U.S. Air Force (USAF)

The lack of fiscal 2024 appropriations will have a substantial impact on U.S. Space Force operations unless Congress can approve a new spending bill.

Northrop Grumman’s Next Generation Interceptor (NGI) in late January passed its preliminary design review (PDR) on an accelerated schedule.

Industry partners should also be able to participate in Space Force wargames and exercises to be exposed to what operating in a conflict will look like.

The U.S. Space Force is deep in planning for Rocket Cargo operations.

Beta Technologies has concluded the first deployment of its Alia electric aircraft to a U.S. military base.

Operators of the Bell Boeing V-22 have been replacing the input quill assembly (IQA) on the aircraft’s proprotor gearbox regularly.

Northrop Grumman's estimates show that B-21 production costs through fiscal 2027 totals $17.4 billion, including a $1.56 billion charge revealed on Jan. 25.

The B-21 program will lose $1.56 billion combined on all bombers delivered during the first five annual lots of production, Northrop Grumman has revealed.

The aerospace and defense industry is grappling with a growing set of complex geopolitical risks in the Indo-Pacific.

Pentagon and Air Force officials have repeatedly said the Sentinel program is critical and must continue.

At these margins, it is a challenge for the Space Force, argues Kristyn Jones, who is performing the duties of the under secretary of the Air Force.

A U.S. Air Force C-32 carrying Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his staff experienced a hard landing during a visit through the Middle East in March 2023.

U.S. aircraft early Jan. 24 local time conducted air strikes on locations linked to Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah inside Iraq.

U.S. startup Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) has secured a follow-on contract award from the U.S. Air Force’s AFWERX innovation program.

The startup details the Quarterhorse flight-test plan as concept design work accelerates for the follow-on Darkhorse hypersonic cruiser.

We may be witnessing the slow demise of what was once the world’s greatest aerospace company, with few identifiable roadblocks to an act of self-immolation.

U.S. Air Force flight-related incidents increased in 2023, while Navy and Marine Corps rates stayed steady.

The U.S. and UK on Jan. 22 conducted another round of air strikes on Houthi militia targets inside Yemen.

An unusual level of suspense comes with Lockheed Martin’s first quarterly status update on the F-35 program.

Congressional leaders are planning to increase oversight of the U.S. Air Force’s massive intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernization program.

The second acknowledged test of the B-21 came 68 days after the first flight from the public airport in Palmdale, California.

The service is embedding testers in the program office and company teams to develop a swift test timeline.

Houthi forces continue to launch ballistic missiles targeting commercial vessels in the Red Sea despite ongoing airstrikes by U.S. forces to degrade the Iranian-backed militia.

The USAF and Northrop Grumman recently conducted a live, static-fire test of the second-stage SRM for the LGM-35A Sentinel ground-based strategic deterrent.

Faced with an expected influx of testing with current infrastructure and staff maxed out, Edwards AFB aims to reinvent itself.