Spending on unmanned aerial vehicles is expected to “nearly double over the next decade,” according to the executive summary of a new study by the Teal Group. The study, which asserts that “enemy air defense is basically non-existent except in...

The launch of the first two new Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites was scrubbed Wednesday “due to an issue with the ground support equipment environmental control system that supports the launch vehicle,” Air Force Space Command spokeswoman Capt. Caitlin...

The Air Force selected Lockheed Martin for its Hosted Payload Solutions initiative, making the company “eligible to competitively bid on future payload hosting opportunities covered under a $495 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract,” the company announced Wednesday. The initiative...

A House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee hearing July 23 heard sharply varying views on the status and need for the nation’s ballistic missile defense program, with the witnesses and the panel members tilted to the pro-defense side. Subcommittee Chairman...

Lockheed Martin announced a successful test firing of the dual-mode guidance system on its Joint Air-to-Ground missile, hitting a moving target. In a July 23 release, Lockheed said the JAGM flew 6.2 kilometers, about four miles, and initially acquired the...

US allies in the Arabian Gulf are reappraising their views on militant groups aligned with al-Qaeda, some of whom were fighting the Assad Regime in Syria, senior Defense Department and State Department officials said Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The conversation...

Despite signs the Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (ISIL) was forming an offensive, senior Iraqi officials did not act quickly or give regional forces (such as Kurdish militias) the clearance to move to counter militants prior to this...

The 131st Maintenance Group recently became the first all-Air National Guard B-2 maintenance team to support the stealth aircraft’s operations outside of Whiteman AFB, Mo., announced base officials. In June, Air Guardsmen from the 131st flew to Nellis AFB, Nev.,...

Gen. Dennis Via, commander of the Army Materiel Command, warned the cumulative impact of continued sequestration will erode readiness to the point that Army forces will be unable to respond to a future contingency. Speaking to reporters during a July...

Gen. Dennis Via, commander of the Army Materiel Command, said July 23 his efforts to improve efficiency as he downsizes his vast industrial complex in pace with the Army’s deep force structure cuts are handicapped by the inability to close...