The Textron AirLand Scorpion has become the test case for a new airworthiness initiative by the U.S. Air Force that could make non-program of record military aircraft more attractive to international buyers.
The U.S. Air Force is planning to perform a business case analysis for so-called Adversary Air (ADAIR) capabilities to plug what it sees as a “significant gap” in training requirements.
A full-scale prototype of Facebook’s stratospheric solar-powered unmanned aircraft, designed to provide Internet access in remote regions, has entered flight testing in South Africa.
The F-35 fighter jets operated by partner nations and international customers, including Turkey, will eventually be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, a top Air Force general confirmed July 21.
The Obama administration’s recapitalization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal could grow to consume 6-7% of annual defense spending in the early 2020s as the Pentagon retools its strategic force, including a replacement cruise missile and intercontinental ballistic missile.
More Rafale export contracts are in the offing but are taking time to materialize, causing Dassault Aviation to strive to adjust the fighter’s production rate.
Malaysia will stage two simultaneous separate exercises with the U.S. military, apparently for the first time. The two exercises are Cope Taufan 2016 and Keris Strike 2016.
The fixed-price development contract Boeing offered to win the KC-X competition over Airbus in 2011 continues to haunt the company as its pre-tax losses for development top $2 billion.
Boeing late July 21 announced after-tax charges totaling $2.1 billion, including $393 million on the U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker and $847 million on the 787.
The U.S. Air Force is contemplating pursuing a low-end, light attack “OA-X” aircraft to augment the A-10 Warthog in a close-air support role, while simultaneously aiming for a more robust replacement, dubbed “A-X2,” down the line.
A full-scale prototype of Facebook’s stratospheric solar-powered unmanned aircraft, designed to provide Internet access in remote regions, has entered flight testing in South Africa.
The first aircraft equipped with the Advanced Display Core Processor II took to the skies over Eglin AFB in Florida for the first time on July 8, successfully completing a 2-hr. 53-min. test flight.
The U.S. Marine Corps has taken an unusual approach to backfilling their front-line squadrons to cover delays to the F-35B: the Corps is raiding the boneyard to bring some retired fighters back into service.
Lockheed Martin says it recently conducted a successful controlled flight test of the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (Lrasm) surface-launch variant from the Self Defense Test Ship at Point Mugu Sea Range, California.
Protracted negotiations between the Pentagon and Lockheed Martin over the next batches of F-35s are weighing on the company’s cash flow, with Lockheed forced to use internal funding to pay suppliers that have already begun work on the lot 9 and 10 jets.
Last weekend’s NATO summit had its security provided, in part, by ground-based air-defense equipment and personnel from the Norwegian air force, which deployed Nasams (Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) teams to Poland.
