U.S. Air Force (USAF)

The U.S. Air Force is kicking off spending on Boeing’s E-7A Wedgetail, awarding Boeing a contract of up to $1.2 billion for the rapid prototyping program.

AMC recently directed a change to its fleet, removing the large “U.S. AIR FORCE,” unit markings, tail numbers and other identifying markings.

U.S. startup Jetoptera has completed wind tunnel testing to validate the ability of its adaptive Fluidic Propulsion System.

Calls for the Biden administration to send Lockheed Martin F-16s to Ukraine’s air force are growing louder on Capitol Hill.

Startup The Air Co. plans to demonstrate a mobile synthetic fuel production plant.

A new level of scrutiny and investment is coming to high- and near-space altitudes following a bizarre series of ballooning incidents in February.

The current U.S. Foreign Military Sales system is antiquated and needs to evolve, weapons maker representatives say in a study.

Although Hornet production is forecast to end in 3-5 years, Boeing officials seem confident that a new generation of fighter production soon will begin.

Under new leadership and with increased scrutiny, the U.S. Air Force wants to make ABMS operational with new awards and a different approach to testing.

As the USAF looks to develop uncrewed collaborative combat aircraft to fly with future fighters, the service is also rethinking how it organizes these fleets.

eVTOL propeller test; hybrid-electric turboprop; hydrogen supply networks; and vertiports for Dubai.

Spirit AeroSystems celebrated the rollout of the 100th forward fuselage for the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker, the military version of the Boeing 767.

U.S. forces have completely recovered the Chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4.

The market survey request comes out two weeks after USAF fighters shot down a Chinese high-altitude balloon with apparent surveillance systems aboard.

The U.S. government will rewrite the rulebook for aerial objects flying over U.S. airspace, President Joe Biden said.

U.S. pushes for more Ukraine aid; U.S. tankers grounded; Polish MQ-9 flights to start; and replacing Russian platforms.

GE Aerospace is beginning design work for a production standard version of the XA100 adaptive engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35.

The USAF still expects first flight this year of the Northrop Grumman LGM-35A Sentinel missile, despite a reported schedule slip and test failure.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has established a partnership with Divergent Technologies to develop 3D-printed UAV structures.

Although the club is not pointing fingers, there are suspicions among other prominent members of the small, pico-ballooning enthusiasts community.

The U.S. Air Force is grounding its workhorse Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker fleet temporarily, along with reconnaissance variants.

A new wave of modernization priorities are set to be unveiled in the next U.S. Air Force budget request.

Congress says no to U.S. Air Force buying electric aircraft, but the program continues.

President Joe Biden has ordered his national security team to begin a review of the policy implications of the series of sightings of unidentified objects.

The X-62A demonstrated “AI agents” developed by EpiSci, PhysicsAI, Shield AI and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.