U.S. Air Force (USAF)

The U.S. Air Force has taken another step toward a major production extension for its KC-46A tanker, notifying Boeing on April 1 of an upcoming contract for 75 of the aircraft.

The U.S. Air Force’s new electronic attack aircraft has joined operations against Iran before it is formally declared operational.

A new variant of a low-cost, air-launched cruise missile quietly entered development for the U.S. Air Force in December.

The U.S. Air Force will soon launch the next “giant leap” in testing for a cruise missile program.

Aviation Week has identified $23.1 billion in open opportunities to supply CCAs between 2026 and 2035 that have officially been announced by operators.

Special tactics units within the USAF Special Operations Command are researching options for buying short-range, first-person-view, one-way attack drones.

The U.S. Air Force and Boeing are in a strong place to turn around the VC-25B future “Air Force One” program.

The U.S. Air Force is changing the armament on its new Sikorsky HH-60W combat search and rescue helicopter as the fleet is being rolled out.

The U.S. Air Force’s Boeing T-7A trainer program is seeing testing delays mount ahead of an imminent production decision, following a change in the acquisition approach to try to speed up fielding.

The U.S. Air Force now plans to push some capability of the B-52’s new radar into later increments to address developmental issues and cost growth.

All six crewmembers onboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 were killed when it crashed in Iraq after an incident involving another tanker during Operation Epic Fury.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded two new deals worth $2.43 billion to Boeing to continue developing two E-7A prototypes as directed by Congress.

A U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crashed March 12 in Iraq as part of the ongoing conflict in Iran, with one other aircraft involved in the incident.

The U.S. Air Force’s opposition to buying additional Boeing E-7A Wedgetails has not changed despite a solicitation released on March 10.

Gerald Brown was arrested for violating the Arms Export Control Act for allegedly working as a contract instructor for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force.

French flow control, JAXA’s reusable rocket, hypersonic tunnel returns and laser link from GEO.

The USAF laboratory charged with protecting installations from small uncrewed aircraft systems is out with two new solicitations.

Regime change has long been considered a boots-on-the-ground operation. Now the U.S. and Israel are trying to do it from the sky.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Announced program timescales suggest more than 1,200 CCAs could be in operation around the world by the end of 2036.

U.S. Air Force officials started looking for alternatives to the service’s next-generation anti-radiation missile on March 4.

Air Force Global Strike Command conducted its latest test of an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM on March 4.

The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman are investing in a B-21 capacity increase as the Sentinel program faces decision points.

The U.S. and Israeli military operation against Iran was starting to show signs of supply strains as it stretched into a fourth day of fighting.

The U.S. Air Force has initiated its plan to reactivate a wind tunnel capable of testing hypersonic vehicles and engines.