The US Air Force will install Raytheon's PhantomStrike active electronically scanned array radar on its X-62 VISTA test ...

The age of the piloted fighter aircraft may not be over but the US Air Force has shown that it may be time to start collecting the coats, as it has designated two prototype combat drones as official ...

An Air Force command is temporarily barring the use of issued Sig Sauer sidearms amid an investigation into the death of an airman at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming over the weekend. The active ...

Operators from Air Combat Command helped the Air Force pinpoint range shortcomings in the planned collaborative combat aircraft program early in the acquisition process. (General Atomics) Whatever the ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Air Force faces a potential "air superiority gap" due to the small size and maintenance issues of its F-22 Raptor fleet. -While the F-22 remains a qualitatively ...

The Air Force has started ground testing the Anduril-made YFQ-44A, a semi-autonomous drone known as a collaborative combat aircraft, and could start flying it this summer. (Anduril) The Air Force has ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Air Force is moving forward with a plan to upgrade its oldest, training-only F-22 Raptors (Block 20) to a combat-capable standard. -The move reverses an earlier Air ...

Over the past three decades, the Air Force has struggled to modernize its fleets of aircraft and missiles. As the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, the Air Force's only bomber modernization ...

For CCA to succeed, Defense Department leaders and Congress must provide ample funding, the authors of this op-ed argue. Shown here is a rendering of General Atomics' Gambit autonomous drone that it ...

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