U.S. Air Force (USAF)

Both top positions in the U.S. Air Force remain unfilled amid modernization challenges and growing threats from China and beyond.

The B-21 Raider program completed the first flight of a second airborne test aircraft in Palmdale, California, on Sept. 11, clearing a key milestone a month before the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. Air Force contract award to Northrop Grumman.

The U.S. Air Force search for a new military leader broadened to more retirees and lieutenant generals after a leading contender faced new criticism on social media, sources say.

After languishing in budgetary limbo, an electronic warfare suite developed for the F-16 is now being pressed quickly into service.

Applied Research Associations (ARA) will lead development of a Next Generation Penetrator prototype munition for the U.S. Air Force.

A series of teaser images suggest Shield AI's VTOL aircraft is a tailsitter with swept wings and an internal weapons bay large enough to carry two cruise missiles.

NASA has selected four crewmembers for its second 378-day simulation of living and working on the surface of Mars.

Coming out of the service’s biggest exercise in recent history, the Air Force looks to make changes, but uncertainty is bubbling up.

The Trump administration has withdrawn the nomination of Gen. Thomas Bussiere to be the U.S. Air Force's vice chief of staff, a source says.

SNC has begun test flights for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center, about five months after it began work on the first airframe.

F-35 deliveries have continued to be delayed despite steps to incentivize timely handovers, a new government watchdog report says.

Joby has concluded exercises with the U.S. Air Force in which it used an automated Cessna Caravan to fly thousands of miles over the Pacific and Hawaii.

Startup AIR has received FAA Experimental Airworthiness Certification for its two-seat eVTOL to begin flight testing in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Ellsworth AFB is preparing for the stealth bomber, but no arrival date has been announced for the lagging program.

A steady stream of social media from China's frequent rehearsals offers glimpses of a parade that will showcase mostly familiar weapon systems.

The U.S. Air Force is to send pilots for advanced flight training to the Italian Air Force and Leonardo-run International Flight Training School in Sardinia.

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

When lawmakers return to Capitol Hill after Labor Day, they will be staring down a government shutdown deadline.

The Defense Security and Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the export deal, setting up a 30-day clock for lawmakers to review the proposed sale.

The U.S. Air Force plans to buy the Northrop Grumman APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) to replace and upgrade the existing sensor in certain C-130s.

The U.S. Navy is now planning to field two key long-range missiles for its aircraft by fall of 2026, a further delay to both programs

Flight testing for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft began with the YFQ-42A taking off for the first time.

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) awarded 3D Systems Corp. a $7.65 million contract to continue development on the company’s large-format 3D printer.

The U.S. Air Force has taken steps to reduce the required capability of the new radar for its B-52 bomber as a way to reduce costs and improve schedule.

Hydraulic fluid contaminated with water froze inside an F-35A’s landing gear during a training flight in Alaska, eventually forcing the pilot to eject, according to a U.S. Air Force investigation.