While the Pentagon’s chief weapons tester continues to have concerns about the MH-139 helicopter, the Air Force is on the verge of finishing developmental testing of the aircraft and fielding it at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.; and Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. The Grey Wolf ...
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Kay Sears, Boeing’s Vice President of Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems, sat down with Air & Space Forces Magazine for a discussion on how Boeing approaches space as a warfighting domain, and how it supports the U.S. Space Force’s mission...
Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security division (BDS) recorded its smallest loss of the year in the fourth quarter of 2023, as the aerospace giant works back toward profitability in the 2025-2026 timeframe, Boeing officials said Jan. 31.
WORLD Airpower: Force Design 2050; AFFORGEN; New F-15EX fighters arrive.
The Air Force has awarded contracts to five companies for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft program to design and build unmanned, autonomous aircraft to fly alongside manned platforms, a spokesperson confirmed to Air & Space Forces Magazine: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Anduril, and General Atomics.
The Air Force is moving toward Initial Operating Capability with the F-15EX, as the third and fourth examples of the fighter joined the test fleet at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
The Space Force will send its space place, X-37B, back into orbit this weekend. When it comes back down is anyone’s guess, at least publicly. On Dec. 10, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is slated to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as ...
Boeing’s receipt of the 10th lot contract award for the KC-46 Pegasus this week leaves just three lots left to complete the Air Force’s buy of the tanker, although a further buy of 75 additional aircraft as a “bridge” to the Next-Generation Aerial-refueling System (NGAS) ...
Boeing delivered the sixth and final test MH-139 helicopter to the Air Force last month, the company announced Nov. 20—clearing the way for the first production aircraft to arrive around mid-2024, a spokesperson told Air & Space Forces Magazine.
The first T-7A Red Hawk landed at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Nov. 8, marking the start of the developmental flight test campaign for the two-seat jet, which is meant to replace the aging T-38 as a trainer for fighter and bomber pilots.
WORLD: Modernization: B-52's get new engines and other upgrades; AWACs to the Boneyard.
The Air Force aims to release a request for proposals for the KC-135 Recapitalization Program—formerly called the “bridge tanker”—in fiscal 2025 but has yet to set an acquisition strategy for the aircraft, waiting for more industry input, a service spokesperson said. The service isn’t saying ...
