Air Force

The Air Force expects to achieve first flight of its Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW) capability by the end of 2020, with a second capability coming six months later, the […]

The Air Force has opted to push back the light attack aircraft (LAA) program to procure an off-the-shelf aircraft for use in close-air support and counterinsurgency missions over the next […]

The Air Force fiscal year 2020 budget could include new variants of Boeing’s [BA] F-15X fighter aircraft to replace aging F-15C Eagles, pending the final defense budget topline, the service’s […]

The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC) on Thursday awarded Engility, which is now owned by SAIC [SAIC], a $655 million firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursement contract for services to support […]

Boeing [BA] on Thursday delivered two new KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft to the Air Force, less than one week after the initial two tankers took off from the company’s […]

The Pentagon’s Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) has recommended that the Air Force program office re-evaluate the Sikorsky [LMT] HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter to determine whether it will […]

The Defense Department has identified a potential leader for the new U.S. Space Command and is currently moving the candidate through the vetting process, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan […]

A top Air Force official said industry partners will see an increasing role as a “powerful arm of our national security and economic viability” in space over the next year […]

EVERETT, Wash. — While the Air Force’s first two KC-46A air refuelers departed Boeing’s [BA] Everett, Washington facility bound for McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas on Friday, they took […]

EVERETT, Wash. — Boeing [BA] has delivered the first two KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelers to the Air Force, just days after the delivery approval was signed for the second aircraft. […]