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The U.S. Air Force has stood up a fourth aggressor squadron, comprising older, fourth-generation aircraft.

The Pentagon hopes to save $3.5 billion through its planned divestments of aircraft and ships across all services.

A solution still remains beyond the grasp of most operational forces.

U.S. startup RapidFlight has emerged from stealth mode to launch the M2, a Group 3 uncrewed aircraft system that is 3D-printed.

The San Francisco-based company is using a Cessna 208B Caravan for the flight tests.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville placed a hold on DOD nominations to protest a policy of the military reimbursing travel for service members who obtain abortions.

Archer Aviation has announced the establishment of a new Government Services Advisory Board, staffed by a cadre of retired military officers.

U.S. hypersonic facilities need cash; China’s X-37B returns; Poland warms to Korea’s KF-21; and fleet retirement optimism.

eVTOL noise rules; Adaptive drone wings; Assuring autonomy; and A220 on 100% SAF.

The U.S. military’s top test facilities for hypersonic weapons are facing issues with equipment reliability and parts obsolescence.

Transcend Air has partnered with Israel Aerospace Industries’ North American operation to develop military applications for its planned Vy family of VTOLs.

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

A rare tour of GE’s test chamber for adaptive engines highlights the reality of the new technologies as the company tries to save the program from cancellation.

U.S. Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach has been tapped to be the next commander of the service’s Air Combat Command.

The Air Force’s future ground-moving target indication capability from space will be a scaled-up version of an existing NRO-designed constellation.

Under the AFWerx contract, Pittsburgh-based Near Earth will develop an architecture that enables autonomous aircraft to operate safely and efficiently.

Digital engineering had promised to deliver the trainer within six years of contract award, but problems have conspired to stretch Boeing’s schedule to 8 years.

GE Aerospace has launched a third series of monthslong ground tests on the XA100 adaptive turbofan engine.

The U.S. Air Force has pressed to accelerate its E-7A Wedgetail program to replace the aging E-3 AWACS and has received increased funding to do so.

The U.S. Air Force expects to move its next-generation air-to-air missile into production next year.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet has “recently” tracked balloons across the Pacific and can down them if required, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo says.

The first visit in four years by U.S. defense contractors to the island democracy will focus on joint production of drones and ammunition.

Scramjet testing has scored several breakthroughs, but the path forward for the Pentagon’s portfolio of hypersonic glide vehicle projects is unclear.

Metrea’s business case rests on the uncomfortable fact that hundreds of Air Force-owned air refueling aircraft cover only a fraction of the potential demand.

The U.S. military’s V-22 operators—the Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force—have reached the end of their programs of record for the tiltrotor.