U.S. Air Force (USAF)

By Steve Trimble
A weapons and combat aircraft manufacturing complex is rising out of Ohio soybean fields, representing Anduril’s bid to disrupt the defense industrial base.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Textron has no plans to revive the Scorpion tactical jet despite a call from the DOD for the defense industry to invest to develop new weapons systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
NASA says the two-person flight crew of a vintage WB-57F high altitude research aircraft were unharmed after the aircraft made a gear-up landing.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Autonomous cargo aircraft startup Grid Aero closed a $20 million Series A financing round in January.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Boeing on Jan. 27 reported another $565 million charge on its U.S. Air Force KC-46 tanker program in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force in December 2025 awarded Northrop Grumman contracts for the next production lot of B-21 Raider bombers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Controlling access to sensitive information in military programs has always been a driver of bureaucracy and inefficiency in defense procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is looking to possibly double its Doomsday aircraft fleet as it brings on the replacement for the E-4B Nightwatch.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Lawmakers are blasting the Pentagon for wasting time and money for the U.S. Navy fighter program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Ben Goldstein
While commercial passenger services have yet to materialize, the defense sector is shaping up to be a more immediate market for advanced air mobility companies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc. has signed up an Emirati company to co-produce MQ-9B Sea Guardians.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Air Force soon will ask companies to propose new ideas for long-range hypersonic weapons that can be demonstrated rapidly.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Blended wing body (BWB) startup JetZero says development of its full-size demo will accelerate following a successful Series B financing round.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force’s training command is set to start flying and maintaining the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk as it builds the initial, small fleet.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Readers write about U.S.-China space cooperation, U.S. Air Force airlifters, opinions and China’s plans for Taiwan.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman will provide the autonomy software for the U.S. Marine Corps first loyal wingman uncrewed system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is reshaping its acquisition program leadership under direction from top Pentagon leadership.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
Boeing has resumed F-15EX deliveries quickly after the end of a 15-week strike—but budget data shows the U.S. Air Force program is well behind schedule.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force has outlined two new updates to its Boeing C-17 airlifter fleet
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
As 2025 draws to an end, the Resilient-GPS program “doesn’t have a future fate,” one contractor says.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
Six years have passed since Northrop Grumman won an opportunity to upgrade the system on the U.S. Air Force fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace of Norway plans to acquire Zone 5 Technologies, a U.S. maker of low-cost cruise missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
A radar upgrade for the X-62 autonomous fighter will allow the U.S. Air Force to experiment with AI-enabled “pilots” controlling sensors in combat.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine, Tony Osborne, Robert Wall
A new U.S. strategy recalibrates global security posture from foreign intervention to homeland protection.
Budget, Policy & Operations