Daily Report: Global Strike Interested in CCA Escorts for Bombers
PLUS China’s Rise in the Arctic and NGAD Decision Deferred
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Lockheed’s Skunk Works Gets New Boss
O.J. Sanchez, a former Air Force F-22 pilot and currently the vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s Integrated Fighter Group, will take over as head of the company’s Skunk Works advanced products unit in January. He succeeds John Clark, who is taking on ...
Global Strike Boss: CCAs May Escort Bombers After Concept Matures in Fighter Force
The Air Force Global Strike Command is considering long-range, autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft as partners for its bombers but is waiting to see how they prove out with the fighter force first, the head of the command said Dec. 5.
Air Force Defers Decision on NGAD to New Trump Administration
The Air Force is deferring decisions on the Next-Generation Air Dominance stealth fighter program to the incoming Trump Administration, the service announced. It will continue its review of the program in the meantime, as well as continue the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction phase being ...
Daily Report: When Will B-1 and B-2 Retire?
PLUS Space Forces Japan Activates
8th Air Force Commander: B-1 and B-2 Fleet Retirements Will Be ‘Conditions Based’
There is no set timeline for retiring the B-1 and B-2 bomber fleets, but when one is established it will be based on strategic conditions and when the B-21 is available to succeed them, the commander of 8th Air Force said Dec. 4.
Daily Report: How USAF Brought Back Warrant Officers in Record Time
PLUS Airstrikes in Syria and B-1s Relocating to Grand Forks
Years After USAF and Navy Were Told to Up Fighter Readiness, One Fleet Has Done It: F/A-18
The Navy is keeping its fleet of F/A-18 Super Hornets at 80 percent readiness, six years after former Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered both the Air Force and Navy to raise their fighters’ readiness levels. The Air Force, meanwhile, has abandoned that goal and its ...
Daily Report: How Quantum Could Unlock GPS Without Space
PLUS What Musk’s Criticism Could Mean for F-35 Program
Musk Revives F-35 Criticism, but Could It Actually Lead to Cuts Under Trump?
Elon Musk, a confidant of President-elect Trump, has a poor opinion of the F-35 fighter and thinks it should give way to new, uncrewed aircraft. As one of the heads of the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, Musk's views could affect upcoming contracts and plans ...
Daily Report: China Speeds Up Pilot Production
PLUS Busy B-52s Fly over Finland, Morocco
Watchdog: Air Force Needs Timelines and Metrics for New Force Generation Model
The Government Accountability Office wants the Air Force to explain who will run bases when wings deploy under the service’s new force generation model along with several other unanswered questions, saying the concept is long on vision but short on details.
New Report: China Cuts Pilot Training Time, Aims to Modernize by 2030
The Chinese air force is accelerating some of its fighter pilot training but likely won't fully modernize until 2030. Tradition and the tempo of graduating aviation academy classes constrains pilot production.
Daily Report: Space Force Set to Sign Commercial Reserve Partners
PLUS Part 2 of a 1,000-Mile Ocean Rescue
Lockheed and F-35 Program Office Have Handshake Deal on Next Two Lots
The Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin have struck a “handshake deal” on prices for Lots 18 and 19 of the F-35 fighter, but have not yet revealed them. The agreement is about a year overdue, and comes after a period where the company was ...
Daily Report: Behind the Scenes of a 1,000-Mile Open Ocean Rescue
PLUS New SiAW Missile Delivered and STRATCOM’s Use of AI
Northrop Grumman Delivers First SiAW Missile for Air Force Testing
The first Stand-in Attack Weapon, expected to be used in large numbers to clear a path through enemy air defenses, has been delivered for initial Air Force testing, Northrop Grumman announced. The missile is expected to be operational in just two years.
Daily Report: INDOPACOM Boss Not Worried About China Trying to ‘Play Chicken’
PLUS SDA Satellite Launch Pushed to the Spring
INDOPACOM Boss Not Worried About China ‘Playing Chicken’ in Pacific
Adm. Samuel Paparo doesn’t view 2027 as the inevitable date of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, and he thinks the U.S. can steer clear of war with Beijing caused by the People’s Republic “playing chicken” on the high seas.
Daily Report: Air Force’s New ‘Manhattan Project’
PLUS Military Suicides Rise and AI for EW