What’s In A Name?:

What’s In A Name?:

Oct. 11, 2005

The US Air Force Warfare Center is the new name for the Air Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nev., according to the Air Force. Officials say the name change more accurately captures the mission of the center to integrate space and information operations with air warfare.

B-52 Bombers Join B-2s on Diego Garcia

May 7, 2025

B-52 bombers are on the move to the island of Diego Garcia, where multiple B-2 bombers have been stationed for weeks.

Industry Head: $150B Reconciliation Bill is ‘Sugar High,’ We Need Budget Stability

May 7, 2025

Aerospace Industries Association president Eric Fanning says steady, predictable defense budgets, not outliers like the proposed $150 billion reconciliation package, are the way for the Pentagon to get the production capacity increases it wants.

Air Force Eyes More Uses for AI—with Guardrails

May 7, 2025

The Air Force and other military services are deploying artificial intelligence tools in their IT networks and Security Operations Centers where personnel monitor cyber threats, officials said May 6—but they are leveraging the emerging technology cautiously even as some say it is ready to transform the very nature of warfare.

USAF Gets New Autonomous Gliders to Resupply Troops in High-Risk Environments

May 7, 2025

The Air Force has added new self-guided gliders to deliver cargo to “high-risk environments” without putting a manned aircraft in danger. Contractor DZYNE and the Air Force Research Laboratory unveiled the new “Grasshopper” gliders, which can be dropped out of a C-17 or C-130 and fly “tens of miles.”

Air Force Set to ‘Significantly’ Change Launch Facilities for Sentinel ICBM

May 6, 2025

The design of the launch facilities for the Air Force’s new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile are likely to undergo major revision, posing yet another challenge for the much-delayed and over-budget program to modernize the land-based component of America’s nuclear triad, officials said.

New KC-46 Remote Vision System Slips Another 18 Months, to Summer 2027

May 6, 2025

The Air Force and Boeing are now projecting that they will field the Remote Vision System 2.0 on the KC-46 tanker by summer 2027. The new date is nearly two years longer than previously anticipated, and four years later than originally expected.

Space Force Wants More Rapid, Flexible Launch

May 6, 2025

The Space Force launch enterprise is slashing the time it takes to get a payload into space. What began as a series of proof-of-concept experiments, beginning with Victus Nox—Latin for “conquer the night”—and a follow-on coming soon called Victus Haze, is evolving into a new way of doing business.

Trump Says US Halting Military Campaign Against Houthis

May 6, 2025

The U.S. will halt its stepped-up campaign of airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen, President Donald Trump announced May 6, citing promises from the rebel group that it will stop attacking commercial shipping lanes.

Inside Orbital Watch: USSF’s Neighborhood Watch For Space

May 6, 2025

The launch last month of Orbital Watch, the new Space Force program to share declassified U.S. government threat intelligence with private sector satellite operators and other commercial space companies, comes amid increasing concern about Chinese and Russian development of anti-satellite weapons.

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