The U.S. Army has a demonstration planned for next year near Hawaii in which the service will launch almost 200 balloons and other high-altitude systems.
The Boeing F-47 Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program has been set up in a way that U.S. Air Force Gen. David Allvin wishes he could have a time machine.
After having demoed the ability to target high-altitude balloons using fighters, the French Air and Space Force will test the capacity at even higher altitudes.
A Senate version of the $150 billion proposal to increase defense spending would add more money to select aircraft programs on top of a House-passed proposal.
President Trump has proposed new “super upgrade” programs for the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22, including a twin-engine variant of the F-35 dubbed the F-55.
After dominating the U.S. stealth fighter market since the early 1990s, Lockheed is regrouping around F-22 and F-35 upgrades to grow its aeronautics division.
The combat aircraft that emerges from the trinational Global Combat Air Program could have twice the payload of the F-35A, Royal Air Force officials say.
USAF Lt. Gen. (ret.) Dan Caine, nominated as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wants the DOD to increase its work with nontraditional firms.
New U.S. Air Force leadership must decide the shape of the next generation of air superiority technology, with the stakes high for industry and U.S. airpower.
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