Air Force

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the U.S. Air Force to lay out its plan for full- scale production of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Increment 1. “The committee expects […]

One of the arguments against hypersonic missiles has been their cost—at least $15 million per weapon, but panelists at a Monday discussion at the Hudson Institute on modular weapons said […]

As the U.S. Air Force fields its EA-37B Compass Call electronic attack aircraft by L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and BAE Systems, the companies are now set to work on a new […]

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] said that it recently conducted a two-day “comprehensive Design Concept Review (DCR) showcasing a Resilient-GPS (R-GPS) prototype that performed beyond current requirements.” In September, U.S. Space Force […]

The White House has urged Congress not to include an increase in funding for the Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter aircraft program, stating that doing so may risk delaying the Air […]

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s fiscal 2026 bill would provide nearly $756 million for the U.S. Air Force AGM-181 Long Range Standoff (LRSO) nuclear-tipped cruise missile by RTX [RTX]–$149 million […]

Germany’s Airbus Defence and Space said on Wednesday that it will collaborate with California’s Kratos Defense and Security Solutions [KTOS] to field Kratos’ XQ-58A Valkyrie drone with an Airbus mission […]

U.S. Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere, the seventh head of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) since its founding in 2009, would become the second AFGSC commander to ascend to […]

House and Senate defense authorizers would prohibit a reduction in U.S. ICBMs below 400, and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) sets a date of fiscal 2033 for initial operational […]

The U.S. Air Force and other military services need to put more muscle behind base and shelter hardening to protect critical aircraft and other assets, Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), the […]