Air Force

Honeywell Aerospace [HON] said on Tuesday that it is proposing the P40 upgrade for the company’s Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) on the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. The […]

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) said that it is focused on what mission systems a future tanker to succeed the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker and the elder […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) on Monday said it has delivered a new unmanned FQ-42 Vengeance aircraft to Creech AFB, Nev., for use by test and evaluation units. The […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) is looking to fiscal 2029 and beyond to launch rapid VICTUS missions for rendezvous proximity operations and docking (RPO-D) to counter threats in […]

The Defense Innovation Unit and U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) have awarded True Anomaly and Northrop Grumman [NOC] Geosynchronous High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical Reconnaissance (GHOST-R) prototype contracts to […]

Moving target indication (MTI) from space has been a reconnaissance dream for decades–and a challenging one to achieve. Witness the National Reconnaissance Office’s (NRO) Discoverer II effort with the Air […]

The State Department said on Thursday that it has approved a $24.3 billion sale of 48 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35A fighters to Saudi Arabia. “This proposed sale will support the […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) wants companies’ inputs on high technology readiness level (TRL) radio frequency (RF) cross links for the envisioned Space-Based Surveillance Mission, SG-XX, constellation. SG-XX […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The U.S. Air Force will not pursue a future tanker, stealthy or otherwise, but instead self-protection systems to ensure access for refueling tankers in future conflicts, the service’s […]

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, has broached the idea of providing the Northrop Grumman [NOC] active electronically scanned array AN/APG-83 radar for the […]