U.S. Air Force (USAF)

By Brian Everstine
Key lawmakers are already calling for improvements to air surveillance to better detect high-altitude intrusions over the U.S.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A bizarre, five-day saga revealed a new Chinese spy program, possible advances in light-than-air technology and new high-altitude skills for the F-22.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
Reliable Robotics will study the use of its automated flight and navigation technology in large, multi-engine U.S. Air Force jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
Pentagon and White House officials are sharing more details about the balloon as an effort continues to collect debris.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
Hydrosat has won a contract from AFWERX to adapt its surface temperature data analytics software for military missions.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A zigzagging Chinese high-altitude balloon roving across the U.S. recalls a history of lighter-than-air spy missions and highlights a new trend.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
U.S. troops in the Middle East turn to new tech and adapted missile defenses to help protect bases.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A long-awaited international air show Down Under will highlight the impact of a strategic pivot by Australia since 2019.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
The funding will be used to build a full-scale prototype of Electra’s hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Steve Trimble
The last undelivered 747-8Is are being converted into presidential aircraft for the USAF under a nearly $7 billion development project, including cost overruns.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By P. Barry Butler
Daylighting mental health issues is critically important to aviation safety.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
A busy two weeks for the F-35 reveals new details about the program’s strengths and weaknesses as the program enters a critical new phase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Despite as many as 640 aircraft losses for the U.S., Japan and Taiwan in one scenario, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is more likely than not to fail, CSIS says.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Sharing low-cost emitters with Ukrainian forces is one innovative way to help complicate the air picture for Russia.
Defense and Space

By Brian Everstine, Guy Norris, Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick
The B-21 Raider was displayed at the company’s secretive Plant 42 complex about 34 years after a similar ceremony for its predecessor the B-2.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
How do the B-21 and B-2 bomber differ? Here are four ways.
Defense and Space

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says he is encouraged by recent test successes for Lockheed Martin’s Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, despite having previously expressed concern about the program.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Guy Norris
Propulsion-related test and development contracts have been awarded to engine-makers General Electric and Pratt & Whitney as well as Boeing, Lockheed Martin and
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Defense Department has proposed launching a large-scale prototyping effort for a blended wing body aircraft that will be evaluated as a future tanker, airlifter and bomber.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force now expects the first flight of the Northrop Grumman B-21 bomber in 2023 as the service prepares for a public rollout later this
Defense and Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Air Force fleet in fiscal 2021 saw a total of 21 of its most serious incidents, a lower number from previous years, while its less-serious mishap rates have increased.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Brian Everstine
The service’s ongoing effort to connect its simulators is the Simulator Common Architecture Requirements And Standards program.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
The new software-based mission system is necessary as the Compass Call fleet transitions to the Baseline 4 capability by 2025.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has begun development work on an autonomous automatic air-to-air refueling capability for its Airbus A330 MRTT.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
A top Global Strike Command official endorsed call for new “midrange” missiles deliverable by stealthy bomber at varying distances.
Missile Defense & Weapons