Air Force

The U.S. Air Force wants a short sustainment “tail” for its future fleet of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs), as the service’s Integrated Capabilities Command seeks to help the continuation of […]

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Wednesday that its Office of Space Launch (OSL) has awarded Broad Agency Announcements for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement (BALISTA) contracts […]

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) on Wednesday released a new solicitation for Phase 3, Lane 1 of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, and SSC said that […]

While defense industry entrants are bringing welcome competition to Pentagon modernization efforts, the heritage defense giants are also working with some of the new firms on microelectronics advancements, Deputy Defense […]

Denmark is to get the AIM-120D-3 missile, the latest version of RTX‘s [RTX] Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The State Department has approved a $744 million foreign military sale […]

Avio USA, a subsidiary of Italy’s Avio S.p.A, is considering sites for Avio’s first solid rocket motor (SRM) plant in the United States. The company said that it has picked […]

Propulsion and on-orbit repair and refueling of satellites are underfunded innovation areas that the DoD Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has looked to take on. “Our 2024 investment strategy talks […]

The U.S. Air Force’s software sustainment for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS), carried on the F-35 fighter, is “out of compliance” with a law that requires […]

The NROL-167 mission launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., is a step toward what the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is calling […]

An ongoing congressionally-mandated review of the U.S. Air Force’s force structure includes the B-21 bomber but it is too early to say if the production quantities for the stealth aircraft […]