Air Force

Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) completed its 3,000th mission July 14 aboard an E-11A Bombardier Global Express BD-700 military modified corporate aircraft in support of overseas operations, […]

MILLVILLE, N.J.— The V-22 Osprey Joint Performance Based Logistics (JPBL) program, which is led by the Boeing [BA]-Bell Helicopter [TXT] team developing the aircraft, is preparing to enter Phase II […]

GenCorp [GY] subsidiary Aerojet successfully completed a hot-fire test of its Low Earth Orbit-7 (LEO) second stage rocket motor Aug. 14 at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards AFB, […]

The Air Force anticipates green-lighting in September final low-rate initial production (LRIP) for the first of three increments of a new computer upgrade system for the B-2 stealth bomber, according […]

Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the Space Based Space Surveillance Block 10 satellite Friday, it said in statement. IOC means the SBSS system has […]

The Air Force said Monday it awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT], Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] approximately $35 million firm fixed price contracts for the Pre-Engineering and Manufacturing Development (Pre-EMD) […]

The Air Force seeks repair sources for the Head Up Display (HUD) and related components on F-16 Blocks 30/32, 40/42 and 50/52 according to a June 27 request for information […]

A fault with one of the X-51A’s cruiser control fins caused it to fail during flight Tuesday, according to the Air Force. The Air Force’s experimental unmanned hypersonic X-51A WaveRider […]

The Air Force successfully activated the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite’s payload yesterday at 2:25 p.m. EST, according to a Space and Missile Systems Center statement. Payload activation was accomplished […]

POWAY, Calif. —General Atomics has begun testing a new cockpit for operating its Predator family of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and could begin delivering the ground control stations within a […]