Air Force

Delays are surfacing in planned U.S. Space Force (USSF) missions under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. USSF has said that its first Falcon Heavy launch is to be […]

The U.S. Air Force tested its ability to deploy quickly to sparse locations and establish rapid communications links at this month’s Agile Flag 21-2 exercise. During the latter, held from […]

The United States Space Force launched the fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit missile warning satellite (SBIRS GEO-5) on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Cape […]

A new report by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies recommends that the U.S. Air Force maintain at least two production lines for advanced fighters to ensure their rapid acquisition […]

California-based ABL Space Systems said on May 17 that it has received a contract from the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), geared to speeding the delivery of innovative commercial technology, […]

U.S. Air Forces Central’s (AFCENT) 609th Air Operations Center (AOC) at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar has begun the transition to a cloud-based system to plan and execute air tasking […]

The U.S. Air Force is using digital engineering to field advanced systems rapidly and reduce sustainment costs in a variety of programs, including the Boeing [BA] T-7A trainer and the […]

Digital engineering of the Boeing [BA] and Saab T-7A Red Hawk led to the joining of the training aircraft’s front and aft fuselages in less than half an hour this […]

By the end of this month, the Pentagon Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) is to lay out requirements for the military services under the Joint Warfighting Concept’s (JWC) four areas–Joint […]

The Joint Program Office (JPO) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter at Patuxent River, Md. has received a preliminary analysis by Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Georgia […]