US Air Force

New Delhi: The US Navy’s secretive sixth-generation fighter jet programme will see three big companies competing for the contract. Listed as the F/A-XX, the secret project will be the replacement for the F/A-18E/F Super...

Washington: The US Air Force can start testing a new medium-range sensor next month for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System thanks to several recently awarded government contracts, RTX said. The $7 million in awards...

Washington: The Boeing E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) is a combat-proven force multiplier that provides unparalleled abilities to scan the skies, communicate with surface, ground and air assets and enable integration across...

  Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Bhadauria’s statement that the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) has been given the go-ahead and that no imports of fifth generation fighter aircraft are planned indicates that India’s stealth fighter...

  SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE. The U.S. Air Force's 4th Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base is now "talking" with the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF-5) protected communication satellite after its successful launch from Cape Canaveral...

PHILADELPHIA. Boeing, the US Marine Corps, US Air Force and US Navy celebrated the transformation of a 350,000-square-foot facility outside Philadelphia into a modern factory where company employees will build fuselages for the V-22...

  TUCSON. Raytheon Company and DARPA completed a successful baseline design review for the Tactical Boost Glide hypersonic weapons program, establishing the company's technical approach for a critical design review and moving the system a...

HERNDON, Virginia. Airbus has appointed Chris Emerson President of Airbus Defense and Space Inc., a subsidiary of Airbus Americas, effective 1 July 2019. Emerson previously served as President of Airbus Helicopters Inc. and head...

TITUSVILLE, Florida. The US Air Force's fifth Lockheed Martin built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite (AEHF-5) completed encapsulation into its payload fairing in preparation to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket...

  AURORA, Colo. Raytheon Company and Infinity Technology Services, LLC, won a two-year Mentor Protégé program contract from the US Air Force. Mentor Protégé programs help the Department of Defense diversify its supplier base by...

  SEATTLE. Boeing on February 8 delivered its fifth KC-46A Pegasus tanker to the US Air Force, the first that will be based at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. The KC-46 departed Seattle’s Boeing Field...

SEATTLE. The US Air Force has accepted the first Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft, setting the stage for the aircraft’s delivery to McConnell Air Force Base, in Wichita, Kan., in the coming weeks, a...

DULLES, Va. Northrop Grumman Corporation received a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) worth approximately $792 million of government investment from the US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to continue development of its OmegATM...