Air Force

By the end of next year, Boeing‘s [BA] small satellite plant in El Segundo, Calif., may reach an annual production capacity of 60 satellites. In 2018, Boeing bought Millennium Space […]

A mix of space and airborne assets is likely required for a future ground moving target indication (GMTI) replacement for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar […]

The U.S. Space Force’s fiscal 2025 budget includes nearly $130 million for an Enterprise Management and Control (EM&C) system to enable military forces to switch rapidly from one satellite band, […]

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is increasingly using fixed price contracts, even as the agency uses a range of buy options, NRO principal deputy director Troy Meink said on March […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) said that it has ironed out wrinkles in Link 16 delivery from space to military forces over existing radios. Last November, SDA […]

The U.S. Air Force is requesting $235 million for the first production buy of seven Boeing [BA] T-7A Red Hawk trainers in fiscal 2025, yet the service said that the […]

The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is requesting nearly $248 million in fiscal 2025 research and development funding for a new program, Protected Tactical Satellite Communications-Global (PTS-G). PTS-G is “a key […]

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), sounded the alarm on what he said was a lack of sufficient, U.S. base protection against […]

To align with a proposed service reorganization to counter China and come up with funds for related modernization, the U.S. Air Force proposes to retire 253 aircraft in fiscal 2025. […]

The fiscal 2024 congressional funding impasse has delayed development of a concept of operations (CONOPS) for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) drones, Air Force officials said. The […]