Air Force

Lockheed Martin [LMT], Rocket Lab USA [RKLB], Northrop Grumman [NOC], and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] are to build 72 satellites for Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency’s […]

A Rocket Lab [RKLB] Electron rocket carrying the Pentagon’s Space Test Program (STP) S30 mission lifted off from the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Va., on […]

After eight months without a permanent head, the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) may get relief, as the White House nominated Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd […]

The Air Force cited data rights as a reason for a sole source follow-on award to Northrop Grumman [NOC] for the future Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) and the Navy Advanced […]

The House-Senate conference agreement on the fiscal 2026 defense authorization bill would limit the use of travel funds by Pentagon acquisition, research and engineering officials until the department establishes a […]

Rolls-Royce‘s testing of the AE 1107F engine for the U.S. Army MV-75 Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) has begun in Indianapolis, the company said on Tuesday. The MV-75 by […]

Over the next five years, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) site in Rome, N.Y., may award $499 million in counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) research contracts under the Multi-Domain […]

The fiscal 2026 defense authorization conference bill turns back a proposal by the Senate to accelerate the Air Force AGM-181 Long Range Standoff (LRSO) nuclear cruise missile under development by […]

A new independent government audit found the Marine Corps and Air Force V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft’s rates of “serious accidents” dramatically increased in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 while calling […]

A Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) developed by Northrop Grumman [NOC] completed an airborne separation test from an Air Force F-16 aircraft as part of ongoing development efforts of the air-to-ground […]