U.S. Air Force (USAF)

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman now has five B-21 Raider test aircraft in final assembly, U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Sept. 20
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Tony Osborne
U.S. Air Force acknowledged dissimilar air combat training role for retired F-117s, with two deployed to California Air National Guard.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Brian Everstine
Air Force expects to demonstrate amphibious takeoff-and-landing capability for MC-130J Commando II in less than 1.5 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The third CRAF call-up in 41 years will include three aircraft each from American Airlines, Atlas Air, Delta Air Lines and Omni Air; two from Hawaiian Airlines and four from United Airlines.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
The newly formed U.S. Space Force has not done enough to realize the space force vision, which was founded in large part to fix lasting issues with acquisition, according to draft legislation passed by the House Appropriations Committee.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Heaviside becomes the fourth electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (evTOL) aircraft to receive military flight release from the U.S. Air Force under its Agility Prime program.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Lee Hudson
There are mixed opinions among the services on how to make the fifth-generation fighter affordable.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Air Force have checked a key box on the list of post-contract award activities for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program, the company said on April 7.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has selected Collins Aerospace to design a new wheel and carbon brake system for the B-52 as part of the aircraft’s life extension program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Lockheed Martin received a $12.8 million contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on March 25 for the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The turboprop-powered light attack fighter and trainer arrived on Feb. 23 at SNC’s modification facilities in Centennial, Colorado, the company announced on March 29.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Destroying enemy fighters has emerged as the initial focus of the U.S. Air Force's nearly year-old MQ-Next program, which seeks to field a replacement for the MQ-9 by the end of the decade.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The Booster Test Flight at the Point Mugu Sea Range off California will mark the first of several flight test missile releases to support the Lockheed Martin AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW).
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble, Lee Hudson
PACAF operates four of the 27 E-3As in the overall fleet at Kadena and Elmendorf air bases in Japan and Alaska.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Guy Norris, Steve Trimble
The pair of F-117As seen over Southern California are believed to be two of the cadre of four stealth aircraft resurrected from a small number that have been retained in flyable storage.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The missile forms a critical element of the Pentagon’s fast-track plan to develop a range of high-speed stand-off strike and cruise weapons to counter new Chinese and Russian hypersonic capabilities.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
As the U.S. Air Force prepares for a mysterious and “historic” demonstration on Dec. 15 involving the Lockheed Martin U-2S, the company’s Skunk Works division has revealed details of a “complementary” technology experiment held in secret a month ago with the same aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A conference agreement by the House and Senate calls for a Pentagon-level review of the U.S. Air Force's strategy for the Next Generation Air Dominance program and criticizes the Navy's plans as "significantly immature."
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A Matrix-inspired description of the U.S. Air Force's next fighter acquisition suggests substantial cost savings are possible, but not everyone agrees.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
U.S. Space Force and Air Force leaders are seeking to define roles and missions between all of the armed services for a broad range of capabilities.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Lee Hudson
With 15 days left in the fiscal year, the U.S. Air Force and Space Force have not sent Congress a wish list of waivers to make living without a new appropriations bill easier.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A full-scale flight demonstrator for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance program has already flown in secret and “broken records” in the process, a senior official said on Sept. 15.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
SIREN appears to share similar objectives with the National Security Space Architecture launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA), except the AFRL initiative is limited to potential demonstrations and experiments.
Space

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a $13.3 billion contract to replace the nation’s aging intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Jen DiMascio
SpaceX is sticking by its lawsuit against the U.S. military for its decision not to award it one of three design and development contracts awarded two years ago, saying the decision has inflicted “substantial harm” on the company.
Space