Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed early Sept. 8 they shot down another American-made MQ-9 drone flying over the country, marking potentially the latest downing of the multimillion-dollar surveillance aircraft. The U.S. launched airstrikes over Houthi-controlled territory afterward, the rebels said. The U.S. military told The Associated Press it was aware of the claim but has “received no reports” of American military drones being downed over Yemen.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent letters over the weekend to top House and Senate appropriations leaders arguing a long-term continuing resolution (CR) funding bill would impose a “litany of difficulties” on the military.
A final decision by Congress on extra pay boosts for junior enlisted troops in 2025 isn’t likely to come until after the November elections, a key Senate lawmaker said Sept. 9. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., said during a press call that his staff is working on a final compromise version of the annual defense authorization bill with House officials, but a final version isn’t expected to be finished before Congress breaks for its pre-election recess in early October.
A new Air Force policy may require recent T-38 Talon pilot training graduates to fly aircraft other than fighters or bombers, even if those are their preferred options, in an attempt to fill the ongoing aviator shortage.
After nearly two decades in development, the Pentagon’s sprawling effort to make GPS signals harder to jam just cannot seem to get out from under delay upon delay across all segments—space, ground, and user equipment—according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Driven by the growing reach and threat of adversaries, the Air Force is paying more and more attention to ensuring its bases are energy resilient and can generate combat power in any contingency. Learn more about how bases around the U.S. and the world are making sure their energy grids are more reliable and can take a punch if need be.
Conventional software processes no longer make sense in an age where technology changes overnight and sensors and software systems either keep pace or fail. But trying to adapt modern commercial software practices to legacy applications and contracting is no easy task.
The Pentagon should further analyze the capabilities of the new aircraft that defense officials have selected to watch over special operators working in austere environments and consider slowing its purchase of the planes, a federal watchdog warned in a new report.
We have just gotten our clearest view so far of a Chinese J-20A stealth fighter powered by the definitive WS-15 domestically produced engines. While the appearance of the photo at this point raises a number of questions, it’s meanwhile clear that the significant shortcoming of the J-20—its powerplant—is well along its path to being addressed.
After decades of development and billions of dollars of investment, the destiny of U.S. adaptive combat engine technology hangs in the balance as the U.S. Air Force reconsiders requirements for its intended initial application, the Next-Generation Air Dominance platform.
Since 2022, a small group of Marines at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., have been holding Marine Corps-style PT sessions for airmen going through the base’s professional development schools. Their goal: get the troops from the Air Force—often denigrated by more fitness-oriented branches as the ‘Chair Force’—to pass the Marine Corps’ grueling Combat Fitness Test.