Air Force

As Russian dictator Vladimir Putin continues his assault on Ukraine, the German Ministry of Defense on March 14 announced its plan to buy Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighters to replace […]

U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the commander of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), on March 14 suggested that the Air Force will need many more drones in future years and […]

The conference report on the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending bill directs the F-35 program to submit regular performance reports on the Continuous Capability Development and Delivery (C2D2) software updates for […]

The transfer of drones to Ukraine offers the greatest benefit and lowest escalatory risk among 11 choices for U.S. and allied action, including humanitarian assistance, military equipment assistance, and covert/overt […]

The conference report on the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending bill zeroes the $161 million U.S. Air Force request for the buy of the first 12 Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air-Launched […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] is to receive incentive bonuses on its sustainment contract for the F-35 fighter by achieving an “up to” 75 percent mission capable (MC) rate for the U.S. […]

Improved range, payload, sensing and weapons are needed not only for the U.S. Air Force’s future Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) family of systems, but also for the current fighter […]

The U.S. Air Force may one day use drones for a variety of missions beyond strike, reconnaissance, and communications, a U.S. Air Force official said last week. “How they can […]

B-52H bombers cycled through bomber task force (BTF) deployments from the United Kingdom to Romania on March 4 and March 7, as the U.S. seeks to deter any Russian designs […]

The seventh mission of the Boeing [BA] X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is, like the sixth mission, to include a service module attached to the spaceplane’s back end–a module that permits […]