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.
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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 ...
With a $482 million third-quarter charge against its Air Force One/VC-25B, Boeing is now up to $1.3 billion in losses on the project. It also lost $350 million on an unnamed satellite program and $136 million on the Navy's MQ-25 refueling drone.
Boeing submitted paperwork to deliver the first T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet to the Air Force on Sept. 12, marking the latest step as the service aims to achieve initial operational capability in 2027.
Adaptive technology is the next step in fighter propulsion. It is our assurance of long-term air dominance and propulsion superiority.
By providing hands-on engineering experience with real planes, the program awards high school students with National Aerospace/Aircraft Assembly certifications, enabling them to find work as entry-level aircraft technicians right out of high school.
