U.S. Air Force (USAF)

The Wings Club Foundation this year presented a record 17 scholarships totaling $250,000 to students pursuing careers in aviation.
Maintenance & Training

By Brian Everstine
The Senate on Nov. 2 confirmed new uniformed leaders for the U.S. Air Force and Navy and the No. 2 officer in the U.S. Marine Corps by individual votes.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
An internal investigation team will be formed to analyze the cause of the anomaly during a test launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
New details of the U.S. Air Force’s secretive RQ-180 uncrewed ISR program are among a host of revelations in a newly published book.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
A gun camera photo with the F-22 in sight appears in a PAF 5th Fighter Wing publication, with a caption describing the kill as having been made with a “Fox 2.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A People’s Liberation Army Air Force J-11 flew within 10 ft. of a U.S. Air Force B-52 in the South China Sea this week.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Beta Technologies has flown an Alia electric aircraft prototype to Eglin AFB, Florida, to begin at least three months of flight testing with the U.S. Air Force.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The service’s broader commercial space strategy remains under consideration within the Pentagon.
Space

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
The start of moving ground tests for the Northrop Grumman B-21 provides another milestone on the path to a scheduled first flight by the end of this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
A small number of Ukrainian pilots have begun a tailored training program to learn how to fly the F-16 at a U.S. Air Force base in Arizona.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Airbus will pursue the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 recapitalization program on its own without prior partner Lockheed Martin.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A 10-year-old Poway, California-based company says it has applied for an export license for a synthetic pilot that can command a simulated weapon system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Boeing on Oct. 20 resumed deliveries of its KC-46 tanker to the U.S. Air Force following an almost two-month pause due to red-tape issues.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Italy is to fund a study into the air-launch of small satellites to give the country’s air force autonomous access to space.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
The Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) has approved acquisition of three new Lockheed Martin C-130J-30s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Lockheed CFO Jay Malave said the defense prime is facing a "headwind" from new financial charges relating to a classified missile program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
Boeing has delivered four KC-46s so far this year, with no handovers to the U.S. Air Force since late August.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon has put 2,000 forces on prepare-to-deploy orders as it also has extended the deployment of a carrier strike group the Middle East.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
L3Harris is co-primed with BAE Systems on the EC-37B.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The demonstrator is representative of the Chaparral full-scale prototype that Elroy is preparing for flight testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Bill Sweetman
New details reveal the heritage embedded in the new U.S. bomber design.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Bill Sweetman
A microcutaway of what we think we know about features on the U.S. Air Force’s next stealth bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Task Force 99 offers new model for procuring cheap drones en masse beyond the control of the military services, but can it scale up enough?
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Startup Ampaire has received a U.S. Air Force contract to scale up its AMP-H570 hybrid-electric powertrain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Military analysts are trying to map the flow of bits of data across a vast battlespace, seeking ways to dramatically improve the capability of munitions.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare