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U.S. Air Force researchers revealed plans to fire an affordable hypersonic missile in early December under the newly unveiled Angry Tortoise project.

Advanced Hawkeyes are picking up battle management slack from the dwindling number of E-3s, now that the U.S. Air Force’s E-7A Wedgetail plans are in flux.

Skunk Works is taking work it did to compete for the USAF's sixth-gen fighter and applying it to a new stealthy, survivable Collaborative Combat Aircraft design.

The hybrid-electric, short-takeoff-and-landing transport could fill a gap in the military’s air mobility fleet.

Colorado-based startup Radia has announced plans to offer a purpose-built military version of its WindRunner outsized cargo aircraft.

Boeing is to assemble the two rapid prototypes of its E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning platform in the UK.

The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon recently set a new record for longest AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile shot by a fifth-generation fighter.

Atropos Group unveils the Tacit Spear concept for an autonomous airlifter and a blueprint for delivering the large aircraft in a few years.

Both top positions in the U.S. Air Force remain unfilled amid modernization challenges and growing threats from China and beyond.

The B-21 Raider program completed the first flight of a second airborne test aircraft in Palmdale, California, on Sept. 11, clearing a key milestone a month before the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. Air Force contract award to Northrop Grumman.

The U.S. Air Force search for a new military leader broadened to more retirees and lieutenant generals after a leading contender faced new criticism on social media, sources say.

After languishing in budgetary limbo, an electronic warfare suite developed for the F-16 is now being pressed quickly into service.

Applied Research Associations (ARA) will lead development of a Next Generation Penetrator prototype munition for the U.S. Air Force.

A series of teaser images suggest Shield AI's VTOL aircraft is a tailsitter with swept wings and an internal weapons bay large enough to carry two cruise missiles.

NASA has selected four crewmembers for its second 378-day simulation of living and working on the surface of Mars.

Coming out of the service’s biggest exercise in recent history, the Air Force looks to make changes, but uncertainty is bubbling up.

The Trump administration has withdrawn the nomination of Gen. Thomas Bussiere to be the U.S. Air Force's vice chief of staff, a source says.

SNC has begun test flights for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center, about five months after it began work on the first airframe.

F-35 deliveries have continued to be delayed despite steps to incentivize timely handovers, a new government watchdog report says.

Joby has concluded exercises with the U.S. Air Force in which it used an automated Cessna Caravan to fly thousands of miles over the Pacific and Hawaii.

Startup AIR has received FAA Experimental Airworthiness Certification for its two-seat eVTOL to begin flight testing in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Ellsworth AFB is preparing for the stealth bomber, but no arrival date has been announced for the lagging program.

A steady stream of social media from China's frequent rehearsals offers glimpses of a parade that will showcase mostly familiar weapon systems.

The U.S. Air Force is to send pilots for advanced flight training to the Italian Air Force and Leonardo-run International Flight Training School in Sardinia.

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