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Dec- 2024 -

3 December

Air

A 40th Flight Test Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon releases a Stand-in Attack Weapon at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

US Air Force Launches Stand-in Attack Weapon From Aircraft for First Time

The US Air Force has tested Stand-in Attack Weapon from an F-16 Fighting Falcon, the missile’s first successful launch from an aircraft.

Nov- 2024 -

26 November

Americas

Inder Singh Bisht

Elbit America to Upgrade USAF F-16 Block 40/42 ‘Head-Up’ Display

The US Air Force has contracted Elbit Systems of America to supply F-16 Block 40/42 Wide-Angle Conventional Head-Up Display replacements.

25 November

DOD Contracts

Joe Saballa

Boeing Clinches Another $2.4B KC-46A Tanker Aircraft Deal With US Air Force

Boeing has secured a $2.4-billion contract to supply the US Air Force with 15 additional KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft.

20 November

Americas

aircraft-dropped unmanned cargo delivery glider

Christine Casimiro

US Awards Silent Arrow $1.8M to Build, Test CLS-200 Drone

Silent Arrow has clinched a $1.8-million Direct to Phase II SBIR contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory to build and test six CLS-200 drones.

20 November

Americas

Northrop Grumman prepares the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) test missile for delivery to the US Air Force.

Giulia Bernacchi

US Air Force Receives Northrop Stand-in Attack Weapon Test Missile

Northrop Grumman has delivered its Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) test missile to the US Air Force to target rapidly relocatable threats.

15 November

Americas

The US Air Force prepares a KC-135 Stratotanker for a flight supporting a Black Sea mission at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, January 14, 2021

Giulia Bernacchi

US Air Force Approves Merlin AI Pilot for KC-135 Stratotanker

The US Air Force has approved Merlin’s airworthiness plan for testing the Merlin Pilot autonomous flight system on the KC-135 Stratotanker.

14 November

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Joe Saballa

Anduril, General Atomics Drone Wingman Concepts Pass Critical Design Review

Anduril and General Atomics have completed the Critical Design Review for their drone wingman concepts.

14 November

Air

Christine Casimiro

US Air Force to Retire A-10 Fleet in South Korea by 2025

The US Air Force will retire its A-10 Thunderbolt II fleet in its key Indo-Pacific bases, including South Korea, as part of its modernization strategy.

11 November

Air