Wilson Brissett

The United States tested its Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system Tuesday by intercepting an intercontinental ballistic missile target for the first time. The test ICBM was fired from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in...

The number of US and coalition bombs dropped in Afghanistan rose sharply to 460 in April, more than doubling the total from the previous month. It was the largest number of munitions dropped in a single month in Afghanistan since...

Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that its Combat Rescue Helicopter, the HH-60W, has passed critical design review and is cleared to begin assembly, test, and evaluation. “This milestone is an important achievement and demonstrates Sikorsky and the Air Force are well...

The House voted 418-0 on May 24 to amend the Uniform Code of Military Justice to explicitly ban the “wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate visual images.” Air Force veteran Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) sponsored the legislation. McSally said in...

The Air Force now expects the cost of the GPS III ground control system (OCX) to reach $5.5 billion, spokeswoman Capt. Annmarie Annicelli said in an email statement. That amount may change in June when the service releases updated cost...

The Department of Defense cannot fully track $2.3 billion worth of equipment provided to Iraqi and Kurdish forces through the Iraq Train and Equip Fund (ITEF), according to a Government Accountability Office report released on May 25. The type of...

The Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $46 million modification to the production contract for geosynchronous vehicles five and six in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program. SBIRS satellites provide advanced early missile warning and battlefield awareness. Three...

ISIS explosives that had been previously planted in the building contributed to 105 civilian deaths resulting from a coalition airstrike on March 17 in Western Mosul, according to the results of a Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve investigation. The...

The development of a new Long Range Standoff weapon (LRSO) is “a cost-imposing strategy” that doesn’t cost very much, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson said Thursday. The stealthy, air-launched, nuclear-capable cruise missile would allow the Air Force to...

There are lessons to be learned from the B-2 program that can inform the development of the Air Force’s new B-21 bomber, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson said Thursday. The big takeaway is, “I have to be able...

The threat from nuclear weapons is growing and the need for a strong US deterrent needs to keep up, Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson said Thursday at an AFA Mitchell event in Washington, D.C. The top threat comes...

The eighth satellite in the Air Force’s Operationally Responsive Space series demonstrates the progress the service is making in speeding up space acquisition, said David Hardy, associate deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for space on Wednesday. “This is a...

The ground control system for the next-generation GPS III satellite constellation, known as OCX, will undergo a milestone B review sometime in June, Maj. Gen. Roger Teague, director of space programs, told reporters Wednesday. The review before the Defense Acquisition...

US Special Operations Forces conducted a raid in the Marib Governorate of Yemen early Tuesday that killed seven militants and wounded several American personnel, Pentagon spokesperson Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters. The raid was a “counterterrorism operation” against a...

Officials from the US and the Republic of Korea said that North Korea successfully launched a mid-range ballistic missile Sunday, the Associated Press reported. US Pacific Command tracked the missile until it flew into the sea. The ROK said the...