The Space Development Agency on Thursday will launch the second round of Tranche 0 satellites for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, though another launch will be needed for the final few satellites. (UPDATED)
Friday, March 21, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025
The Space Development Agency on Thursday will launch the second round of Tranche 0 satellites for its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, though another launch will be needed for the final few satellites. (UPDATED)
Ukraine's Air Force may not become proficient with F-16 fighter jets for four or five years, a top U.S. Air Force official said Friday morning, and the aircraft won't be a "silver bullet" for the country to gain air superiority as it fights off Russia's invasion.
The Air Force has a new chief information officer, according to a service official, following the departure of Lauren Knausenberger in June.
The Air Force laid out part of its baseline infrastructure for its contribution to the Joint All Domain Command and Control effort by describing its needs for a content delivery network in a request for information posted Wednesday.
DAYTON, OH -- The U.S. will benefit from the kinks in the manufacturing and supply chain for the E-7 Wedgetail that are being worked out by the U.K., which has faced rising procurement costs on its version of the aircraft, senior materiel leaders told reporters last week.
DAYTON, OH -- Compared to the previous five-year average, Air Force foreign military sales are up more than 10% with two months still left in fiscal year 2023, officials told reporters this week.
DAYTON, OH -- The Air Force will fund prototypes of the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion engine from both General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, a change from the previous plan of prototyping just one engine.
DAYTON, OH -- The Air Force is beginning to discuss specific requirements for the Department of the Air Force Battle Network with industry in classified meetings, Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey said Tuesday.
The Senate Appropriations Committee would have the Defense Department combine two of its command-and-control efforts under one program element to better sync capabilities, according to a report issued along with the committee's passage of its fiscal year 2024 defense spending bill Thursday.
The Senate Appropriations Committee would add $200 million to the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile budget in fiscal year 2024 to boost the industrial base supporting the nuclear modernization program.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is calling on the Air Force to change its acquisition strategies for the F-15EX fighter jet while also fully funding the purchase of 24 of the airframes in fiscal year 2024.
Northrop Grumman won't bid as a prime contractor for the Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance platform, CEO Kathy Warden said Thursday, though she left open the possibility of bidding on the Navy's version.
Boeing is "wrestling through" its fixed-price defense and space contracts and expects to begin turning an operating profit in its defense business in 2025, CEO David Calhoun said Wednesday.
The Biden administration has nominated Gen. David Allvin to be the next Air Force chief of staff, according to a Tuesday announcement.
Though it reported generally positive results during its second quarter earnings call this week, Lockheed Martin executives said the company will see a loss upwards of $200 million this year from expected late deliveries of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets.
Despite a recent report from the United Kingdom decrying its problems acquiring E-7 Wedgetail aircraft, Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter doesn't foresee significant hurdles in procuring the U.S. version.
Several provisions in the fiscal year 2024 defense policy and spending bills working their way through Congress won't be helpful to the transformation needed in the Air Force, Secretary Frank Kendall said Tuesday morning.
The Air Force is focusing its Joint All Domain Command and Control efforts on building a digital architecture across the service and delivering capabilities that fill gaps operators currently experience, according to the Air Force’s top official for integrating the technology.
The Pentagon plans to spend upwards of $756 billion on its nuclear enterprise over the next 10 years, according to a new Congressional Budget Office projection, which is 19% higher than the 10-year projection CBO made in 2021.
The Senate won't likely let the Air Force retire its older F-22 Raptor jets, according to documents for the fiscal year 2024 defense policy bill released by the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday.