Air Force
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Air ForceSenate Wants Plan On Incorporation Of Open Mission Systems On F-35
The Senate wants the Pentagon to ensure the incorporation of open mission systems on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter to lower costs and enable it to integrate better with […]
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Air ForceLockheed Martin Takes Fixed Price, Production Lot Charges on “P958” Program
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] 2025 third quarter earnings report with the Securities and Exchange Commission noted $1.8 billion in losses thus far for a classified program in the company’s aeronautics business […]
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Unmanned SystemsShield AI Says Development of More Than 2,000 Mile Range X-BAT Underway
Shield AI said on Monday that it is developing a more than 2,000 mile range X-BAT vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) fighter jet guided by Shield AI’s Hivemind artificial intelligence […]
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Air ForceEngineering Analysis Underway For Upgraded F-35, F-22 Based On NGAD Development
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has begun the “engineering analysis” around adding sixth-generation features to the company’s fifth-generation fighters based on development work it did on the losing bid for the Air […]
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Air ForceUSAF Gauging Industry Expertise To Build NGAS
The U.S. Air Force is gauging industry wherewithal to build the airframe for a Next Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS). The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) mobility directorate […]
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Air ForceKansas To Join North Dakota As Site Of Counter Drone Point Defense Battle Lab
In addition to Grand Forks, N.D., Kansas is to host a counter drone Point Defense Battle Lab, according to Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) and Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kans.). Air Combat […]
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Air ForceDutch Join USAF CCA Program, Team With GA-ASI for New Small Drone
The Dutch have joined the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program and are teaming with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to build a new small drone for […]
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Air ForceCollins Aerospace Unwilling To Sell USAF Repair Data For AWACS DRAGON, Service May Add Repair To Existing Sustainment Contract
RTX‘s [RTX] Collins Aerospace has told the U.S. Air Force that it is unwilling to sell repair data to the service for the Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for […]
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Air ForceSole Source Contract Advised by AFLCMC For Support Of NWS’ Archer
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) Electronic Systems Directorate at Hanscom AFB, Mass., has advised the provision of a five-year, more than $29 million sole source contract to […]
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SpaceSecond Batch of SDA Tranche 1, Transport Layer Satellites Launched
The second batch of U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1, Transport Layer communications satellites launched on Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. A SpaceX Falcon 9 […]