Air Force

Raytheon [RTN] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are teaming up to chase a contract to update U.S. National Airspace infrastructure with new, multipurpose radars. In an attempt to both modernize the […]

The leader of the House Armed Services Committee voiced his concern regarding the Air Force’s plan to procure launch service agreements with commercial vendors in a March 28 letter to […]

As the Air Force continues to develop its next generation of early missile warning satellites, it requires an additional $632 million in fiscal year 2019 to meet an initial launch […]

Four senators introduced a bill March 28 that would prohibit the foreign military sales of Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Turkey so long as the NATO member […]

The Pentagon continues to assess the costs and benefits of directing the two contractors building the forthcoming Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) to partner with the two remaining rocket builders in […]

The Air Force’s first operational B-21 Raider bomber will be based at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, the service announced March 27. Ellsworth, which is home to 27 B-1B […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory is aiming to field the new prototype autonomous, unmanned combat air vehicle dubbed “Skyborg” by 2023, the service said March 27. Air Force Assistant Secretary […]

The first U.S. Air Force  T-1A Jayhawk upgraded with a Collins Aerospace [COL] Pro Line 21 avionics suite recently completed its first successful flight. Under an Air Force avionics modernization […]

Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Commander Gen. John Raymond has been nominated to become the first leader of the newly established U.S. Space Command, the Pentagon said March 26. A […]

The decision for the Air Force to procure a new version of Boeing’s [BA] fourth-generation F-15E Strike Eagle in the fiscal year 2020 budget came down to two criteria: meeting […]