The U.S. Air Force is poised to fill out its full complement of F-35 fighters and reach full operational capability with two squadrons at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom this year, according to the head of the U.S. European Command.
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The Space Force’s project to build a new global radar network to safeguard satellites from “malign activity” is taking shape, with the first facility in Australia now complete and set to go live by 2027. The Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) initiative is a joint ...
“Bamboo Eagle,” the Air Force’s new advanced combat-readiness exercise, returned for its second year in recent weeks, featuring more than 175 aircraft and 10,000 personnel from four countries for the service’s latest large-scale exercise.
The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a U.S. industry-run nonprofit that helps commercial space operators share data about cyberattacks and other threats, is expanding to the U.K. and other American allies, aiming to build a global organization that will protect civilian space assets as ...
The Mitchell Institute conducted a wargame and associated studies to assess how a family of uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft could increase the lethality, survivability, and capacity of the Air Force’s air superiority forces for operations in highly contested environments.
The U.S., U.K., and Australia have agreed to place advanced space tracking radar sites in their countries in a major new initiative that will expand the AUKUS agreement. The three countries will host and operate the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC), a state-of-the-art ground-based radar ...
The creation of the U.S. Space Force in 2019 helped spark a wave of new military space organizations around the globe and opened the door to more collaboration and discussion with allies, leaders said Sept. 11 at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference. Hurdles remain, though, ...
World-Readiness: Mobility Guardian 2023; Cuts to F-15E Fleet; A Look at Classified Information Regulations.
The U.S., United Kingdom, and Australia want to “generate, operate, and sustain a fleet of interoperable E-7 aircraft,” according to a document signed by the three countries’ air chiefs and released to Air & Space Forces Magazine. To make that happen, the trio of air forces ...
From Norway to Australia, from Guam to United Kingdom, the Air Force wants to invest more money in infrastructure outside the continental U.S. than it has in years, according to budget documents. As part of to its fiscal year 2024 budget request, the Air Force is ...
Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom are sending military members to join in the U.S. Space Force's newly expanded Space Flag exercise next month. Space Training and Readiness Command confirmed the roster of international coalition partners joining Space Flag 23-1 in December.
After working together closely to help develop and deploy the F-35, the United Kingdom and the United States have pursued different programs when it comes to sixth-generation fighters. But that doesn’t mean the two countries and their air forces won’t collaborate in the future on ...
