Air Force

The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $87.6 million in follow-on production of Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) kits, the company said Monday. The Paveway II Plus […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Air Force is considering declassifying further parts of the B-21 Raider program, but a key service official warned that the program would not be entirely declassified. Air […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The U.S. Air Force revealed Sept. 19 that the service’s new B-21 bomber will be named the “Raider” in honor of Jimmy Doolittle’s Raiders. The Air […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Lockheed Martin [LMT] is emphasizing the F-16 heritage in its T-X offering as it promotes the aircraft as the one with the lowest risk in the highly-anticipated contest. […]

The Air Force in April opened a new data exploitation Laboratory with the goal of fostering innovation by providing space-based infrared (IR) data access to a broad industry and academia […]

The Air Force on Friday ordered a temporary, but indefinite, pause in flight operations for 13 F-35As due to peeling and crumbling insulation in avionics cooling lines inside fuel tanks, […]

ST. LOUIS–Featuring a stubby and compact aircraft design, Boeing [BA] designed its T-X trainer offering from scratch for affordability with an eye on meeting the Air Force’s threshold requirements, according […]

The Air Force, which is trying to shift away from large satellites and field smaller, more numerous ones instead, plans to create a more frequent and predictable launch schedule to […]

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. James Holmes and Air Force Lt. Gen. John Raymond to a pair of key service positions. Holmes was nominated […]

SpaceX, a new competitor for launching U.S. Air Force satellites, continues to have the confidence of a key service official despite losing two non-military rockets in the past 14 months. Air […]