The U.S. Air Force is planning to hold palletized munition flight tests this December, as the service continues to look into long-range, conventional cruise missile strike options to limit the risk to U.S. aircraft in a “high-end fight.” “For Rapid Dragon, I am tracking very ...

The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program to replace nuclear-tipped Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles should proceed as planned and the Biden administration’s nuclear posture review will be “unlike any that went before it” because of China’s rise on the world stage, the ...

The Navy said on Sept. 20 the Specialized and Proven Aircraft program office (PMA-226) delivered the first upgraded Northrop Grumman [NOC] F-5N tactical adversary fighter. The new aircraft was delivered to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., to start ground and flight tests as part of the ...

The U.S. Air Force is considering a buy of the Boeing [BA] E-7 Wedgetail, as the department eyes conducting air moving target indication (AMTI) from space. “We are looking at the E-7,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown told reporters at the Air, Space & Cyber conference ...

Defense industry partners are making advancements in digital engineering and advanced manufacturing as the Defense Department increasingly looks to compete with China’s manufacturing economy, however, challenges still exist in these areas preventing their full potential.  Joel Mozer, chief ...

While the U.S. Air Force has a stable of four Vanguard programs to help speed the fielding of advanced technologies to front line forces, the service has no plans to add Vanguards in the short term, the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) said on Sept. 21. “As we have ...