U.S. Air Force (USAF)

By Brian Everstine
Pentagon and White House officials are sharing more details about the balloon as an effort continues to collect debris.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Hydrosat has won a contract from AFWERX to adapt its surface temperature data analytics software for military missions.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A zigzagging Chinese high-altitude balloon roving across the U.S. recalls a history of lighter-than-air spy missions and highlights a new trend.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
U.S. troops in the Middle East turn to new tech and adapted missile defenses to help protect bases.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A long-awaited international air show Down Under will highlight the impact of a strategic pivot by Australia since 2019.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The funding will be used to build a full-scale prototype of Electra’s hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The last undelivered 747-8Is are being converted into presidential aircraft for the USAF under a nearly $7 billion development project, including cost overruns.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By P. Barry Butler
Daylighting mental health issues is critically important to aviation safety.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
A busy two weeks for the F-35 reveals new details about the program’s strengths and weaknesses as the program enters a critical new phase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Despite as many as 640 aircraft losses for the U.S., Japan and Taiwan in one scenario, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is more likely than not to fail, CSIS says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Sharing low-cost emitters with Ukrainian forces is one innovative way to help complicate the air picture for Russia.
Defense

By Brian Everstine, Guy Norris, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
The B-21 Raider was displayed at the company’s secretive Plant 42 complex about 34 years after a similar ceremony for its predecessor the B-2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
How do the B-21 and B-2 bomber differ? Here are four ways.
Defense

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says he is encouraged by recent test successes for Lockheed Martin’s Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, despite having previously expressed concern about the program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Propulsion-related test and development contracts have been awarded to engine-makers General Electric and Pratt & Whitney as well as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Defense Department has proposed launching a large-scale prototyping effort for a blended wing body aircraft that will be evaluated as a future tanker, airlifter and bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force now expects the first flight of the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber in 2023 as the service prepares for a public rollout later this
Defense

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force fleet in fiscal 2021 saw a total of 21 of its most serious incidents, a lower number from previous years, while its less-serious mishap rates have increased.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Brian Everstine
The service’s ongoing effort to connect its simulators is the Simulator Common Architecture Requirements And Standards program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The new software-based mission system is necessary as the Compass Call fleet transitions to the Baseline 4 capability by 2025.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has begun development work on an autonomous automatic air-to-air refueling capability for its Airbus A330 MRTT.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A top Global Strike Command official endorsed call for new “midrange” missiles deliverable by stealthy bomber at varying distances.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
According to a report, a secretive special operations group called for the bombs using processes for quick self-defense strikes.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force is relying on the aging 707-based E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, but the fleet's age is making it harder to keep flying.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says he has a lot of convincing to do on Capitol Hill to garner support for the service's fiscal 2023 budget proposal.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference