Leidos has won a U.S. Air Force task order worth up to $717 million. The award extends its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support for Air Combat Command.
The U.S. Air Force has tested Collaborative Combat Aircraft in a more operationally realistic environment at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada.
Northrop Grumman Chief Executive Kathy Warden said the U.S. Air Force is evaluating whether to accelerate B-21 Raider production and expand the bomber program.
The U.S. Air Force’s 7th Munitions Squadron hosted service members from the U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Australian Air Force for Exercise Death Strike: Trident Fury at Dyess Air Force Base.
Qarbon Aerospace has won a contract to produce composite structures for sustainment of the F-22 Raptor fleet.
"Every single B-2 is a strategic asset, making the return of the Spirit of Ohio critical to national security,” said Col. Jason Shirley, B-2 System Program Manager with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Bombers Directorate.
Current plans call for the B-2 Spirit to remain in active service until 2032, at which point its successor will already be well established in the fleet.
The U.S. Air Force has advanced its Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model, or VENOM, program to piloted flights and in-air autonomy testing at Eglin Air Force Base.
The U.S. Air Force has flown the first joint T-7A Red Hawk sortie combining developmental and operational test crews at Edwards Air Force Base, marking a new step in the advanced trainer’s test programme.
Kongsberg has signed a contract to deliver additional Joint Strike Missiles to the U.S. Air Force, the Norwegian defense company said in a statement.
The U.S. Air Force is preparing to sharply increase planned purchases of Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles and Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles, lifting projected production to as many as 11,200 weapons over five to seven years.
“This live-fire test is an important next step in the development of Collaborative Combat Aircraft,” said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach.
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