Air Force

A study by the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board (AFSAB) has found that solid-state laser weapons are mature enough to be tested on aircraft, such as an AC-130 gunship. […]

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday continued his rhetorical assault on Pentagon spending by tweeting that the cost of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is “out of control” […]

The new head of Air Force Space Command (APSPC) will continue his predecessor’s efforts toward resiliency and responsiveness. “If that didn’t come out loud and clear in my speech, then […]

The Air Force and United Launch Alliance (ULA) on Wednesday successfully launched the eighth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS-8) satellite, according to a service statement. Launch took place at 6:53 p.m. […]

Aside from officially announcing retired Marine Gen. James Mattis as his pick for secretary of defense, President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday described with soaring superlatives how he plans to rebuild […]

Iridium Communications Inc. [IRDM] announced the date for the first launch of its next global satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT, as Dec. 16, 2016, pending Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval, the […]

President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday morning called for the Air Force to cancel the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization (PAR) program, citing without evidence that costs are “out of control.” Boeing [BA] is […]

The U.S. Air Force signed off on Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] the newly upgraded Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Block 10 ground system the company said Tuesday. The company characterized the […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] completed a major upgrade to modernize the Air Force’s Global Position System (GPS) ground control system, the Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Upgrade #2 (CUP2) project, the company said […]

The first foreign military sales F-35 arrived at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona on Tuesday, marking a milestone for the international portion of the fifth-generation fighter program. Japan took […]