Air Force

The bill introduced by Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Dec. 19th contains provisions that may favor defense start-ups and non-traditional defense contractors, such as Palantir […]

A question mark for the U.S. Space Force Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) has been whether one company’s satellites would link with other companies’ birds, but […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a nearly $616 million cost-plus contract through Dec. 31, 2030 for full rate production (FRP) of the AN/ALQ-250 F-15 Eagle Passive Active […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Monday that it has finished building and testing the company’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Rapid Prototype (PTS-P) payload and has delivered it to the company’s Gilbert, […]

The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) at Kirtland AFB, N.M., may extend planned, Boeing [BA] sustainment work for the B61-12 to the B61-13, which the company is developing. […]

Section 138 of the Fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act called for the Air Force to start buying up to six over-the-horizon radars–the first two to be in the United […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the first launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. “The FAA determined Blue Origin met all […]

While top Trump advisor Elon Musk has suggested a near-term end to manned fighter aircraft, such as the F-35, and their replacement by artificial intelligence-enabled drones, former and current DoD […]

Australia on Wednesday said it received its last nine of 72 total F-35A aircraft. The Royal Australian Air Force received its first two F-35As in December 2018. The Defense Ministry […]

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the program office for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 are investing in digital engineering to speed development, as AFRL hosts a ribbon […]