U.S. Air Force (USAF)

The U.S. Air Force's former "chief futurist," retired Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, explains what the application of air power means today and how it may evolve.

A planned downselect announcement is expected in about three weeks for the program.

The U.S. Air Force expects to resume accepting deliveries of KC-46s next month.

The U.S. Air Force will complete repairs on all of the aircraft in its C-130H fleet by the end of September.

The White House on July 10 announced strong opposition to several aspects of the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the 2024 defense policy bill.

The Philippine Air Force and the U.S. military are planning increased operations together as new operating locations open up under a novel defense agreement.

The U.S. Air Force and some allies are undertaking a massive test that kicked off last week in the Pacific in an exercise called Mobility Guardian 2023.

The $94.2 million deal for the LongShot program allows GA-ASI to move beyond the critical design review phase.

The Pentagon is again accusing Russia of unsafe operations in the Middle East releasing a video taken July 5 that shows a Russian Su-35 harassing a U.S. MQ-9.

Startup HyperKelp says it is demonstrating air-droppable buoys for the U.S. Navy that could detect the acoustic signature of boost-glide hypersonic vehicles.

The UK Royal Air Force has demonstrated a nonstop long-range flight of its Airbus A400M airlifter, from the UK to Guam.

Dubbed the Collaborative Low-Altitude UAS Integration Effort (CLUE), the system was developed by AFRL’s Information Directorate.

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

House appropriators are not impressed with how major Pentagon hypersonic programs have performed in recent tests.

Joby Aviation has announced a $100 million equity sale to existing investor SK Telecom.

Based in Austin, Texas, LIFT is developing a single-seat unwinged multicopter called the Hexa.

The first EMD aircraft for the service took off from Boeing’s St. Louis facility.

The aircraft has received FAA special airworthiness certification for flight testing.

Eric Allison is Joby Aviation's chief commercial officer.

More U.S. Air Force installations are getting new aircraft as Congress appears poised to allow the service to continue retiring the aging A-10 fleet.

The U.S. Air Force is buying at least 140 of the F-15EX variants, most of which are planned to go to the Air National Guard.

Raytheon’s lobbyist accused a Lockheed Martin executive of deception for publicly supporting a proposal to replace the F-35 engine.

The U.S. House Armed Services Committee has authorized the U.S. Navy to establish a Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office.

The House Armed Services Committee passed its fiscal 2024 defense policy bill on June 21.

Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Airbus to offer a modified A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport, called LMXT, to the U.S. Air Force.