Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, Brian covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times. Over a decade as a defense journalist, he has reported from dozens of bases at home and abroad, including austere airstrips in Afghanistan, the cockpit of a B-52 over the South Pacific and the boom operator station of a KC-46. Before the military beat, Brian covered the Washington state legislature for the Associated Press.
Lockheed Martin is positioning its Skunk Works Vectis for CCA Increment 2, expecting the U.S. Air Force to seek greater payload, range and survivability.
Singularity, a California-based startup focused on low-cost air defense systems, says it has completed a static test fire of a new solid rocket motor alongside the U.S. Navy.