The Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, is set to launch from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. on Aug. 8, 2019. Lockheed Martin photo. The Air Force’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite is set to...
National Security
A contingent of F-22 Raptors have deployed to Al Udeid AB, Qatar, for the first time, as tensions mount between the United States and Iran.
Anne Neuberger, shown in an official government portrait, has been chosen to lead the National Security Agency's first-ever cybersecurity directorate. Photo courtesy of the NSA. The National Security Agency’s first-ever cybersecurity directorate, charged with bringing its cyber and foreign-intelligence taskings...
Two AC-130U Spooky gunships with the 4th Special Operations Squadron return from their final scheduled combat deployment at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on June 8, 2019. Air Force photo by A1C Blake Wiles. The Air Force’s venerable Spooky has finished its...
The Air Force’s acquisition head wants to go back to a golden era of fighter jet production by taking advantage of future engineering technology and the brains of both major manufacturers and small startups.
The Air Force is developing a new air-to-air missile, dubbed the AIM-260, that offers longer range than Raytheon’s Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile and would be used to counter the Chinese PL-15 weapon.
The Air Force on June 12 conducted the first flight test of a new hypersonic weapon, carrying the prototype on a B-52 out of Edwards AFB, Calif. The base released a video of the test on June 17.
The “merger of equals” between Raytheon and United Technologies into the new Raytheon Technologies would vault the No. 3- and No. 8-ranked US defense contractors, respectively, into a joint No. 2 position, just behind Lockheed Martin.
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