Air Force

The Air Force, at the moment, won’t decertify Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) from competing for military launches because the service doesn’t know if the company’s June 28 Falcon 9 […]

The United States. military has long wanted to mount directed energy weapons like lasers on aircraft to perform various missions currently done with old fashioned guns and missiles, but it […]

Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) became a four-start billet for the first time on Tuesday when Gen. Robin Rand succeeded Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson as the commander of AFGSC, […]

Directed energy weapons would be ideal for countering many of the anti-access, area-denial threats that peer nations pose to the United States in wartime, but technology has not progressed to […]

The head of Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (AFSMC) said Space Exploration Technology Corp.’s (SpaceX) Falcon Heavy rocket certification progress depends on what the company provides from its […]

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program is on a roll with gun trials of the Air Force version of the jet underway just ahead of a declaration by the Marine […]

The Air Force on Wednesday postponed its Wideband Global Satcom-7 (WGS-7) launch until Thursday, citing weather at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch is scheduled for 8:07 p.m. EDT. […]

BALTIMORE — The future airborne capability environment (FACE) consortium is working with the F-35 Lightning II program office in anticipation that future upgrades to the aircraft’s avionics software will be […]

The Air Force is negotiating with Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) prime contractor Boeing [BA] to add anti-jam capability to future WGS satellites, starting with the eighth spacecraft, according to an […]

For the second straight year, Boeing [BA] on Friday said it will take a hefty charge in the second quarter on the KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling tanker it is developing […]