolls-Royce has 18 months to deliver initial engines. The Air Force currently operates 76 B-52Hs [hyperlink], the most recent of which was built in the 1960s. The Air Force now expects to operate them until 2050. The last TF33 engine was built in 1985 [hyperlink]. (For more on the B-52 fleet, see CRS [Congressional Research Service] Report R43049, 'U.S. Air Force Bomber Sustainment and Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress'.)"
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-09-27
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Air Force B-21 Raider Long-Range Strike Bomber [Updated September 22, 2021]
From the Summary: "The Department of Defense is developing a new long-range bomber aircraft, the B-21 Raider (previously known as LRS-B), and proposes to acquire at least 100 of them. B-21s would initially replace the fleets of B-1 and B-2 bombers, and could possibly replace B-52s in the future. B-21 development was highly classified until the summer of 2015, when the Air Force revealed initial details of the aircraft and the program. Although technical specifications and other data remain out of public view, many details of the budget, acquisition strategy, procurement quantities, and other aspects of the B-21 program are now in the public arena. On September 20, 2021, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced that five B-21s were in production. The Administration's FY2022 budget request included $2.98 billion for further development and initial production of the B-21. As passed, the FY2021 defense appropriations bill funded the program at $2.84 billion. As a large defense program that involves issues of strategic and nuclear policy, as well as substantial expenditures, the B-21 is likely to be subject to significant congressional interest."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-09-22
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Afghan Aerial Evacuation in Context [August 24, 2021]
From the Document: "August 24, 2021 On August 15, 2021, the U.S. military [hyperlink] began evacuating thousands of persons from Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan. As of August 24, the military has airlifted approximately 64,000 [hyperlink] persons since July --of those, approximately 40,000 were reportedly evacuated since August 16 and 12,700 were reportedly evacuated [hyperlink] on August 23 alone. President Biden [hyperlink] has stated that he intends to complete the evacuation and the Taliban have stipulated that U.S. forces need to withdraw from Afghanistan by August 31. [...] There are several constraints affecting air operations for the Kabul airlift. First, Kabul Airport has a single runway and a relatively small parking area for aircraft [hyperlink], physically limiting the number of aircraft. Second, there is a limited amount of fuel at the airfield, and DOD has instructed aircraft not to refuel on the ground. Third, airlift operations are dependent on the number of State Department consular officers [hyperlink] processing visas[.] [...] Finally, the 85,000 evacuee estimate accounts for U.S. and Afghan civilians across the entire country (which is the size of Texas). It is unclear how many people outside of Kabul are being evacuated given limited infrastructure in the country and the lack of security outside of the airport. Despite these constraints, it may be instructive to consider previous airlifts from emergency situations."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Hoehn, John R.; Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-08-24
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Potential Military Roles for Supersonic Transports [Updated August 13, 2021]
From the Document: "A new generation of supersonic (faster than the speed of sound in level flight, also called Mach 1) passenger aircraft is now under development. Using 'low-boom' technology developed through NASA research to minimize sound signatures on the ground, advanced engines, and alternative fuel concepts, these new supersonic transports (SSTs) advertise the ability to fly over populated areas with minimal disruption, cruise more economically, and avoid some of the potential negative environmental effects of carbon-based fuels in high-altitude flight. These new aircraft have attracted interest and some investment from the U.S. military, and have on occasion been proposed for military missions by their developers. The potential roles differ with the size and capabilities of each aircraft."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-08-13
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Army Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Program [Updated July 13, 2021]
From the Document: "The major combat rotorcraft platforms in U.S. inventory-- the Chinook, Black Hawk, Apache, and Kiowa Warrior-- are based on designs from the 1960s and 1970s. While several are still in production or remanufacture, the Army is leading DOD's effort to move to a new generation of rotorcraft technology. The Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program is a research and development effort dedicated to discovering, investigating, and refining the technologies that is to provide the next generation of vertical lift aircraft for the United States Armed Forces. According to the Army, the goal of the program is to develop technologies that improve 'maneuverability, range, speed, payload, survivability, reliability, and reduced logistical footprint' compared with current rotorcraft."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-07-13
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Air Force B-21 Raider Long-Range Strike Bomber [Updated July 7, 2021]
