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22 May

Technology

In this staged photo, PacStar imagines what a command post using the company’s secure communications modules would look like for Soldiers in a deployed environment. (Photos courtesy of Pacific Star Communications Inc.)

Rojoef Manuel

Curtiss-Wright to Provide Deployable Communications Solution to US Air Force

Curtiss-Wright has received a $16-million contract to provide a deployable communications suite for the US Air Force.

20 May

Air

Joe Saballa

US Air Force’s F-35 Program to Face Further Unforeseen Delays: GAO

The US Air Force’s F-35 program should brace for further delays stemming from the late arrival of key aircraft components.

20 May

Land

Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team participated in a joint parachute training jump with CH-47 Chinook aircraft from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade here July 16. Also participating were Italian army paratroopers from the Folgore Parachute Brigade and paratroopers from the U.S. Air Force's 8th Air Support Operations Squadron in Aviano, Italy, July 16, 2013. (Photo by Barbara Romano)

Rojoef Manuel

US Selects Bases for Experimental Air Task Force Program

The US has identified bases to house experimental Air Task Forces that will test new approaches for more unified unit deployment.

20 May

Cyber

Members of with the 914th Civil Engineer Squadron, Air Force Reserve Command, attempt an airfield damage crater repair at Readiness Challenge IX in Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., April 25, 2023. Readiness Challenge is the capstone event for Department of the Air Force civil engineers to demonstrate their readiness and capability to conduct full-spectrum, integrated base response and recovery operations in contested, degraded and operationally limited environments. The Air Force Civil Engineer Center and the 801st RED HORSE Training Squadron, host the event and through the competition, are able assess unit readiness, find deficiencies and identify training opportunities to ensure the Air and Space Forces have ready trained civil engineers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Malcolm McClendon).

Rojoef Manuel

General Dynamics to Provide Cybersecurity Services for US Air Force Civil Engineering Arm

General Dynamics has secured a contract to deliver cybersecurity services for the US Air Force Civil Engineer Center.

15 May

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Joe Saballa

US Air Force Deploys ULTRA Glider-Like Drone in Middle East

The US Air Force has for the first time deployed its Unmanned Long-Endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft in the Middle East.

13 May

Americas

Joe Saballa

China Warned of America’s AI-Piloted Fighter Jet

Chinese military analysts have sounded the alarm over America’s rapid progress in developing an artificial intelligence-piloted fighter jet.

10 May

Air

Marshall's Deployable Operations and Maintenance System (DOMS) are seen lined up on a flat surface area. The DOMS appear to be box-shaped containers painted in green.

Juster Domingo

UK Firm to Develop ‘Containerized’ Logistics System for US Air Force

Marshall Group is set to develop a "containerized" system to simplify logistics and aircraft and personnel deployment for the US Air Force.

9 May

Air

The MH-139A Grey Wolf was unveiled and named during the ceremony at Duke Field, Fla., Dec. 19, 2019. (U.S Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Rojoef Manuel

Boeing to Produce Seven More MH-139A Grey Wolf Helicopters for US

Boeing has accepted a $178-million contract to develop seven additional MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters for the US Air Force.

8 May

Air

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Vondohlen (left), 54th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator instructor, and Tech. Sgt. Marcus, 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing evaluator sensor operator, practice in-flight air refueling in a Boom Operator Training (BOT) simulator at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 9, 2022. BOT is a new simulation system the 97th Air Mobility Wing uses to train boom operators to refuel from the KC-46 Pegasus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kayla Christenson)

Rojoef Manuel

Boeing Taps Leonardo DRS for US Air Force’s Pegasus Aerial Refueling Stations

Boeing has awarded Leonardo DRS a contract to deliver upgraded aerial refueling stations for the US Air Force’s KC-46 Pegasus aircraft.

7 May

War

Inder Singh Bisht

USAF Buys Add-On JDAM-ER Seeker to Target Russian GPS Jammers

The US Air Force is buying add-on seekers for its Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range bombs to help the precision-guided munitions take out Russian GPS jammers in Ukraine.

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