Saturday, November 22, 2025
The beleaguered KC-46 Pegasus fleet has an availability rate around 51%, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said today, pointing to efforts between the service and Boeing to resolve several persistent problems on the aircraft.
The Air Force wants to invest in developing a new high-speed, air-to-air missile in part to arm the first iteration of Collaborative Combat Aircraft, according to a top service official and a recent request for information filing.
President Trump today said he wants to give the U.S. military's fifth-generation fighters a makeover, including by overhauling the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with a twin engine and a "super upgrade."
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin are in talks to accelerate the contract award for Lot 19 of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter "potentially into the second quarter" by combining it with Lot 18, company Chief Financial Officer Evan Scott said today. (UPDATED)
The Air Force anticipates it will purchase more than 185 Boeing-made F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft, according to service Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin.
The Air Force and Boeing are making significant progress to keep the troubled T-7A Red Hawk training jet in line with Air Education and Training Command's stated target to reach initial operational capability by 2027, the service's top acquisition official told lawmakers yesterday.
Boeing has told the Air Force it can deliver the first VC-25B jet -- the eventual replacement for presidential aircraft Air Force One -- by 2027, if some of the program's requirements are altered, a top service official said today.
The Air Force and Boeing have found a fix for cracking found on the structure of the KC-46 Pegasus, a top service official said today, following a Feb. 27 decision to temporarily pause all tanker deliveries until the issue was resolved.
The planned upgrade for the KC-46 Pegasus' Remote Vision System is now expected to field 18 months behind an already delayed schedule, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said yesterday, resulting in a new delivery date about three years behind the initial plan.
The pilot training center at Ebbing Air National Guard Base, AR could soon host another 12 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters from foreign partners, increasing operations there and requiring a supplemental environmental impact statement, according to an April 24 notice in the federal register.
Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI is poised to receive a replacement fighter squadron after its fleet of A-10 Warthogs retire over the next few years, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yesterday.
All mission thread integration and requirements work now underway within the Air Force’s new Integrated Capabilities Command will not initially account for the service’s portion of nuclear modernization or enterprise IT, Inside Defense has learned.
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin today doubled down on his opposition to a new law that increases the amount military services invest annually in infrastructure restoration and sustainment accounts, telling an audience of industry and service members: "We got to fight that."
Aerospace giant Boeing today announced an agreement to sell off parts of its digital aviation solutions business to the software-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $10.55 billion.
Lockheed Martin will not protest the Air Force's recent decision to award Boeing a contract to build the F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance platform, CEO Jim Taiclet told investors today.
Lockheed Martin today named 26-year company executive Evan Scott as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately, according to a Lockheed news release.
President Trump yesterday said he will work with Michigan's bipartisan leadership to keep Selfridge Air National Guard Base "open, strong, thriving" after its fleet of A-10 Warthogs begins to retire in 2026.
The Air Force downgraded two of seven category 1 deficiencies on the KC-46A Pegasus, Inside Defense has learned, but five problems that could result in death of an operator or significant damage to the tanker remain.
The Air Force will soon begin developmental testing of Lockheed Martin's Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar following delivery of the first system, according to a company news release issued today.
The Air Force Sustainment Center is finalizing plans with Japan to establish the first Regional Repair Facility via the Global Enterprise Network for Universal Sustainment in the next three to five years, Inside Defense has learned, but a pilot program could arrive in as soon as one year.