Air Force

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 […]

Air Force Gen. Arnold Bunch Jr., the head of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), said on Sept. 21 that the Air Force remains committed to the close air support (CAS) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Air Force leaders on Monday talked about the need for the service’s capabilities to change and adapt in the face of a modernizing China, especially the need to spend money […]

BAE Systems said Monday it’s teaming with SAIC [SAIC] and By Light, an information technology services firm, to pursue the Air Force’s Mission Partner Environment contract to upgrade IT and […]

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, who spearheaded a two-year production pause for the U.S. Marine Corps’ version of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 as Pentagon acquisition chief during the Obama […]

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) is planning to test the amphibious capability of a Lockheed Martin [LMT] MC-130 in the second half of next year, as part of […]

The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Hill AFB, Utah, on Sept. 17 awarded Boeing [BA] a contract potentially worth more than $1.6 billion through 2039 for guidance repair […]