Air Force

Five weeks before the establishment of the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 20 last year, Gen. John “Jay” Raymond wrote a memorandum to DoD and space industry officials laying out […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Concord, Calif.-based Volansi a contract to participate in the service’s prototype effort for the Skyborg low-cost attritable demonstrator–a project worth up to $400 million. The […]

The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] held the sixth instrumented measurement vehicle (IMV) flight test for the company’s hypersonic AGM-183 Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on a […]

U.S. Air Force development of low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and the Skyborg low-cost attritable demonstrator hold significant promise, yet a key question will be the level of artificial intelligence […]

The U.S. Air Force on Dec. 17 awarded Raytheon [RTX] a sole source contract worth up to $611.5 million for digital command and control switching systems (CCSS) for military command […]

Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond said on Dec. 17 that he wants the U.S. Space Force to move to all autonomous launch operations by 2025. “If you […]

The U.S. Air Force is conducting operational testing in Africa of the Tactical High-Power Microwave Operational Responder (THOR) electromagnetic weapon to protect air bases by disabling drones or swarms of […]

In what the U.S. Air Force said was the first time artificial intelligence (AI) has commanded a military system, an AI algorithm helped to steer the radar of a Lockheed […]

The U.S. Air Force plans to hold a flight demonstration of the AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) by Lockheed Martin [LMT] this month. “We’re hoping that our flight demonstrator […]

President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has spoken with Chief of Space Operations Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, as the incoming Biden administration faces important questions about a future path for military […]