4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (693+ words) Startups Anduril Industries and Heremus have agreed to integrate Anduril’s autonomy software onto Hermeus’ hypersonic demonstrator aircraft “Quarterhorse”—uniting two technologies that have drawn keen interest and investment from the Air Force. The firms announced the deal Sept. 3 and said…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (690+ words) The Air Force Research Laboratory has signaled to industry it wants to develop a low-cost hypersonic cruise missile to deliver a wide range of payloads at a range up to 500 nautical miles. That note signals an openness to using 3D printing…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (356+ words) The move, leaders said at the time, was a major shakeup necessary to support the service’s need for resilient, reliable communications and cyber operations, and the equipment and personnel associated with those capabilities. In June, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Phillips…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (538+ words) Inflation and rising costs for critical upgrades are swelling the price of the F-35 fighter, according to a newly released acquisition report on the fifth-generation jet. The total estimated acquisition cost for the F-35—covering all the airframes and engines the U.S....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (394+ words) The Air Force is planning to award Northrop Grumman a contract that could allow the RQ-4 Global Hawk to keep flying into 2033. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center posted a presolicitation notice Aug. 17 saying it plans to award Northrop…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (554+ words) Leaders from the Air & Space Forces Association delivered a letter to congressional leaders this week urging them to fully fund the Space Force’s record-breaking $71.1 billion budget request for fiscal 2027, bolster F-35 procurement, and finish revising troops’ Basic Allowance for Housing....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (465+ words) The Air Force said Aug. 13 it recently tested prototypes for a portable ground station for commanding and controlling semi-autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Agile Development Office revealed the progress on the so-called Portable Command…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (531+ words) The Space Force activated the 1st Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron earlier this month, a new unit with a few unique characteristics—it is manned mostly by former Air National Guardsmen, and it is the service’s first EW unit to be equipped with…...