Air Force

In a significant advancement for both the eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) industry and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Archer Aviation Inc. has announced an expanded partnership with […]

DAYTON, Ohio–Providing “flex” capacity for the U.S. Air Force to ramp up the production of certain missiles to hit mobile targets may be a future focus for service leaders and […]

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) conducted a three-hour artificial intelligence (AI)-navigated sortie of the Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] XQ-58A Valkyrie drone at Florida’s Eglin Test and […]

DAYTON, Ohio–While U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has set out a planning number of up to five Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) for deployment by a Next Generation Air Dominance […]

DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force plans to use technologies developed in the Advanced Engine Transition Program (AETP) for the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program, which will move into engine […]

DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force believes that the Rolls-Royce F130 engine holds significant promise for reducing B-52H life cycle costs and improving bomber performance. Thus far, the F130 looks to […]

DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force is working to resolve six Category 1 deficiencies on the Boeing [BA] KC-46A tanker, including Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) drain mast cracking that resurfaced as […]

President Biden has decided to keep U.S. Space Command’s headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado, reversing a Trump administration decision to base the command in Huntsville, Alabama. The Pentagon on Tuesday […]

DAYTON, Ohio–The U.S. Air Force is examining potential improvements for the communications and radar systems of the Boeing [BA] E-7A Wedgetail, which is to replace at least 15 of the […]

The Cambridge, Mass.-based non-profit Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., said on July 28 that it is expanding its operations in Florida in tandem with the lab’s increasing footprint nationwide. Draper […]