The concept would allow Air Force leaders to hedge against the risk of future technology breakthroughs and surprise enemies with unexpected new capabilities.
Acknowledging the reusable rocket technology pioneered by SpaceX and Blue Origin, the U.S. Air Force has dropped the word “expendable” from the name of its orbital launch services acquisition program.
The U.S. Army is considering extended-range, maritime strike versions of the Precision Strike Missile as the U.S. government negotiates a withdrawal from the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
Saudi Arabia has signed a $945 million downpayment for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system from Lockheed Martin, the Defense Department announced March 4.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense is likely to move ahead with an attack helicopter acquisition in 2019, even though the program was left out of a five-year procurement plan published in December, an industry source says.
Royal Bahraini Air Force commander, Major General Hamad bin Abdullah al Khalifah, discusses his country’s major defence and security issues with Alan Warnes.
DARPA’s original late-1970s Assault Breaker sought to counter possibility of overwhelming waves of Soviet armored forces rampaging across Western Europe.
Singapore will buy four Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) for initial testing, with an option for eight more, its defense minister says.
“As of this morning we are still not accepting KC-46s, and I believe that will continue for some time,” Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, told journalists March 1
The U.S. Navy is working hard to develop a pilot syllabus and conduct unit-level events to fold fifth-generation fighter capability into the carrier air wing.
U.S. antitrust officials have cleared French defense giant Thales to complete its roughly $5.5 billion acquisition of digital security company Gemalto.
The Pentagon has sent a legislative proposal to Capitol Hill that anticipates establishing a Space Force headquarters in fiscal 2020 comprising 200 people for about $72 million.
Berlin’s STH program is set to choose between Boeing’s CH-47 Chinook and the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion to replace its aging fleet of 70 licence-produced Sikorsky CH-53G Stallions.
Space stalwart Maxar Technologies has decided to cut 4% of its staff, drop marquee brands in a restructuring, and keep its geostationary satellite manufacturing business.
The International Court of Justice has called upon the UK to cede its control of the British Indian Ocean Territories (BIOT), the site of the U.S. airbase on Diego Garcia.
