The USAF wants to turn the KC-135 into an airborne gateway, translating data between different networks so operators on the ground and in the sky can talk to each other.
Textron Aviation plans to fly a third production-conforming Scorpion light attack/reconnaissance aircraft ahead of the U.S. Air Force’s planned flight experiments to assess potential off-the-shelf candidates for the proposed OA-X requirement.
Mississippi State University has been selected to operate a small UAV demonstration range for the U.S. Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate.
A phased rollout of services to enable safe, efficient and secure access to European airspace for large numbers of UAVs is articulated in a blueprint drafted by the Sesar joint undertaking.
With a limited budget and a strategic need for airpower, the U.S. Air Force is weighing its future fighter fleet options. Our editors discuss the idea of retiring National Guard F-15s in favor of upgrading F-16s.
India prepares to export its light combat aircraft and an Indian-manufactured Advanced Hawk, U.S. aims to keep airborne brigade in Alaska, BAE and DRS team up on missile warning system, and the Navy provides more money to MQ-25 aspirants ahead of a request for proposals.
The Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant will not fly in 2017 as previously planned, with the milestone shifting into “early 2018,” company program officials say.
The F-35 may be designed to be low-observable, but the arrival into the UK of eight aircraft for the type’s first overseas deployment with the U.S. Air Force has been anything but.
Boeing will not participate in Belgium’s effort to replace its aging F-16s, narrowing options for future international sales of the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
Weak economies and a strong U.S. dollar hit global sales of Beechcraft King Air turboprops in the first quarter, resulting in lower revenues at Textron Aviation.
The U.S. Air Force has not made a final decision on whether to retire the F-15C/D Eagle, but service chief Gen. David Goldfein still is not convinced it’s the right path forward.
Qualification testing of the new B61-12 guided thermonuclear bomb has begun, with a Lockheed Martin F-16C dropping an inert flight test vehicle at Nevada’s Tonopah Test Range.
Despite obsolescence issues with its air defense radars, Malaysia has been unable to pay for replacements and is opting for repairs to its current systems.
