Air Force

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.—Northrop Grumman [NOC] is upgrading its LITENING pods–a modernization effort that may poise the company for a significant system production ramp-up. Northrop Grumman and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense […]

U.S. Space Force’s 30th Security Forces Squadron (30th SFS) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., plans to sole source a firm fixed price buy of three Dronebuster handheld, non-kinetic counter-small […]

North Korea represents the highest small drone threat to U.S. operations in the Indo-Pacific, according to the top U.S. Air Force official in the region. During a Mitchell Institute for […]

BAE Systems on Aug.28 won a $1.74 billion contract vehicle for production and delivery of up to 55,000 full rate production lots 13 to 17 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System […]

DoD is looking to award a follow-on, up to five-year competitive contract for strategic communications aboard the Boeing [BA] E-4B “Nightwatch” planes. “The anticipated performance period consists of a one-year […]

The U.S. Air Force expects to field a fix for the stiff aerial refueling boom (ARB) on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker late in fiscal 2027. “The stiff boom […]

To guide venture capital (VC) investment, the U.S. Space Force is increasingly engaging with VC firms as a departure from Space Force past practice, and one of the dividends of […]

One key lesson from the ongoing Russo-Ukraine War has been the how Ukrainian forces at the brigade level maintain relationships with industry partners to enable the systems they are using […]

The lean manufacturing concept pioneered by Toyota [TM] in the 1950s and advanced under a “fail fast and adjust” approach by Silicon Valley in the 1990s and Elon Musk’s SpaceX […]

The U.S. Space Force is examining very low Earth orbit (VLEO) for possible future use. LEO satellites typically orbit about 500 miles above Earth, while VLEO satellites are to operate […]