The U.S. Navy made a “reality-based” decision to pause MQ-4C Triton production in the fiscal 2021 budget request, according to the service’s acquisition executive.

A senior lawmaker is cautioning against the Pentagon entering a five-year performance-based logistics (PBL) contract with Lockheed Martin for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The U.S. Air Force has decided it would employ the KC-46A Pegasus in a major contingency although the aircraft still needs fixes on its Remote Vision System and boom telescope actuator.

President Donald Trump has nominated Gen. Charles Brown as U.S. Air Force chief of staff. If confirmed by the Senate he will be the first African-American officer to serve in the role.

Four companies have joined the Saab Gripen E’s proposal for the C$15-20 billion Future Fighter Capability contract in Canada, which remains in a recently extended competitive phase. 

A trial for the program has transitioned into operational use.

The British Royal Air Force is to test Saab’s digital air traffic control technology at a Scottish airbase.

U.S. Special Operations Command has proposed to revive a former U.S. Air Force requirement for a light attack aircraft fleet in the fiscal 2021 budget request, but that does not mean a traditional fighter is on the shopping list, the chief of Air Force Special Operations Command said Feb. 28.