The service had hoped to kick off the competitive technology maturation and risk-reduction phase in the second quarter of fiscal 2019, but instead the “Milestone A” acquisition decision has shifted into the second half of fiscal 2021.

NASA is to continue its development of aircraft electric propulsion and step up work on urban air mobility despite cutting its budget request for aeronautics research by 3.3% for fiscal 2019, to $634 million. &

Three of the USAF's E-8C Jstars ground surveillance and battle management planes could be headed to the boneyard next year if the service gets its way.

The move is a response to a more contested space environment as well as a flowering commercial space industry.

The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with plans to field a force of low-cost, light attack aircraft, but it will take years to come to fruition.

Despite a windfall of defense spending, President Donald Trump’s Pentagon has cut planned purchases of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter in the short term.

Ongoing operations in the Middle East by the U.S. and its allies are prompting spending hikes on a number of missile programs by the Pentagon.

The U.S. Navy in its fiscal 2019 budget is seeking to significantly boost the number of Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets it is buying over the next five years.