Boeing C-17

By Steve Trimble
The late-February request from the Air Force reflects a broader strategy to use government funds to seed investments in future commercial products.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
The CMMT leverages Lockheed Martin’s Rapid Dragon palletized munitions platform concept.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
The Boeing-owned company received a nearly $25 million award from DARPA on Feb. 27.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Airbus finds itself in this position because the A400M backlog is dwindling.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Milestones loom in the coming months for future refueler and airlifter programs amid funding uncertainty.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
LQMs are sophisticated machine-learning models that are trained on vast amounts of data generated using physics-based methods.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The deployment plan overhauls how personnel prepare to deploy, creating four six-month stages.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The early planning comes as the service is standing up its new Integrated Capabilities Command to look across its mission sets for new acquisition programs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The service’s Operational Energy office has outlined several programs aimed at increasing the efficiency of military aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force leaders say the service’s mobility fleet of tankers and airlifters need to become more connected to each other.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
Top service official says tanker, fighter and Collaborative Combat Aircraft plans are unaffordable without large changes.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military’s aeromedical evacuation (AE) personnel have become very specialized and good at what they do.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
This year, that operational requirement comes as the U.S. Air Force also undergoes a large-scale overhaul of its force structure.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Defense Department Inspector General on Oct. 29 released an investigation into Boeing’s performance-based logistics contract for the C-17.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
Responses to the RFI are expected to feature an eclectic mix of solutions to the problem.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The operation is a preview of where Air Mobility Command (AMC) is trying to go as part of a broad situational awareness push.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Air Force has awarded startup SandboxAQ additional funding to further develop its quantum-sensor magnetic navigation system.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s engine office says it is open to all option to power a future air refueling aircraft and a potential re-engining of the C-17 as requirements are refined.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Plans to replace the three main fleets of mobility aircraft remain decades away, following the production run of the Next Generation Aerial Refueling System.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
DARPA is likely to make a down select for a high-speed vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) prototype program within weeks.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army has deployed its new ground-launched cruise missile capability for the first time, setting up the mid-range capability (MRC) in the Philippines for an exercise.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is surveying industry for multiple categories of propulsion to power future tankers.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brandon Patrick
The venerable C-130’s cargo capacity, lower speed threshold and commonality across the region make it ideal for relief operations over the Gaza Strip.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Brian Everstine
Reengining the C-17 and adding low-cost connectivity upgrades emerge as top priorities for Air Mobility Command.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Saudi Arabia and India will test the new appeal of the Embraer tanker-transport in a tactical airlift market long monopolized by Lockheed Martin.
Aircraft & Propulsion