Air Force
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SpaceAre ‘Integrated Space Fires’ Kinetic or Not?
One of U.S. Space Command’s goals on its Integrated Priorities List is “integrated space fires,” but thus far the command has not directly said whether that means direct, kinetic fires […]
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SpaceMore Than 100 NRO Satellites Launched/Planned Between June Last Year and End of This Year
By the end of the year, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will have put more than 100 satellites into orbit since June 2023, NRO Director Chris Scolese said on Aug. […]
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Air ForceF-35 Program Retaining Funding for Fighter Pending TR-3 Qualification
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) is to retain part of the funding for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] fighter pending qualification of Technology Refresh-3 (TR-3), the company said in an […]
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SpaceSSC Awards Northrop Grumman More Than $200 Million for Second DARC Radar Site
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) at Peterson Space Force Base, Colo., said on Friday that it has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a more than $200 million cost-plus […]
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Air ForceUSAF Expects Boeing Update to Integrated Master Schedule for VC-25B Next Spring
The U.S. Air Force said that it expects Boeing [BA] to deliver an updated Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for the VC-25B next spring. The two VC-25Bs are to replace the […]
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Air ForceFirst EA-37B Delivered to Davis-Monthan AFB
The U.S. Air Force 55th Electronic Combat Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., has received the first of 10 EA-37Bs planned by the Air Force to replace its EC-130Hs. The group […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force Informs GAO of Cancellation of Up to $12 Billion ICBM Support Contract
On Aug. 12, the U.S. Air Force told the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the service is cancelling the up to $12 billion Integrated Support Contract 2.0 (ISC 2.0) for […]
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Unmanned SystemsHicks: Speed in Affirming Systems Meet Command Needs Key in Replicator
As industry awaits the debut of military service program of record requests for Replicator in the upcoming fiscal 2026 budget, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said on Wednesday that accelerating […]
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Air ForceAFCENT Looking for Endurance Drones to Fill New Requirement
U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT)’s Task Force-99 wants to buy new Group 3 low-speed endurance drones weighing between 60 and 200 pounds, a low payload capacity of 5 to 22 […]
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Air ForceC-17 Flies with Alternative GPS Magnetic Navigation as Prime PNT System
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane by Boeing [BA] recently test flew the Silicon Valley-based SandboxAQ‘s Magnetic Navigation (MagNav) system–leveraging quantum magnetometers and artificial intelligence–as the aircraft’s […]