Air Force

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Sweden’s Saab AB said on Tuesday said that if the Boeing [BA] team wins the U.S. Air Force’s multi-billion dollar contract to develop and build the T-X trainer […]

The U.S. Senate has approved an amendment to its fiscal year 2018 defense authorization bill that would block a controversial House proposal to create a space corps. The Senate language, […]

Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have announced that they submitted bids for the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N Huey helicopter replacement program. Boeing said late Sept. 13 that its MH-139 […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a nearly $600 million contract modification to Boeing [BA] to conduct the initial design of a replacement for the Air Force One presidential jets, […]

The U.S. Air Force, which has been preparing to replace its aging E-8C JSTARS ground-surveillance aircraft with a modified civil jet, has begun exploring whether a different approach might be […]

The U.S. Air Force launched the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on its fifth mission Sept. 7. Dodging Hurricane Irma, the Boeing [BA]-built unmanned reusable spaceplane lifted off on a SpaceX […]

Former U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James expressed opposition Sept. 6 to a House-passed proposal to create a space corps within the Air Force Department, saying the new organization […]

Validating the significant U.S. investment in aircraft and pilot training, the Afghan air force is becoming proficient at supporting its own ground troops in combat with only minimal guidance from […]

The U.S. Air Force has lifted a temporary altitude restriction that required Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A Lightning IIs at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona to fly below 25,000 feet. […]

The U.S. Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office is making final preparations to launch the fifth mission of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) on Sept. 7, the service said Aug. […]