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  • Epic team effort leads to operational test of NPC and NPC Lite

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON (JBC), S.C.  – One month since the successful flight demonstration of the Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) proof-of-concept, a team of experts from across the country continue to work tirelessly to finalize the design and ensure the safety and effectiveness of both the NPC

  • AFMC Digital Campaign aims to modernize, streamline life cycle process

    The Air Force Materiel Command has launched a new Digital Campaign to modernize and streamline the life cycle process of Air Force platforms and systems, ensuring warfighters have the technology required to maintain a competitive advantage over adversaries.“Transitioning to a digital AFMC enterprise

  • C-21 fleet receives key avionics and communication upgrades

    TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla., (AFLCMC) – The Presidential and Executive Airlift Directorate is leading an effort to modernize the U.S. Air Force’s C-21 fleet.Used primarily for the transportation of senior Air Force and Department of Defense leaders, the C-21 plays a key role in supporting cargo

  • AFLCMC division to launch new feedback App

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Human Systems Division will launch a new app this month that will give aircrew members a quick and easy way to provide feedback and address concerns with their equipment and gear.The inception of this app

  • Beta, Joby advance in Air Race to Certification

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – This week, Beta Technologies and Joby Aviation, some of the earliest participants in the Agility Prime “Air Race to Certification,” have progressed to Phase III of the Initial Capabilities Opening. According to the ICO, a successful Phase III can result in,

  • AFMC preparing for next phase of COVID-19 operations

    As states across the U.S. begin to slowly reopen their economies, Air Force Materiel Command leaders are similarly readying to return to full mission capacity following major disruptions caused by COVID-19.The plan is for AFMC’s six centers and eight installations to reconstitute and begin to reopen

  • ABMS holds Industry Day

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – Nearly 1,000 representatives from more than 400 companies participated in the Advanced Battle Management System Industry Day on May 13. The event, hosted on Zoom by the Architecture and Integration Directorate, was one of the first large-scale, nationwide

  • Morris to lead AFLCMC

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – Air Force officials announced that Maj. Gen. Shaun Q. Morris has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and will become the commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center.If confirmed, Morris will replace Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry, who has led