The Assistant Secretary of the US Air Force for Acquisition has used an address to outline an agile, digital-focused acquisition model for new capabilities.
In a major milestone for the US Air Force’s ‘next generation air dominance’ fighter program, Dr Will Roper, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, has revealed that the plane has already been built and flown. With the growing success of Russian and Chinese fifth-generation fighter aircraft like the Su-57,
Aircraft from US Marine Fighter Attack (VMFA) – 211 Squadron have now arrived at RAF Marham to start their UK detachment. The 10 F-35B jets flew from their base in Yuma, Arizona, via MCAS Beaufort to visit the UK for the first time. The US Marine Corps Squadron will be working alongside 617 Squadron ahead of
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a US$13.3 billion contract by the US Air Force, to modernise the country’s ageing ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Centre announced that the effort will span 8.5 years and include weapon system design, qualification, test and evaluation and nuclear certification for the engineering and manufacturing
The US Air Force has announced it’s wrapped up three weeks of training in Alaska, including the completion of its famed Red Flag training for younger pilots.
The US Navy has conducted the first flight test of its futuristic new electronic jammer technology that can disable air-defence systems, writes Stephen Kuper.
