Air Force

The Atlanta-based Hermeus Corp. said on Dec. 20 that it chose Raytheon Technologies [RTX] Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan, which powers F-15 and F-16 fighters, as the turbine component of […]

The U.S. Air Force has grounded its fleet of 20 Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 Spirit stealth bombers after a Dec. 10 emergency landing of one of the aircraft at Whiteman […]

While Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works, Boeing‘s [BA] Phantom Works, and commercial companies, such as Hermeus, have received the ink regarding possible Pentagon development of hypersonic aircraft, Leidos [LDOS] has […]

In keeping with direction from Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Delta 11 unit plans to scale up training in the next several years […]

A Department of the Navy Sustainment Strategy-Aviation effort, begun in 2018, may lay out mission capable (MC) rate goals for service aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Sikorsky CH-53K helicopter. […]

The U.S. Air Force and Navy are to create joint expeditionary, land-based electronic attack squadrons with the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve under Section 121 of the House-Senate […]

Raytheon Technologies [RTX] said that it will be able to outfit 24 F-35 squadrons with an Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the company’s Pratt & Whitney F135 engine by 2030–seven […]

The House-Senate agreement on a fiscal 2023 defense authorization bill requires DoD to give Congress further insight on electromagnetic spectrum operations (EMSO) and says that DoD should provide unclassified versions […]

The U.S. Air Force 412th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, Calif., conducted the first all-up-round test of a prototype Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on Dec. […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has received a more than $2.2 billion sustainment contract for the F-35 fighter through December next year, DoD said on Dec. 8. The contract “exercises an option […]