Air Force

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh wants a new manned close air support (CAS) platform when the service can afford it. Welsh said Tuesday, when the […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The F-22 Raptor, long relegated to stateside Air Force hangars since its entry into service, is performing so well in its first combat deployment that older aircraft […]

Sikorsky [UTX] has chosen Rockwell Collins [COL] as the avionics supplier for the Air Force’s HH-60W combat rescue helicopter (CRH), the companies said Sept. 14. Sikorsky was awarded the CRH […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. —The Air Force has set Sept. 25 as the new first flight date for its KC-46A refueling tanker, but a long-term Continuing Resolution (CR) could spell more […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Boeing [BA] on Tuesday unveiled upgrades geared at beefing up the F-15C’s range, lethality and survivability—including doubling the number of air-to-air missiles the aircraft can carry. The new […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–Though the Air Force is interested in a eventual multi-year “block buy” of F-35A conventional variant aircraft, it won’t be able to participate in one by fiscal year […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The F-35 program is grappling with a parts management issue in its currently fielded version of the aircraft’s Automated Logistics Information System (ALIS) software, according to key […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – While working with the Air Force to keep the U-2 spy plane flying for as long as needed, Lockheed Martin [LMT] is anticipating an eventual need […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has landed its third international customer for the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM): Poland. The Air Force has awarded the company a foreign military sales contract to […]

Although much of the long-range strike bomber program remains shrouded in mystery, three independent analysts told lawmakers on Sept. 9 that the Air Force was on the right path to […]