Air Force

By Michael Sirak The Air Force says it intends to task Raytheon [RTN] soon to supply 450 AGM-65 Maverick surface-attack missiles with a new laser guidance section as a near-term […]

By Michael Sirak The Air Force’s leadership made the case once again to Congress earlier this week that legislative restrictions on retiring aircraft that have exceeded their useful service lives […]

The Air Force has been using its new MQ-9A Reaper armed unmanned aircraft in missions over Afghanistan since late September, the service said recently. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. […]

The Air Force says the first of its Boeing [BA]-built Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) spacecraft was successfully launched into orbit recently, beginning the process of placing a modern constellation […]

The Singapore Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Monday placed an order for 12 additional F-15SG fighter aircraft from Boeing [BA], raising the total number of these multirole jets that it […]

By Michael Sirak A series of unacceptable procedural breakdowns and human errors led to the unauthorized transfer of six nuclear weapons across the United States heartland during a flight of […]

The Air Force has been using its new MQ-9A Reaper armed unmanned aircraft in missions over Afghanistan since late September, the service said recently. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. […]

By Michael Sirak The Air Force is launching an ambitious program to develop a sophisticated smart fuze for its bunker buster munitions, according to senior service weapons developers and recently […]

By Michael Sirak The Air Force and its industry partners say they successfully launched a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation satellite into space yesterday as part of continual efforts to […]

By Michael Sirak Senior Air Force weapons developers expressed optimism last week that the JASSM cruise missile is on a course for recovery and will be able to overcome lingering […]