U.S. Air Force

RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Receives Sustainment Contract Valued up to $870 Million for TF33 Engines Powering B-52s, E-3s

  East Hartford, Connecticut. Pratt & Whitney, an RTX  business, was awarded a long-term TF33 engine sustainment contract valued up to $870 million by the Defense Logistics Agency. The TF33 engine powers a range of...

Unwavering Commitment Needed for Air Dominance: NGAP Plays a Decisive Role

  Air superiority has underpinned the United States’ ability to deter or defeat its adversaries. In this era of rapidly advancing technologies, air dominance is a critical imperative for success across all domains.  Adversaries continue...

Neal and Linden S. Blue Receive Alison Award from AFA

SAN DIEGO. During a special event at the 2023 Air, Space & Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Maryland today, the Air Force Association (AFA) presented General Atomics’ Chairman and CEO Neal Blue and Linden...

RTX Delivers First B-52 AESA Radar to Boeing

  EL SEGUNDO, California. Raytheon, an RTX business, delivered the first B-52 active electronically scanned array radar (AESA) to Boeing for the U.S. Air Force's B-52 Radar Modernization Program. This first radar will be used...

Boeing Showcases F-15EX for Poland’s Air Dominance

KIELCE, Poland. Boeing  is showcasing the F‑15EX fighter aircraft to Poland as a potential U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales program. The announcement was made at the annual MSPO International Defence Industry Exhibition...

RTX Business Collins Aerospace Selected for US Air Force Award for Training Systems Acquisition

  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa.  Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, was awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with the U.S. Air Force to support development of new training systems. The contract for Training Systems Acquisition issued...

RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Signs Modification for F117 Engine Sustainment Support Contract for C-17 Globemaster III

EAST HARTFORD. Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, announced today that it has signed a $5.5 billion modification to the previously awarded F117 Engine Sustainment Support contract with the United States Air Force. The...

New WGS-11 Satellite to Offer Greater Coverage, Efficiency than Predecessors

EL SEGUNDO, California. Boeing has developed a new variant of its 702 satellite for the US Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) constellation, one that offers both greater bandwidth efficiency and signal power than...

BAE Systems to Enhance F-35 Electronic Warfare Capabilities

BAE Systems, a global leader in electronic warfare, has received a Block 4 Modernization contract award from Lockheed Martin to enhance the offensive and defensive electronic warfare (EW) capabilities of the F-35 Lightning II...

Life Saving Anti-Collision Software Integrated Into First F-35s Seven Years Ahead Of Schedule

FORT WORTH, Texas. The F-35 Joint Program Office, U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin  have started integrating the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS) on to Air Force F-35As in the fleet. Leveraging a rapid,...

Raytheon AIM-9X Block II Missile Hits Target in First Flight from NASAMS Launcher

PARIS. Raytheon Company launched an AIM-9X® Sidewinder Block II missile for the first time from a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, and engaged and destroyed a target during a May 2019 flight test supported by the Royal Norwegian Air...

Boeing on Contract for Second Japan KC-46 Tanker

  EVERETT, Washington. The US Air Force has exercised the option for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s second Boeing KC-46 tanker through the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) process. Boeing was awarded the initial FMS contract for...

Lockheed Martin Awarded $108 Million for IRST21 Sensor System

  ORLANDO, Florida. Lockheed Martin received a contract for phase II of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II Infrared Search and Track (IRST) program for the US Navy, awarded by aircraft prime contractor Boeing. Under this...
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