Air Force

Northrop Grumman [NOC] proved in May a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna it developed for the B-2 can establish and maintain communications services with an on-orbit Advanced Extremely […]

A rocket engine system for the post-boost upper stage flight phase for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has been successfully tested, contractor Northrop Grumman [NOC] says. A Minuteman ICBM […]

Raytheon [RTN] this week said its Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) II flight test program is in full swing and “advancing steadily” toward Milestone C in fourth quarter fiscal year 2014, […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Air Force 30th Space Wing and U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) plan to conduct an interceptor flight test July 5 to exercise the Ground-based Midcourse […]

There is a growing demand from the services and U.S. allies for more Bold Quest demonstrations, the joint-staff led coalition air combat assessments examining combat identification issues, an official said. […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] in June delivered the third of four highly elliptical earth orbit (HEO) satellite payloads contracted by the Air Force as part of the Space Based Infrared System […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] $1 million for the second phase of the Maintain Accurate Geo-registration via Image-nav Compensation (MAGIC) program, according to a […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) continues to review the Defense Department’s reprogramming actions, and in their most recent letter to the Pentagon Comptroller calls out the Air Force for […]

A key Senate panel wants the Air Force to brief the congressional defense committees on the status of the entire Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) program, which it says is approaching […]

While the defense community focuses inwardly on the move away from conflict to an uncertain  complex world, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said it’s important to continue […]