U.S. Air Force (USAF)

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

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is moving funding around and requesting more in fiscal 2024 to upgrade the two existing Boeing VC-25As that fly the Air Force One mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The Defense Department Comptroller recently posted a series of multiyear procurement estimates on its fiscal 2024 budget information website.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Lisa Atherton, Bell’s chief operating officer, has been named the rotorcraft company’s next CEO.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The worst-performing space acquisition programs are all software-intensive command and control.
Space

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
The MRO industry is clamoring for military veteran talent, but obstacles for transitioning service members are hindering progress.
Workforce & Training

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to issue a contract in 2026 for a next-generation re-entry vehicle for its Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force is planning the largest transatlantic crossing of combat aircraft since the lead-up to the 1990-1991 Gulf War this summer.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Faulty parts installed during maintenance have grounded multiple military fleets, raising supply chain concerns.
Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Navy and Air Force are close to an agreement to share control of the uncrewed systems the two services want to fly alongside future fighters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The unprofitable, classified program at the company’s Missiles and Fire Control division appears set to enter production soon.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
The F-35’s Joint Program Office relies on the oldest F-35s to conduct tests for the most modern upgrades for the fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine, Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Development Agency is poised to test its small-satellite constellation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force wants to cancel an electronic-warfare upgrade for its F-16 fleet to prioritize next-generation aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force wants to continue investments in tactically responsive space.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for proposals for a portable electrolysis system to generate hydrogen in austere conditions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has decided not to proceed with replacing the F-35’s F135 powerplant with either of two alternatives.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A newly created Defense unit is projected to triple Bombardier’s revenue in the next decade.
Supply Chain

By Steve Trimble
Nearly four-fifths of overall funding for Next Generation Air Dominance is projected to be spent over the next five years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The incident is the first publicly disclosed American death connected to loitering munitions.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The test on March 13 of the Lockheed Martin AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) “met several objectives,” but not all.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Readers write about Operation Just Cause, Boeing's next airliner, transatlantic balloons, presidential airlift aircraft requirements and airline pilots.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

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

By Brian Everstine
The test of the Software Programmable Open Mission Systems Compliant radio terminal was developed under an Air Force Life Cycle Management Center contract.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Finland has begun allowing allies to conduct surveillance flights along the country’s 1,300-km border with Russia.
Budget, Policy & Operations