Air Force

DoD research chief Heidi Shyu, in a possibly unintentional play on words, said on Oct. 18 that hypersonic weapons are just one “arrow” in the Pentagon’s quiver against high technology […]

The Air Force could enlist industry to build 75 new center consoles per year for the KC-135 tanker. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio […]

U.S. Space Force (USSF) officials have suggested that future conflicts could begin in space, but U.S. military forces would benefit from industry development of protections for commercial satellites, says a […]

U.S. Air Force officials are to hold one-on-one discussions on Oct. 21 with Boeing [BA], Collins Aerospace [RTX], Northrop Grumman [NOC], BAE Systems, L3Harris [LHX] and Field Aerospace on a […]

Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, the head of Air Combat Command, on Oct. 12 declared that the Lockheed Martin [LMT] HH-60W Jolly Green II combat search and rescue helicopter (CSAR) […]

BAE Systems said on Oct. 12 that it has released a new Viper Memory Loader Verifier II (MLV II) for F-16 fighters to enhance their protection from cyber attacks. Carl […]

Four dozen members of Congress are urging top Pentagon officials to invest in next generation propulsion technologies for fighter aircraft. “We urge DoD to fund adaptive propulsion engineering and manufacturing […]

Sierra Nevada Corp. has acquired the assets and intellectual property (IP) of Volansi in an all-cash deal. Volansi, a Silicon Valley-based drone maker backed by $75 million in venture capital […]

This month, the Department of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (DAF SAB) is to complete a study of potential concepts of operations (CONOPS) and concepts of employment (CONEMPS) for […]

Pentagon acquisition chief William LaPlante said on Oct. 8 that he had signed a national security waiver submitted by Lockheed Martin [LMT] to allow the company to resume deliveries of […]