Piasecki Aircraft has conducted the first flight of its autonomous tilt-duct vertical takeoff and landing aircraft demonstrator, which could lead to a combat rescue craft and/or a logistics platform supporting the Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment model.
The total program cost of re-engining the B-52H fleet of 76 airplanes will be about $11 billion, a 9 percent jump over a previous estimate because of more-up-to-date data. Acting Air Force Secretary John P. Roth told the Senate Armed Services Committee on June 17 ...