From the Summary: "The Department of Defense is developing a new long-range bomber aircraft, the B-21 Raider (previously known as LRS-B), and proposes to acquire at least 100 of them. B-21s would initially replace the fleets of B-1 and B-2 bombers, and could possibly replace B-52s in the future. B-21 development was highly classified until the summer of 2015, when the Air Force revealed initial details of the aircraft and the program. Although technical specifications and other data remain out of public view, many details of the budget, acquisition strategy, procurement quantities, and other aspects of the B-21 program are now in the public arena. The Administration's FY2022 budget request included $2.98 billion for further development of the B-21. As passed, the FY2021 defense appropriations bill funded the program at $2.84 billion. As a large defense program that involves issues of strategic and nuclear policy, as well as substantial expenditures, the B-21 is likely to be subject to significant congressional interest."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-07-07
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Air Force Tanker Strategy Changes [Updated June 24, 2021]
From the Document: "As discussed in the CRS [Congressional Research Service] report 'Air Force KC-46A Pegasus Tanker' [hyperlink], the Air Force is in the process of replacing its fleet of 396 KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, built in the 1950s and 60s, and 59 KC-10 Extenders, which entered service in 1981. Recent announcements indicate that the planned replacement program is changing significantly from its original form, which Congress may consider in evaluating the FY2022 defense budget requests. The Air Force originally envisaged replacing the current tanker fleet in three stages. [...] However, it now appears that tanker procurement plans have changed in at least two ways. One is that the KC-Y program is to be a full and open competition rather than a follow-on KC-46 contract. The Air Force released a 'sources sought' notice on June 16, 2021, seeking a commercial derivative tanker aircraft. This would seem to limit the field to the KC-46 and the Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport. An earlier version of the A330 tanker lost to Boeing after three rounds of a protracted and controversial KC-X competition [hyperlink]. The Air Force is referring to this prospective procurement as a 'Bridge Tanker,' to fill in between the current KC-X and future KC-Z. [...] In another change, the Air Force view of KC-Z has been evolving for some time, and the Bridge Tanker sources sought announcement recast KC-Z as an 'Advanced Air Refueling Tanker,' albeit without further detail."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-06-24
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Air Force F-15EX Eagle II Fighter Program [May 24, 2021]
From the Summary: "On March 11, 2021, the U.S. Air Force took delivery of its first F-15EX Eagle II fighter. The Eagle II program is intended to deliver 144 aircraft to replace aging F-15Cs, most of which are in the Air National Guard. The Trump Administration's FY2020 budget proposal included a request for $1.1 billion to buy 8 F-15EX aircraft, the first procurement toward a planned initial buy of 144. This proposal represented a change from previous Air Force plans to procure only stealthy 'fifth-generation' fighter aircraft. The subsequentFY2021 defense budget proposal requested about $1.27billion in procurement funding for 12Eagle IIs and $133.5 million in advance procurement for future aircraft. The proposed budget also requested about $159.8million for F15EX research and development."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-05-24
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Air Force OA-X Light Attack Aircraft/SOCOM Armed Overwatch Program [Updated March 30, 2021]
From the Document: "On October 24, 2019, the U.S. Air Force issued a final request for proposals declaring its intent to acquire a new type of aircraft. The OA-X light attack aircraft is a small, two-seat turboprop airplane designed for operation in relatively permissive environments. The announcement of a formal program followed a series of Air Force 'experiments' to determine the utility of such an aircraft. Following conclusion of the Air Force experiments, the program passed to U.S. Special Operations Command as the 'Armed Overwatch' program, with a goal of acquiring 75 aircraft."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-03-31
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Potential Military Roles for Supersonic Transports [March 3, 2021]
From the Document: "A new generation of supersonic (faster than the speed of sound in level flight, also called Mach 1) passenger aircraft is now under development. Using 'low-boom' technology developed through NASA research to minimize sound signatures on the ground, advanced engines, and alternative fuel concepts, these new supersonic transports (SSTs) advertise the ability to fly over populated areas with minimal disruption, cruise more economically, and avoid some of the potential negative environmental effects of carbon-based fuels in high-altitude flight. These new aircraft have attracted interest and some investment from the U.S. military, and have on occasion been proposed for military missions by their developers. The potential roles differ with the size and capabilities of each aircraft."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2021-03-03
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Defense Primer: United States Airpower [Updated December 15, 2020]
From the Document: "Almost since the invention of heavier-than-air flight, control of the air has been seen as a military advantage. Over time, the United States has come to treat air superiority as a necessity, and built such capable air forces that no enemy aircraft has killed U.S. ground troops since 1953. Modern airpower is able to provide a full range of effects, from strategic operations at intercontinental ranges to direct support of troops in combat. Today, every branch of the U.S. military employs air forces for various purposes, employing nearly 14,000 aircraft."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2020-12-15
