A USAF C-17 airdrops a dummy rocket to simulate the DARPA-USAF “QuickReach”-a proposed new small satellite booster-demonstrating that the booster would not impact the cargo bay on the way out.
A new think tank analysis finds a hypothetical blended-wing body tanker could offer twice as much refueling performance as the KC-46A Pegasus and recommends the Air Force buy scores of them, as the service prepares to evaluate a BWB demonstrator next year and must juggle its future tanker plans with…