U.S. Air Force (USAF)

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

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Special Operations Command now intends to buy a fleet of 62 of the L3Harris and Air Tractor aircraft.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force now has three Northrop Grumman B-21 bombers in test.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The service is close to identifying the launch providers eligible to send nearly 50 future national security missions to space.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The entire V-22 fleet is still limited in its operations, including a requirement that it stays within 30 min. of a divert location.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Left out of the first round of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft program, Lockheed Martin is now looking at cheaper, less capable designs for the next round.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S.-led group of nations supporting Ukraine cannot train F-16 pilots fast enough to meet the nation’s needs, Europe's top USAF officer says.
Budget, Policy & Operations