Air Force

Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite design for Block 0 of the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next-Gen OPIR) program passed its Critical Design Review (CDR) on Aug. 20, […]

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Aug. 24 that he has a “short list” of potential nominees for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and President Biden to consider as potential […]

The U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Space Warfighting Analysis Center (SWAC) has finished a force design effort for future missile warning, USSF Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond said […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] is targeting next March to select a payload provider for the company’s effort to build two satellites for missile warning under Block O of the Next-Generation Overhead […]

Last month, the U.S. Air Force conducted its first system-level flight tests to demonstrate the ability of Lockheed Martin [LMT] Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER) to drop […]

The Collins Aerospace [RTX] head-up display (HUD) for the U.S. Air Force C-130J by Lockheed Martin [LMT] is a derivative of the company’s commercial HUD for the Boeing [BA] 737 […]

Hughes Network Systems has been awarded one of several prime positions on a U.S. Air Force contract to support its Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). Hughes said Tuesday that it […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is to highlight the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) and Rocket Cargo Vanguard programs at the 36th Space Symposium next week in Colorado Springs–a forum […]

While a U.S. Air Force official said last week that he was uncertain whether the service’s Skyborg Vanguard research and development program for teaming low-cost attritable aircraft and manned aircraft […]

The modernization of the U.S.-Canadian North Warning System (NWS) should include the ability to detect bombers, low-flying cruise missiles and small drones, U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerck, the commander […]