After a little more than two weeks, the Air Force’s CV-22s were cleared to fly again. Air Force Special Operations Command ended its stand down for the Osprey, which began after two instances of “hard clutch engagement” in the course of six weeks. AFSOC had ...
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Biden signs NATO ratification; B-52 bomber task force missions in the U.K.
F-22s at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., ran third-party software during a test flight, a first for the Air Force’s fifth-generation fighters and a key milestone in the service’s quest to acquire and rapidly deploy cutting-edge technologies. The announcement from Air Combat Command also noted ...
The Air Force is looking for a new, generic weapon, produced by multiple vendors, to affordably attack targets at standoff ranges, with a capability as soon as 2030, according to a service solicitation to the defense industry. The Air Force wants to assess the industrial ...
The Air Force has awarded a pair of contracts to Boeing potentially worth more than $3.1 billion combined for 19 KC-46 tankers—four for Israel—the Pentagon announced Aug. 31. The larger of the two deals is worth roughly $2.2 billion and will go toward KC-46 Production ...
The Lockheed Martin-controlled portion of the F-35 cost per flying hour, across all users, has fallen 50 percent in the past seven years and should go down another 35 percent in the next five years, assuming a performance-based logistics contract is forthcoming, program officials said. ...