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Defense Primer: The United States Air Force [Updated December 15, 2020]
From the Document: "When it was established as a separate service in 1947, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) was to be 'organized, trained, and equipped primarily for prompt and sustained offensive and defensive air operations ... necessary for the effective prosecution of war except as otherwise assigned.' That statutory language remains almost identical today. Similarly, although the words used to describe its core missions have changed, space and cyberspace joined air as operational domains, and the means used to carry them out have evolved with technology, the USAF's missions themselves have remained remarkably constant."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2020-12-15
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Air Force Tanker Strategy Changes [November 20, 2020]
From the Document: "[T]he Air Force is in the process of replacing its fleet of 396 KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft, built in the 1950s and 60s, and 59 KC-10 Extenders, which entered service in 1981. Recent announcements indicate that the planned replacement program is changing significantly from its original form, which Congress may consider in evaluating the FY2022 defense budget requests. The Air Force originally envisaged replacing the current tanker fleet in three stages. [1] An initial acquisition of 179 new aircraft procured through the KC-X competition (won by the Boeing KC-46A) would replace roughly one-third of the KC-135 fleet. [2] A further 179 tankers were projected to be procured in a second solicitation called KC-Y; initially projected as a new competition based on what aircraft were available at the time, it was subsequently recast as a continuation of KC-46A procurement. [3] A third program, KC-Z, was to be a replacement for the KC-10 fleet, a larger tanker than the KC-46. Subsequently, the Air Force dropped plans for the KC-Z, envisioning it instead as a third tranche of KC-46s."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2020-11-20
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Air Force Next-Generation Air Dominance Program: An Introduction [October 5, 2020]
From the Document: "On September 15, 2020, U.S. Air Force acquisition executive Dr. Will Roper announced that the Air Force had flown a full-scale flight demonstrator as part of the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program. The announcement came as a surprise to many observers, both as the NGAD program was believed to be an early-phase technology development program unlikely to yield hardware in the near term, and because funding began two years ago, which is unusually fast to design and build a military aircraft. DOD had mentioned an interest in building a new 'X-plane' prototype as far back as 2014, but it is not clear whether this led to the NGAD demonstrator."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2020-10-05
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Air Force F-15EX Fighter Program [Updated September 2, 2020]
From the Document: "In FY2020, the Trump Administration proposed to buy eight F-15EX aircraft for $1.1 billion, the first installment toward a planned initial buy of 144 planes. Subsequently, Congress authorized $985.5 million and appropriated $1.05 billion for the program. The Administration's FY2021 budget requests $1.27 billion for 12 more F-15EXs; the plan set forth in FY2020 had called for 18 in FY2021. This acquisition represents a change from previous Air Force plans to procure only stealthy 'fifth-generation' fighter aircraft. What is an F-15EX, and why might the Air Force have changed plans?"
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2020-09-02
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Privatized Adversary Air Combat Training [August 5, 2020]
From the Document: "With U.S. military services looking to alleviate shortages of pilots and publicly admitting shortages in readiness, the Navy, Marines, and Air Force have begun to contract out some kinds of pilot training--specifically the live simulation of enemy aircraft. This trend, coupled with the worldwide rise in available military jets as air forces modernize, has led to the emergence of a new private industry offering adversary air combat training."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2020-08-05
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VH-92 Presidential Helicopter [July 9, 2020]
From the Document: "The Marine Corps operates a fleet of helicopters to provide transportation for the President, Vice President, and other senior officials. These aircraft are known as 'Marine One' when the President is aboard. The VH-92 program is intended to provide 23 new helicopters to replace the current fleet of aging VH-3D and VH-60N presidential helicopters."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2020-07-09
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B-52 Re-Engining Program Begins [May 29, 2020]
From the Document: "On May 19, 2020, the U.S. Air Force released a request for proposals to replace the TF33 engines powering the B-52H Stratofortress bomber fleet with 608 new engines, in a contract running up to 17 years. The request does not give a dollar value for the contract, but the Air Force had previously estimated the cost at $1.4 billion from FY2019 to FY2023. The Air Force currently operates 76 B-52Hs, the most recent of which was built in the 1960s."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2020-05-29
