Air Force

Small kamikaze drones have been a worry for U.S. commanders–most recently in a deadly attack on the U.S. Tower 22 base in northeast Jordan near Syria on Jan. 28. While […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] will upgrade the Air Force’s fleet of LITENING targeting pods with a new large aperture (LA) pod that increases the range for aircrews to detect, track, identify, […]

The U.S. Air Force may narrow the field of five contractor teams for the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) technology effort to two to three in the next several months. […]

The U.S. Space Force wants the upcoming VICTUS HAZE demonstration to point toward future satellite launches within hours, not days, of order receipt. As part of a Space Force effort […]

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall on Feb. 12 urged companies to help the Department of the Air Force solve its operational problems, in part through boosting industry internal […]

The grounding of the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force V-22 fleet since early December is unlikely to lift soon, as DoD officials consider what measures to take for crew […]

The Department of the Air Force (DAF) is to create an Integrated Capabilities Office and focus on large scale, multi-weapon exercises as part of a “reoptimization” of the department for […]

As the Air Force Association’s annual warfare symposium gets underway Feb. 12 in Denver, RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney is reporting progress on a prototype XA103 engine for U.S. Air […]

Xwing, a company developing technology for autonomous flight operations, last Friday said it recently flew unmanned dispersed cargo missions in unrestricted airspace for the Air Force as part of the […]

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said that the Department of the Air Force is finalizing its recommendation for the first “quick start” modernization program allowed under the fiscal 2024 […]