Air Force

The Defense Department has issued guidance on how to deal with unauthorized commercial drones flying over U.S. military bases, though just how troops are able to shoot them down or […]

The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) are partnering to explore technologies for a potential light-attack aircraft for special operations forces (SOF). The Air Force Lifecycle Management […]

The U.S. Department of Defense’s nuclear posture review is looking at whether the schedule for replacing the three legs of the aging nuclear triad should be revised, a Pentagon official […]

Building a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will be cheaper than upgrading the 1970s-era Minuteman III, a Boeing [BA] official said on Wednesday. Frank McCall, Boeing vice president for strategic […]

The U.S. military should continue improving its stealth aircraft technology to keep its advantage over possible rivals in the coming decades, according to a report released Aug. 2 by the […]

Air Tractor and L3 Technologies [LLL] have announced that they plan to participate in the U.S. Air Force’s light-attack aircraft experiment using their new AT-802L Longsword turboprop. Air Tractor, of […]

Two troubled U.S. Air Force space-related acquisition efforts — the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) and the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminal […]

The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $3.7 billion modification to a previously awarded Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 11 F-35 advance acquisition contract for […]

The U.S. Navy and Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] an $86.5 million Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) production, the company said Wednesday. The contract is the first production award […]

The U.S. Air Force is consulting closely with lawmakers on the bomber roadmap that it plans to unveil in September, the service’s top general said July 26. “We’re in the […]