The Air Force has awarded General Atomics a $99.3 million contract for a stealthy, ultra-long-range surveillance aircraft design to be ready by 2028. The plane, nicknamed "GHOST," would also have a strike mission.
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The Pentagon plans to reduce how often service members and their families are required to move in an effort to save money and curb stress. Defense officials have not offered a blueprint for how to make changes, but are asking the military services to come up with their own ideas.
The Pentagon will no longer require civilian employees to submit a weekly list of five accomplishments from the previous week, ending a monthslong requirement that was first promoted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a senior defense official told employees in a recent email.
The Florida Air National Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing is inching closer to a fully stealth fleet after years of training to fly the F-35.
Spectators got a never-before-seen treat May 24 when representatives of the entire Air Force bomber fleet and most of its fighter inventory flew over the Hyundai Air and Sea Show in Miami, Fla., to mark the start of Memorial Day weekend.
A new RAND report shares lessons for U.S. policymakers based on how Ukrainian and Russian forces used space systems over three years of war.
Small and medium businesses are still skeptical of defense work despite years of effort and a raft of legislation aimed at accelerating acquisition and breaking down barriers for new entrants—though that perception is slowly improving, according to a new industry survey.
Advancements in commercial space technology could make President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense network far more likely to succeed than the failed “Star Wars” strategic umbrella initiative of the 1980s, U.S. Space Command’s top general said May 22.
The Air Force Historical Foundation honored a pair of storied Airmen with lifetime achievement awards at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center May 22.