Daily Report: USAF, Congress Move to Boost Pacific Training
PLUS: Pentagon Orders Laser-Guided Rockets and Lawmakers Eye Increase for Space Force R&D
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Air Force Leaders, Lawmakers Move to Increase Training in the Pacific
The Air Force plans to conduct more intensive training—and Congress is set to help by boosting funding for exercises and so-called “campaigning” by hundreds of millions of dollars, particularly in the Pacific.
Pentagon Orders Thousands of Laser-Guided Rockets for $322 Million
BAE Systems has received a contract worth $1.7 billion to produce laser-guidance kits for the 2.75-inch rockets the Air Force relies on for a wide range of combat missions.
Lawmakers Push Funding Boost for Space Force Data Transport and Polar Missile Warning
The final version of the fiscal 2026 defense policy bill calls for adding $1.2 billion to the Space Force’s research and development accounts, an increase that’s mostly split between two efforts: expanding the service’s low-Earth orbit data transport network and boosting its space-based missile warning ...
Daily Report: Congress Poised to Save E-7
PLUS: More Space-Based Missile Interceptors and Former CYBERCOM Bosses Sound Off on Separate Service
Australian MQ-28 CCA Downs Drone in Milestone Air-to-Air Test
A semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft drone shot down an air-to-air target in a Dec. 8 test supported by the U.S. Air Force, a notable milestone in the development of the loyal wingman-type drones that will join the fleets of the USAF, other American services, and ...
Former CYBERCOM Commanders Urge Caution on Push for New Military Cyber Service
Creating a new military service to wage war in the cyber domain would take too long, risk creating a top-heavy bureaucracy, and create confusion about the defense of other services’ IT networks, two former leaders of U.S. Cyber Command told a congressionally chartered research committee ...
USSF Eyes More Space-Based Interceptors to Take Missiles Out Midcourse
The Space Force is requesting prototype proposals for space-based interceptors that can destroy a missile during the midcourse phase of flight, on top of its previous efforts to develop interceptors that take down missiles in their boost phase.
Congress Poised to Save E-7 Wedgetail in New NDAA
Congress is getting closer to saving the E-7 Wedgetail from the Pentagon chopping block, with the House of Representatives preparing to pass the presumptive final version of the National Defense Authorization bill this week.
Daily Report: New CMSAF Takes Over
PLUS: NDAA Blocks A-10, F-15E Retirements and Cross-Domain Ops for Space Superiority
Northrop Tests New Rocket Motor as Part of Innovation Push
Northrop Grumman test fired its newest solid rocket motor Dec. 4, part of an internally funded effort to rapidly design and build SRMs using advanced manufacturing techniques.
New CMSAF Pledges High Standards, Better Resources for Airmen
Upon assuming his post, new Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force David Wolfe said he will prioritize high standards and pledged to ensure Airmen of all specialties get the equipment they need to project U.S. airpower.
In Defense Bill, Congress Rejects Bid to Retire A-10s, F-15Es
Lawmakers resolving differences in the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization bill want to stop cuts to the Air Force’s combat fleet by blocking scores of planned divestments of aging A-10 and F-15E fighters.
Daily Report: Golden Dome Details Start to Emerge
PLUS: AETC Gets Its First T-7 and a New STRATCOM Boss
Golden Dome Details Begin to Emerge
The Golden Dome air and missile defense shield to protect the United States will have some “operational capability” in 2028, the program’s leader said Dec. 6 at the Reagan National Defense Forum.
SDA Back on Track to Award Satellite Contracts After Funds Went to Troop Shutdown Pay
The Space Development Agency says it’s on track to issue its next batch of missile warning and tracking satellite contracts this month after those awards were delayed by the Pentagon’s decision to divert funds from the agency to pay troops during this fall’s prolonged government ...
Time is Running out for Airmen, Guardians to Enroll for Health Care
Don’t forget--the deadlines for Airmen and Guardians to sign-up for 2026 health, dental and vision benefits are quickly approaching.
New STRATCOM Boss Stresses Deterrence in ‘Tech-Saturated’ World
Navy Adm. Richard Correll succeeded Air Force Gen. Anthony J. Cotton as head of U.S. Strategic Command on Dec. 5, stressing the need for the combatant command to understand and embrace new technologies for its deterrence mission.
Report: Space Force and SPACECOM Need Cross-Domain Support to Gain Superiority
For decades, the Pentagon has viewed space as a “supporting” domain to enable operations in the land, sea, and air. But a new report from AFA’s Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies argues the time has come to consider how ops in those domains can now ...
AETC Gets Its Hands on 1st Production T-7 Trainer
Air Education & Training Command received its first T-7A Red Hawk when the long-awaited next-generation jet trainer landed at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on Dec. 5.
