Pentagon acquisition boss William LaPlante is optimistic that the pause in new F-35 fighter deliveries will not drag on for long—but the problem does highlight a “constant” issue with the supply chain, he said. The halt in deliveries came after Honeywell, a subcontractor for the ...
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An experiment for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office resulted in the firing of three different missile types from one open-architecture National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System. The “layered” test showed how the existing NASAMS system could defend air ...
Air Force Global Strike Command launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.—its second test launch in three weeks. The ICBM launched at 1:13 a.m. Pacific time with three test re-entry vehicles, according to an AFGSC release. The vehicles ...
A collection of airpower, space power, and national security quotes.
The U.S. must reverse decades of underfunding its Air Force.
F-35s Squadrons in Alaska; Brown tours PACAF.
GAO criticizes DOD on GPS alternatives; USAFE, AFSOC buy SpaceX internet service; and NRO will follow Space Command instructions.
Biden signs NATO ratification; B-52 bomber task force missions in the U.K.
Pentagon leaders sought to balance both the past and future of U.S. Special Operations Command in their speeches as Army Gen. Bryan P. Fenton succeeded Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke in a ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. One year to the day since ...
