Air Force

The fiscal year 2020 defense authorization conference bill gives President Trump his coveted sixth military branch, by re-designating the existing Air Force Space Command as a Title 10-authorized Space Force […]

Armed services committee members are racing to get the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act on the floor this week after conferees reached a deal last Friday. Lawmakers speaking […]

The Air Force has yet to reach a decision on where to locate the new U.S. Space Command headquarters, three months since the combatant command’s revival in August, a senior […]

Raytheon [RTN] unveiled a virtual reality (VR) version of its portable V-22 trainer on Dec. 2 at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Fla. The Aircraft […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory has scheduled an industry day this month to examine potential solutions for counter-small unmanned aerial systems ahead of issuing requests for information and requests for […]

The Air Force on Monday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $988.8 million contract modification to continue work on the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), one of the service’s top hypersonic […]

Leonardo DRS has won several new contracts from Cubic Global Defense [CUB] to provide advanced air combat training system pods to global air forces, the company said Dec. 2. The […]

TOULOUSE, France – Thales is redesigning artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms developed by Psibernetix to create fighter pilot training software that learns and reacts to maneuvers and actions by […]

The Air Force plans to significantly ramp up research-and-development funding for three emerging technology programs in fiscal year 2020, and while the current continuing resolution has not impacted these programs […]

Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] two contracts worth a total of $1.16 billion on Nov. 26 to produce and deliver 15 Lot 14 F-35A Joint Strike […]