High-power microwave weapons, like the Raytheon system shown here, are being vetted to fry electronics for a variety of uses like base defense. Raytheon photo. The US military has doubled its spending on directed energy weapons over the past two...
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A1C Anthony Uelk, on the ladder, along with fellow 932nd Airlift Wing flight line crew chiefs, brave the polar vortex record low temperatures while refueling a C-40 in preparation for a launch on Jan. 31, 2019, at Scott AFB, Ill....
Airmen from the 60th Aerial Port Squadron from Travis AFB, Calif., load cargo onto a McConnell AFB, Kansas, KC-46A Pegasus on Aug. 21, 2019. Air Force photo by SrA. Christian Conrad. The first major test phase for the Air Force’s...
The Air Force is planning the first flight of its B-21 for December 2021, though that date could slip, the head of the service's Rapid Capabilities Office said. Staff photo illustration by Mike Tsukamoto. The first flight of the B-21...
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Lisa Porter addresses the Defense Innovation Board at its quarterly meeting at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C., March 21, 2019. DOD photo by Lisa Ferdinando. The Pentagon is rolling out...
Pentagon acquisition chief Ellen ?Lord holds a press briefing to update media on acquisition, reform, and innovation at the Pentagon, Aug. 26, 2019. DOD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James Lee. The Pentagon’s decision to start full-rate production of...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the AFSPC-11 mission for the Air Force lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., on April 14, 2018. The launch carried the experimental small satellite Mycroft into orbit....
Capt. Josh Park, a student in the 23rd Flying Training Squadron's Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training-Helicopter program, flies a virtual reality sortie at Fort Rucker, Ala., Oct. 9, 2019. The class used VR as part of an experimental project in an...
The Royal Air Force is already seeing good results from forming its own Rapid Capabilities Office, modeled on that of the US Air Force, according to its leader, Air Chief Marshal Michael Wigston. Speaking at an AFA Mitchell Institute on Aerospace Studies event on October ...