Air Force

Hawker Beechcraft Defense Company said Monday it entered low-rate initial production (LRIP) of its AT-6 light attack and armed reconnaissance aircraft in response to “significant indications of interest around the […]

Boeing [BA] entered an agreement with Brazilian manufacturer Embraer [ERJ] to install its Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) on Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano turbo-prop aircraft, […]

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter reached the highest monthly total of test points yet during June, Lockheed Martin [LMT] said yesterday, in a positive step for a program that has […]

ATK [ATK] said a modified variant of its Mk44 Bushmaster Automatic Cannon medium-caliber weapon was recently type classified as the GAU-23 by the Air Force for integration on AC-130W gunships. […]

The Air Force said July 2 it awarded Boeing [BA] a $111 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to the existing Wideband Global Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Block II follow-on contract for an enhanced […]

Mosaic ATM yesterday said it has released its Rapid Automated Mission Planning System (RAMPS) tool, which it says dramatically shortens the mission planning and validation time of Unmanned Aerial Systems […]

The Pentagon asked Congress this week for permission to rejigger $112 million in funding within its coffers for new intelligence and surveillance programs including Special Operations Command spy planes. Military […]

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The Army’s recent success in distributing its nascent network to several sites offers a glimpse of how the service can not only play an important role in the new defense […]

Engine manufacturers Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney [UTX] entered bids on the preliminary design of a proposed Air Force development program to improve the performance of aircraft engines. General Electric […]