U.S. Air Force (USAF)

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force plans to award a contract next year for its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Boeing T-7A could receive a limited military flight release this summer, but faces the risk of new schedule delays as software and escape concerns linger.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
The U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program has established airspace innovation and battery energy storage teams.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Reliable Robotics has demonstrated autonomous takeoff, flight and landing of its retrofitted Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
Deliveries of the Boeing KC-46 tanker to the U.S. Air Force are still paused amid an ongoing problem with the aircraft’s fuel tanks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Capitol Hill is supportive of the Pentagon’s, and particularly the U.S. Air Force’s, plan to develop large numbers of uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A defense industry-sponsored report reveals that U.S. manufacturers cannot meet planned production and cost targets for a new class of hypersonic weapons.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Boeing says it is moving as fast as possible on the service’s E-7, amid Pentagon and congressional pressure.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has stood up a fourth aggressor squadron, comprising older, fourth-generation aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon hopes to save $3.5 billion through its planned divestments of aircraft and ships across all services.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A solution still remains beyond the grasp of most operational forces.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup RapidFlight has emerged from stealth mode to launch the M2, a Group 3 uncrewed aircraft system that is 3D-printed.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The San Francisco-based company is using a Cessna 208B Caravan for the flight tests.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Sen. Tommy Tuberville placed a hold on DOD nominations to protest a policy of the military reimbursing travel for service members who obtain abortions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
Archer Aviation has announced the establishment of a new Government Services Advisory Board, staffed by a cadre of retired military officers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jen DiMascio
U.S. hypersonic facilities need cash; China’s X-37B returns; Poland warms to Korea’s KF-21; and fleet retirement optimism.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
eVTOL noise rules; Adaptive drone wings; Assuring autonomy; and A220 on 100% SAF.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military’s top test facilities for hypersonic weapons are facing issues with equipment reliability and parts obsolescence.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Transcend Air has partnered with Israel Aerospace Industries’ North American operation to develop military applications for its planned Vy family of VTOLs.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Steve Trimble
A rare tour of GE’s test chamber for adaptive engines highlights the reality of the new technologies as the company tries to save the program from cancellation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach has been tapped to be the next commander of the service’s Air Combat Command.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Air Force’s future ground-moving target indication capability from space will be a scaled-up version of an existing NRO-designed constellation.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
Under the AFWerx contract, Pittsburgh-based Near Earth will develop an architecture that enables autonomous aircraft to operate safely and efficiently.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Digital engineering had promised to deliver the trainer within six years of contract award, but problems have conspired to stretch Boeing’s schedule to 8 years.
Light Attack and Advanced Training