Air Force

The U.S. Air Force is to add a dozen weapons systems to its Enhanced Reliability Centered Maintenance (ERCM) model that employs artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) for predictive maintenance. Those systems […]

Congressional defense authorizers have proposed significant reductions to the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Golden Horde program in fiscal 2021. The Air Force has three science and technology (S&T) Vanguard […]

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] has launched a satellite that is the latest in a demonstration series of end-to-end small satellites for a classified U.S. Air Force constellation. A representative for the […]

In what likely marks a move toward virtual defense trade shows over the next year and possibly beyond as a way to save costs, the Air Force Association (AFA) on […]

The Boeing [BA] F-15EX for the U.S. Air Force is to have a cockpit that is significantly more advanced than that of the F-15C/D and that leverages $5 billion in […]

The U.S. Air Force’s collaboration with Texas-based Hypergiant Industries is to lead to a Chameleon Constellation of 24 to 36 artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning-enabled cube satellites able to […]

The U.S. Air Force has chosen 18 more companies to compete in developing the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), selections that bring the total number of participating firms to 46. […]

The commander of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) said on July 1 that AFMC’s hypersonic development efforts are proceeding as a high priority effort despite the operational hurdles of the […]

On June 30, the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force (USSF) announced the finalization of the command structure of the Space Force, a sixth military branch created in December, […]

On June 29, Airbus delivered the first of eight Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft ordered by the NATO Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) after a ceremony held at […]