Air Force

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall last week defended the department’s proposal to transfer Air National Guard (ANG) units performing space duties to the U.S. Space Force. “Creating an […]

The House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC) version of the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill calls on U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) to demonstrate a hybrid, military-commercial space architecture […]

House defense authorizers encourage the U.S. Air Force to use existing military engines for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). “CCA operational concepts call for extended unrefueled range greater than 3,000 […]

A March 27 settlement between the Department of the Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] on a more than four-year-old case on data rights for the F-35 fighter will spur improved […]

Airbus‘ buy of Bingen, Wash.-based Aerovel will add the Aerovel Flexrotor drone to the European defense giant’s U.S. product line in what Rob Geckle, the chairman and CEO of Airbus […]

After a meeting with U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on May 8, the National Governors Association (NGA) said on May 9 that it is urging the Air Force again […]

Next year, the Block 5 Extended Range version of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) MQ-9A Reaper drone is to receive a self-protection pod developed by GA-ASI in concert […]

U.S. Air Force negotiations with Boeing [BA] on the E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft have cut the price to be more in line with U.S. Air Force budget limits, […]

GE Aerospace [GE] has finished a fourth round of testing on the XA100 adaptive cycle engine “to gather additional data and advance this next-generation technology for future combat aircraft.”  the […]

KISSIMMEE, Fla.—The White House is holding discussions with the Defense Department, intelligence community, and U.S. combatant commands (COCOMS) to understand existing gaps and requirements in tactical surveillance and targeting capabilities […]