The CCA is envisioned as an uncrewed, relatively low-observable aircraft that can escort or coordinate with crewed aircraft, performing missions such as electronic warfare, defense suppression, as a communications node or as a flying extra magazine of weapons.
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Change is hard, losing is unacceptable, right? We don’t have a choice about this if we want to win.
He’s always got a mind on the future and making sure that the decisions we make today aren’t trapped in the environment of today.
A collection of quotes on airpower, space power, and national security issues.
Northrop Grumman took a $1.56 billion charge on its B-21 bomber program for the Air Force, company officials said in its quarterly earnings report. Inflation and “a lot more information” derived from building and flying the first aircraft drove the overage, officials said.
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.
As Ukraine awaits the delivery of F-16s in 2024, a U.S. defense official revealed new details on the training of Ukrainian pilots and maintainers in America. There are currently four Ukrainian pilots undergoing F-16 training in the United States at Morris Air National Guard Base, ...
The Red Tails live on. The Alabama Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing upgraded from the F-16 to the F-35 in December but is keeping up its tradition of honoring the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, as the wing released photos this month of one ...
An A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft is shown parked on the flight line during a winter storm at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., on Jan. 12, 2024. Regardless of the temperature, the 127th Wing operates 24 hours a day, 365...
