The U.S. and Ukraine signaled March 4 the minerals deal between the two countries is very much alive, despite continued fallout from the contentious White House meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week.
The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new entry in its Policy Paper series, authored by retired Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, dean of the Mitchell Institute; and retired Col. Mark A. Gunzinger, director of future concepts and capability assessments at the Mitchell Institute. Airpower and spacepower are the driving forces behind every national security option at the president’s command. Yet, President Trump has inherited a Department of the Air Force (DAF) with both the Air Force and the Space Force in critical condition. President Trump’s administration must prioritize fixing the Department of the Air Force, as the consequences of keeping the status quo will be disastrous for the nation’s defense.
As space becomes an increasingly important warfighting domain, Kay Sears sits down with Air & Space Forces Magazine to look at how Boeing’s strategy is evolving to equip the U.S. Space Force with a decisive mission advantage through global control, global reach, and global strike capabilities.
More young Americans have been signing up for the Air Force's delayed-entry program in recent months, a promising trend in recruiting following a yearslong effort by the service to amend policy and turn around a pandemic-era slump.
Lockheed Martin is out of the running for the Navy’s sixth-generation fighter jet program, known as Next Generation Air Dominance or F/A-XX, Breaking Defense has learned. A source with knowledge of the program told Breaking Defense that Lockheed submitted a bid to the Navy, but the proposal did not satisfy the service’s criteria. The company is now no longer proceeding with the bid.
U.S. space launch executives warned that the nation’s primary launch facilities may soon be unable to handle the projected surge in rocket launches, potentially hampering America’s competitiveness in the rapidly expanding commercial space sector.
The U.S. Air Force has found clarity after months of tumultuous debate over two items at the top of its modernization agenda. And the organization’s recommendation: Keep the sixth-generation fighter, but kill the new tanker.
Chauncey McIntosh joins Air & Space Forces Magazine from Lockheed Martin’s F-35 facility in Fort Worth, Texas, to discuss Lockheed’s near- and long-term visions for the F-35 program, expectations for Tech Refresh 3 (TR-3), the effectiveness and value of a fifth-gen platform, and more.
A top European official on March 4 laid out a sweeping framework aimed at rearming the continent, trying to fill a void as President Trump retreated from supporting Ukraine and pressured Europe to spend more on its own defense.
Ahead of potential orders, the Air Force has begun gathering interest in foreign military sales (FMS) for the service’s MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopter, another signal of confidence in the platform that has now entered a key evaluation phase.
Two Israeli companies announced last weekend the establishment of defense factories in the United States that are planned to produce jet and rocket engines for the U.S. military market.
The Defense Logistics Agency has started firing civilian employees who were hired, transferred, or promoted within the last year or two, Defense One has learned, as part of a larger Pentagon workforce-reduction effort announced late last month, then temporarily put on hold.
A Boeing-led team has finished building 20 new silos for the homeland missile defense system at Fort Greely, Alaska, growing the number of interceptors that can be emplaced there from 40 to 60.
Defense Department leaders and congressional lawmakers are eyeing major acquisition reforms, bureaucratic fixes and new funding flexibilities for certain emerging military capabilities in the early days of the second Trump administration, officials said March 4 on Capitol Hill.
A first-of-its-kind museum honoring recipients of the nation’s highest combat award is set to open later this month in Arlington, Texas—but the project is already dogged by controversy and outrage amid an apparent snub to one medal recipient.