Air Force

By Michael Sirak FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla.–The Air Force wants to move out more aggressively in the fielding of lasers and high-powered microwaves and, to support this, intends to increase […]

The Air Force-led review of an anomaly that occurred during the June flight of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket has determined the cause to be a faulty […]

The Air Force-led review of an anomaly that occurred during the June flight of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket has determined the cause to be a faulty […]

By Michael Sirak The Air Force is committed to ensuring that none of the three of the industry teams vying to supply its next-generation rescue helicopter will view itself at […]

By Michael Sirak The Air Force is planning to conduct a demonstration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned sensor aircraft next year in the Pacific to showcase the platform and […]

The Air Force said yesterday that it intends to launch the first of its new communications satellites, the Boeing [BA]-built Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS) system, into orbit next Tuesday. […]

The Air Force Special Operations variant of the V-22 Osprey this week will begin its operational test and readiness review (OTR&R)–a comprehensive examination of all the developmental testing done on […]

By Geoff Fein The Air Force Special Operations variant of the V-22 Osprey this week will begin its operational test and readiness review (OTR&R)–a comprehensive examination of all the developmental […]

The Air Force may accelerate the combat debut of the CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to avoid a decrease in the vertical-lift capabilities available to the special operations community as the […]

By Dave Ahearn The Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) system aced a test Friday against a long-range ballistic missile target, just as Congress is poised to decide the financial fate […]