An Air Force F-16 flying over Eglin AFB, Fla., demonstrated the ability to use the Lynx Synthetic Aperture Radar, developed by Sandia Lab initially for unmanned aerial vehicles built by General Atomics, culminating a two-year research effort that has coupled GA with BAE Systems. According to GA, the goal of the effort is to provide USAF and the Air National Guard the capability “to fuse the products of two high-resolution sensors integrated into a single reconnaissance pod”—thereby exceeding the capability of a single sensor.
House, Senate Unveil Competing Proposals for 2026 Budget
July 11, 2025
Lawmakers from the House and Senate laid out competing versions of the annual defense policy bill on July 11, with vastly different potential outcomes for some of the Air Force’s most embattled programs.