Air Force

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis encouraged the Department of Defense Sept. 20 to expand its communication with industry to increase the military’s access to new technology. Mattis […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force is looking to embrace a risk-based approach to its procurements by reducing the number of requirements so it can speed up its rigid acquisition processes, […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The constant pace of Air Force unmanned aircraft operations in war zones is limiting the readiness of the crews that operate these systems, the head of Air Combat […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Engineers are trying to fix two refueling-boom glitches on the KC-46A Pegasus tanker that Boeing [BA] is developing for the U.S. Air Force, a service official […]

In the next month or two the Air Force expects to decide on two additional locations in the U.S. to base F-35s with Air National Guard units, which would be […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The U.S. Air Force, whose demand for precision-guided munitions (PGMs) is straining its supply, is trying to increase the production capacity of those weapons, but an […]

Amid overseas deployments and responding to natural disasters in the U.S. and its territories, the readiness of the National Guard is where it needs to be, Air Force Gen. Joseph […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force is embracing 3-D printing and improving its agile software development in order to improve the flexibility of its logistical support process and increase the efficiency […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — With potential adversaries rapidly improving their capabilities, the U.S. Air Force is launching a year-long review of its research efforts to ensure it is poised to […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The U.S. Air Force, which has been studying whether light-attack aircraft could serve as a low-cost supplement to its fighter jets, plans to conduct a light-attack combat […]