AFA Air, Space & Cyber Conference 2026

Gen. Douglas Schiess has received his fourth star and is officially the U.S. Space Force’s third-ever chief of space operations.

The U.S. Air Force has restarted RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance flights from England after a hiatus of nearly a year.

GE Aerospace is shipping its thrust vectoring AVEN nozzle to Shield AI for integration with the defense startup's F110-129E-powered X-Bat UAS.

The US. Air Force Research Laboratory plans a solicitation for a low-cost, high-production-rate air-launched hypersonic weapon demonstrator.

The Air Force’s MH-139 has reached initial operational capability, replacing the UH-1N in nuclear missile security.

For decades, the Pentagon has pursued Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2), linking every service's sensors and shooters so data reaches warfighters in time to matter.