The Senate on Thursday approved its version of the $612 billion Fiscal 2016 defense authorization bill with a vote of 71-25. President Obama previously threatened to veto the legislation, which bolsters Pentagon spending through an additional $38.9 billion in overseas...

Le Bourget, France With the Marine Corps bearing down on declaring initial operational capability for its F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft, Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force anticipate declaring initial operational capability on the F-35A between August...

Le Bourget, France Lockheed Martin has worked on so-called “fourth-to-fifth generation” information sharing technology that could connect USAF’s fleet of F-35s with its legacy fourth generation fleet, but so far no requirements have been put into a program of record,...

The Department of Veterans Affairs extended coverage to airmen suffering certain conditions linked to repeated contact with contaminated C-123 Provider aircraft used to spray Agent Orange chemicals during Operation Ranch Hand in Vietnam, officials announced. “Opening up eligibility for this...

The Russian air force is negotiating an agreement with Belarus to establish a forward fighter base there to counter increased NATO fighter rotations to neighboring Poland and the Baltic States, state-run TASS Russian News Agency reported. Russia deployed six Su-27s...

The seventh Wideband Global Satellite communication spacecraft arrived at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., late last month in preparation for a July launch, space officials announced. WGS-7 is the first spacecraft procured under a commercial-style contract with Boeing that will save...

The latest AIM-9X Block II air-to-air missile recently completed live-shot operational testing, clearing it for acceptance by, and delivery to,? the US services, including the Air Force, and foreign allies “later this year,” Raytheon announced. The Block II “builds upon...