Air Force
-
Air ForceGAO: Osprey Accident Rate Increased In 2023, 2024, Air Force And Marine Corps Not Doing Enough To Share Info
A new independent government audit found the Marine Corps and Air Force V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft’s rates of “serious accidents” dramatically increased in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 while calling […]
-
Air ForceNorthrop Grumman’s SiAW Completes Separation Test From F-16
A Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed an airborne separation test from an Air Force F-16 aircraft as part of ongoing development efforts of the air-to-ground […]
-
Air ForceAir Force Awards Voyager $21 Million To Develop AI-Enabled ISR Capabilities
Voyager Technologies [VOYG] has received a $21 million research and development contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory for artificial intelligence-enabled intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, the company said on […]
-
Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Eyes First Flight Of Project Talon Next Year
Northrop Grumman [NOC] used its Beacon autonomous testbed, announced in June, to accelerate development of the Project Talon autonomous drone offering for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) […]
-
Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Conducts Static Test Of New SRM In Promontory
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday conducted a static test of a new solid rocket motor (SRM) in Promontory, Utah, under the company’s Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo) […]
-
Business/FinancialStalker XE Block 25 And Alta X 2.0 Drones Part Of Skunk Works Test Of Artificial Intelligence Re-Planning
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division said on Thursday that it used artificial intelligence to demonstrate how one drone facing fuel problems could return to base while another unmanned aerial […]
-
SpaceNRO Extends Work For HawkEye 360, Capella, ICEYE And Umbra
Herndon, Va.’s HawkEye 360 said on Wednesday that it has received a follow-on 23 months of National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) funding for work with the agency’s Commercial Systems Program Office […]
-
SpaceSpace GMTI Evolution Of U.S. Satellite Proliferation, NRO Official Says
The number of U.S. satellites in a proliferated, low Earth orbit, ground moving target indication (GMTI) constellation will hinge on revisit rates required to view targets of interest, a National […]
-
InternationalUkrainian Official: Brigades Have Received 130,000 Drones From New Acquisition Approach Since July
Since July, nearly 200 Ukrainian brigades have received 130,000 drones in 10 days or less after the units bought them securely online, a Ukrainian official said last week. Those drones […]
-
Air ForceIncrease In CRAF Planes Would Bolster USAF Airlift For Pacific, Paper Says
As the Air Force delays development of a new, likely stealthy airlifter, the service may reap readiness rewards in the Pacific from a doubling of the planes in the Civil […]