U.S. Air Force (USAF)

By Chen Chuanren
A new defense market reality is emerging in the country as Tokyo seeks to increase its exports.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A GA-ASI spokesman defended the company’s Increment 1 prototype, but did not criticize the remarks directly.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s new F-35 fleet did not meet any of its mission capable targets over the six-year span.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bombers hammered underground Houthi weapons storage locations in Yemen on Oct. 17.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
Airline interest in the BWB concept grows as the U.S. Air Force-supported JetZero program primes the pump for commercial and military applications.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
When the U.S. Army began developing a utility helicopter in the 1960s, it faced the unenviable task of replacing arguably the most storied rotorcraft to date.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The report was completed in July 2022 but not released publicly until Sept. 30.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
The startup aims for flight certification of a digital twin before the aircraft is physically built.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Next steps for wake surfing; measuring e-SAF emissions; solar stratospheric UAS upgrade; and uncrewed medical eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
Market research has started on a new intratheater airlifter program that could begin fielding hundreds of new aircraft after 2031.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Graham Warwick
The Ultra 2XL is a 3,000-lb. gross-weight coaxial-rotor uncrewed helicopter, powered by a Rolls-Royce RR300 turboshaft engine.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Autonomy is coming to commercial aviation. Its first stop: the Cessna Caravan.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
Syracuse, New York-based SRC Inc. has unveiled an electronic support measures (ESM) payload for a Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Replicator 2 plan will be submitted with the fiscal 2026 budget request.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
As satellite operators turn to smaller, proliferated spacecraft to protect space-based capabilities, industry sees ground stations as a new target for attacks.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Flight tests of the CLS-300 are planned for the second half of 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
WindBorne started a six-month contract with the Navy in July to provide “subseasonal forecasting” and optimize its model for cyclone prediction.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The new funds are intended to finance expanded production of Pyka’s autonomous electric fixed-wing aircraft, which come in two variants.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Florida-based VerdeGo Aero is aiming to certify a suite of hybrid-electric integrated propulsion systems under the FAA’s Part 33 rules for aeroengines.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Sage Geosystems a $1.9 million contract to demonstrate geothermal powerplant technology that could power the service’s airfields.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve is a peacetime effort to develop capacity that the U.S. military can tap during times of conflict or crisis.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Aircraft WT001 got airborne from Birmingham Airport, England, shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 20.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The fifth T-7A will be delivered from Boeing in St. Louis to Edwards AFB, California, in mid-October.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Brian Everstine
The USAF secretary is targeting an F-22 replacement's per-unit cost near that of an F-35 or F-15EX .
Aircraft & Propulsion