Air Force

Development of an upgraded software capability for the F-35 fighter aircraft is maturing but more slowly than expected and while Lockheed Martin [LMT] is still aiming to deliver the third […]

Multi-year procurement (MYP) of key munitions is vital to rebuild U.S. stockpiles, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), said on Jan. 23. Gallagher chairs the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist […]

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) mobility and training directorate at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio said that AFLCMC has tested an escape system drogue parachute for the Advanced […]

The U.S. Air Force is surveying industry to find companies able to develop Night Vision Goggle (NVG) training and support the latter for the KC-46A Pegasus Aircrew Training System (ATS) […]

While the U.S. Space Force is interested in alternate positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems to alleviate the risk of an adversary or other disruption of GPS, the service’s tactically […]

The U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) at Edwards AFB, Calif., said that it plans to award Alexandria, Va.-based Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. a contract to provide an Identification Friend […]

The Pentagon is interested in leveraging industry work on concepts for refueling satellites in space, a DoD official said on Jan. 17. The concept of dynamic space operations is “realistic […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Jan. 16 that it has conducted a live, static-fire test of a stage-two solid rocket motor (SRM) for the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile at […]

The U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency (SDA) said on Jan. 16 that it has awarded contracts worth up to $2.5 billion to three companies for 54 infrared sensor-equipped satellites […]

NASA and Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division on Jan. 12 rolled out the X-59 “quiet” supersonic demonstrator aircraft in Palmdale, Calif. “The ceremony marked a significant milestone in Lockheed […]