U.S. Air Force (USAF)

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week. Primary Category: AEROSPACE

The U.S. Air Force should return to its Cold War-era practice of flying a nuclear command post 24/7, a key lawmaker argues.

U.S. Air Force test pilots will begin flying the T-7A Red Hawk this month.

The BWB offers a number of advantages for both commercial and military applications.

The first aircraft participating in the Air Defender 2023 deployment exercise have touched down at German air bases.

The proving ground will use open-architecture testbeds to enable industry to flight-test autonomy technologies.

The U.S. Air Force’s AFWerx High-Speed VTOL Concept Challenger produces mixed results.

If confirmed, Brown would be the first Air Force chairman since 2005, replacing retiring U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley in the role.

A Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat has arrived in the U.S. for testing.

Boeing will build a new manufacturing facility to focus on advanced coatings as part of a large push for upcoming secretive military programs.

A U.S. Air Force official has approved the start of a sprawling, multistate construction project to support the U.S. Air Force’s future ICBM program.

BAE Systems will continue developing a ramjet-powered, 155-mm artillery shell for the U.S. Army.

A yearslong campaign to define a new U.S. air superiority fighter will reach a climax when a development contact is awarded in 2024.

Boeing has delivered four of the six aircraft ordered under the research, development, test and evaluation contract, with two more set to come this summer.

While the U.S. and its partners have agreed to start training Ukrainian pilots on Lockheed Martin F-16s, the jets’ delivery will take several months.

The U.S. Air Force is designing its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program—uncrewed systems that will fly alongside future fighters—to be fielded in increments.

Several upgrades are making the B-52 relevant for the 2030s and beyond, but they require sweeping changes to internal structures and electronics.

The U.S. Air Force plans to award a contract next year for its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter.

The Boeing T-7A could receive a limited military flight release this summer, but faces the risk of new schedule delays as software and escape concerns linger.

The U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program has established airspace innovation and battery energy storage teams.

Reliable Robotics has demonstrated autonomous takeoff, flight and landing of its retrofitted Cessna Caravan 208 aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.

Deliveries of the Boeing KC-46 tanker to the U.S. Air Force are still paused amid an ongoing problem with the aircraft’s fuel tanks.

Capitol Hill is supportive of the Pentagon’s, and particularly the U.S. Air Force’s, plan to develop large numbers of uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft.

A defense industry-sponsored report reveals that U.S. manufacturers cannot meet planned production and cost targets for a new class of hypersonic weapons.

Boeing says it is moving as fast as possible on the service’s E-7, amid Pentagon and congressional pressure.