The Air Force is considering a depot partnership with the United Arab Emirates' Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center, a top service official said today.
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Saturday, November 22, 2025
The Air Force is considering a depot partnership with the United Arab Emirates' Advanced Military Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Center, a top service official said today.
General Atomics' YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype flew for the first time today, the Air Force announced, inching the service closer to teaming its manned platforms with fighter drones.
A second B-21 Raider nuclear bomber will likely fly before the end of 2025, Lt. Gen. Andrew Gebara, the Air Force's deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration, said this morning.
The Air Force has awarded software firm Reliable Robotics a $17.4 million contract to automate cargo logistics, the company announced today.
The Air Force is asking industry to provide input about the airframe for the Next Generation Air-Refueling System as the service considers whether to pursue the program at all or simply add enhancements to the existing tanker fleet.
The Air Force is changing its exterior color requirements for the VC-25B presidential airlift replacement platform, Inside Defense has learned, likely switching back to the Trump administration's preferred red, white and dark blue.
The Air Force wants to invigorate its fighter aircraft stockpile by changing the legal language used to categorize battle-ready jets, according to a recent legislative proposal that would also retire all remaining A-10 Warthogs.
The Air Force's small business innovation arm and startup Grid Aero are teaming up to test the company's autonomous cargo drones to carry "thousands of pounds for thousands of miles," according to a press release the company issued Monday.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin will retire "on or about" Nov. 1, the service announced today, following a nearly 39-year career and just two years as the service's top officer.
Under the impression enemies will soon be driving Tesla Cybertrucks, the Air Force Test Center is soliciting industry to purchase two of the electric vehicles for use as targets for live missile fire testing.
While the Air Force has perfected tactical operations, Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) told Inside Defense, it needs to get better at the behind-the-scenes work -- particularly overseas sustainment and logistics.
About 3,200 mechanics and other Boeing defense workers in the St. Louis area went on strike early this morning, adding strain to the production lines of high-profile military programs like the T-7 Red Hawk training jet and F-15EX Eagle II.
The Air Force has awarded missile makers Raytheon and Lockheed Martin $3.5 billion and about $4.3 billion, respectively, to boost deliveries of the vendors' advanced missile products, according to a July 31 Pentagon announcement.
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter would get a $780 million sustainment boost across several funding lines in the Senate Appropriations Committee's version of next year's spending bill as lawmakers continue to cite the program's ongoing developmental challenges.
The Air Force has selected technology firm Reliable Robotics to develop the software framework needed to link commercial AI configurations with the service's autonomous platforms, the company announced Tuesday.
Boeing's defense division turned a profit in the second quarter of this year, the company revealed today, a marked shift after it has consistently taken on significant charges in previous quarters.
By next year, Lockheed Martin could be fully reimbursed for F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft after the Pentagon moved to withhold a portion of the payments until the company could deliver complete Technology Refresh-3 capable jets.
The Air Force is asking to get rid of 153 facilities and other infrastructure next year in an effort to shift spending toward modernization and the development of priority systems, a service spokesperson told Inside Defense.
Senate authorizers are trying to reverse the Air Force's decision last year to significantly reduce its planned buy of MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters, citing a rapid need to fully replace Vietnam War-era UH-1 Hueys.
Lockheed Martin logged a $1.8 billion loss in the second quarter of 2025, $950 million of which came from a "critical" classified aeronautics program, company CEO Jim Taiclet told investors today.