Pratt & Whitney has developed a fix for F135 engines afflicted with “harmonic resonance,” which should only take 30 minutes per affected engine to correct, company officials said. Deliveries of the engine, which powers the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter, resumed Feb. 18 after nearly ...
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A senior Department of Defense official provided the clearest explanation yet for why the U.S. has declined Ukraine's requests to restock their air force with American-made fighters: It would take too long and cost too much. Providing F-16s could take three to six years for ...
Most aircraft from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell AFB, Kan., were relocated in advance of a severe storm that spawned nine tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas.
The Air Force's Task Force 99, a showcase CENTCOM unit devoted to innovation, conducted a successful operational test of small drones that could be used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
President Joe Biden has made his position clear time and time again: Ukraine will not be receiving multi-role fighter aircraft from the U.S. any time soon. But that has not settled the debate in Congress or within military circles.
The conflict in Ukraine is increasingly emerging as a test bed for new American unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Since neither Russia nor Ukraine’s air force has been able to achieve air superiority, both sides have turned to drones to augment their capabilities.
The government has cleared Pratt & Whitney to resume providing F135 engines to Lockheed Martin, but deliveries of some 21 F-35s completed but not yet handed over to government users is still on hold. Acceptance flights and deliveries of the all-up jets may resume the ...
Northrop Grumman is testing a new multimode, open-architecture RF sensor called "EMRIS" which it hopes will allow for quick, less-costly, and more adaptable sensor upgrades in a variety of systems. The multimode sensor can perform radar, communications, and electronic warfare functions simultaneously.
The Air Force wants its pilots to be comfortable shifting between Active Duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve to accommodate their life events. But to make that happen, the USAF has to “get our house in order," deputy chief of staff for operations ...
