AFA Warfare Symposium 2025

Ukraine’s armed forces face a new drone menace on the front lines that threatens after 3.5 years of full-scale war to transform a bloody stalemate with Russia into something worse for the defenders.

The Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT) initiative was launched in 2024.

The comments are a shift in the Air Force’s recent history with adversary aircraft.

The proposal would face an uphill challenge amid fiscal restrictions.

The comments come as a decision on how to proceed with the NGAD penetrating counter air fighter is on hold.

Mach Industries is developing a vertical-takeoff cruise missile demonstrator for the U.S. Army’s experimental Strategic Strike program, the company says.

Pratt & Whitney is planning further development of rotating detonation engine (RDE) technology following “positive test results” from a series of ground tests.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin announced March 3 that the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. design will be the YFQ-42A.

Space Systems Command Commander Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant served as acting director of the Space Development Agency beginning Jan. 16.

The CMMT leverages Lockheed Martin’s Rapid Dragon palletized munitions platform concept.

The details of any new trend in engines also serve to unveil future requirements of a paying customer.

The upgrade to the BAE Systems F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) surfaced in a social media post.

The military spaceplane is logging hundreds of days on orbit to collect data for future development.