Air Force

Shareholders in Italy’s Avio SpA have approved the company’s $465 million 10-year investment plan targeted at building solid rocket motors (SRMs) for DoD missiles and munitions. “The core of Avio’s […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) wants industry insights by Nov. 7 on SSC’s draft solicitation for the RG-XX program. “This draft solicitation is for an indefinite delivery indefinite […]

Shield AI plans to conduct initial vertical takeoff and landing demonstrations of its X-BAT drone fighter jet “as early as fall 2026, followed by all-up flight testing and operational validation […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]