Air Force

The Air Force accepted the first MH-139A helicopter Dec. 19 at Duke Field, Florida, and announced the rotorcraft’s new name: the “Grey Wolf.” The aircraft is in development by Boeing […]

The Air Force would receive an extra $75 million for a program set to build its future early warning missile detection satellites under the fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill […]

Appropriators provided the Defense Department with nearly two dozen extra F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in the fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill than were originally requested and filled multiple key […]

The Air Force’s scheduled date to issue a final request for proposals for the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program (CERP) has been pushed back to early 2020, with contract award […]

An upcoming United States Air Force research challenge may help the certification of air taxis by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a top Air Force official said last week. “One […]

The Air Force will be working hard in 2020 to promote integration across its space enterprises, in terms of improving alliances and partnerships and connecting more systems and architectures, a […]

Rocket Lab’s inaugural launch from its new U.S.-based site will be an Air Force Space Test Program payload aboard the Electron rocket, the company said Dec. 12. The Huntington, California-based […]

The Air Force conducted a flight test of a new ground-launched ballistic missile Dec. 12 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, the Pentagon said Thursday. The test of the prototype […]

The United States Air Force plans to choose on Dec. 13 which satellite it will offer to a service-selected group of hackers to try to infiltrate at next August’s Defcon […]

Lawmakers have requested the Air Force submit reports to Congress regarding its ongoing Combat Rescue Helicopter program, with a fielding plan for the new Sikorsky [LMT] HH-60W aircraft. The fiscal […]