Air Force

The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) has briefed congressional defense authorizers on the Air Force bomber roadmap, which lays out a requirement for more than 220 in future […]

Air Mobility Command (AMC) has briefed U.S. Transportation Command, members of Congress, acting U.S. Air Force Secretary John Roth, and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown on […]

The head of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Wednesday the Air Force is “long overdue” in completing combat simulation testing for the F-35, citing the assessment as a critical […]

Among the urgent operational needs of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) are the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter and the replacement of the Boeing [BA] E-3A Airborne Warning and Control […]

The U.S. Air Force said on Feb. 23 that Pratt & Whitney [RTX] has informed the service that the company does not believe that the in-flight failure of a PW4000-112 […]

U.S. Air Force testing of its future Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) last year saw the use of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Freedom 550 gateway radio to link the Lockheed […]

Boeing [BA] said on Feb. 23 that U.S. production of the U.S. Air Force T-7A Red Hawk trainer has begun at the company’s St. Louis plant, as Boeing awaits delivery […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Feb. 22 received a $428 million U.S. Air Force contract for 400 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Munitions (JASSM) in Lot 19 and a $414 million contract for […]

The Silent Arrow glider, developed by California-based Yates Electrospace Corp., looks for a Phase II small business innovation research (SBIR) award by AFWERX and the Air Force Research Laboratory this […]

The Army is partnering with the Air Force on the development of the Tactical High-Power Microwave Operational Responder (THOR) prototype directed energy weapon designed to take down groups of enemy […]