ISR experts are advocating for every aircraft to become a contributing member of a disaggregated sensor network linked seamlessly by protected, self-healing data links.

Aviation Week’s Pentagon Editor Lara Seligman joined the U.S. Navy aboard the USS George Washington Aug. 16 just off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, for the final phase of developmental testing of the F-35C carrier variant.

The Air Force’s insistence that the F-35 will soon deploy to Europe, the Pacific and even the Middle East signals a shift away from the Pentagon’s historically more cautious use of stealth aircraft.

With few new-start programs planned, Darpa’s fiscal 2017 budget request is focused on advancing several large demonstrations and transitioning technologies to their intended customers.

There is growing interest in Aegis Ashore installations on U.S. land and abroad, says U.S. Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring.

The U.S. Navy’s fiscal 2017 budget request includes a notable increase in the number of ship- and aircraft-fired missile that starts a solid inventory growth over the future year’s defense plan (FYDP).

The management of NASA’s highest funded field center, Johnson Space Center (JSC), believes it can meet expectations under the agency’s proposed 2017 budget.

The Pentagon is asking for $1.2 billion over the next five years to create a “next-generation” launch system program that would include developing propulsion systems.