Air Force

Propulsion and on-orbit repair and refueling of satellites are underfunded innovation areas that the DoD Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has looked to take on. “Our 2024 investment strategy talks […]

The U.S. Air Force’s software sustainment for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS), carried on the F-35 fighter, is “out of compliance” with a law that requires […]

The NROL-167 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is a step toward what the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is calling […]

An ongoing congressionally-mandated review of the U.S. Air Force’s force structure includes the B-21 bomber but it is too early to say if the production quantities for the stealth aircraft […]

The U.S. State Department has approved an up to $7.3 billion foreign military sale to Poland of the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-16 Viper Midlife Upgrade, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency […]

X-Bow Systems on Tuesday said it successfully launched its Bolt rocket in a test that validated the company’s advanced manufacturing process for solid rocket motor (SRM) propellant, a big confidence […]

While the Defense Innovation Unit Community of Entities (DICE) is a bureaucratic-sounding term of word salad–a simple DICE synonym would be “group”–a key DICE effort is aimed at the opposite […]

While Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration Frank Calvelli has stressed the need to improve the ground systems segment of the U.S. Space Force’s architecture, […]

Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] investments in artificial intelligence, autonomy, 5G connectivity, and manned and unmanned teaming put the company in a competitive position for the next increment of the Air Force’s […]

The Department of the Air Force faces a continued challenge of knowing all of its lower level suppliers for weapon systems, according to service acquisition chief Andrew Hunter. “We share […]