MilitaryEngineering Analysis Underway For Upgraded F-35, F-22 Based On NGAD Development Lockheed Martin has begun the “engineering analysis” around adding sixth-generation features to the company’s fifth-generation fighters based on development work it did on the losing bid for the Air Force’s Next-Generation Air…
MilitaryUSAF Looking Into Spares For AWACS DRAGON Program The U.S. Air Force is looking into a buy of spare parts for the service’s Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Replacement of Avionics for Global Operations and Navigation (DRAGON) program for Boeing E-3 Airborne…
MilitaryBeehive Plans Altitude Testing Of Frenzy Engine For UAVs In October, Flight Tests In Early ‘26 Beehive Industries, a propulsion startup firm, said on Sept. 22 it’s ramping up testing of its Frenzy line of additively-manufactured engines, with plans to conduct altitude testing of a 200-pound version in…
Editor's NoteGE Aerospace, Kratos Begin Altitude Testing For New GEK800 Small Engine GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have begun altitude testing for their new low-cost GEK800 turbofan engine, designed to power cruise missiles and unmanned platforms in the Collaborative Combat Aircraft…
MilitaryRTX’s Pratt & Whitney Receives $2.8 Billion for Lot 18 of F135 RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney has received a $2.8 billion U.S. Navy contract for Lot 18 F135 engines for the three variants of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter. The contract includes…
MilitaryGeneral Atomics YFQ-42A First CCA Forerunner to Fly A General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) YFQ-42A Gambit prototype for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program flew for the first time in California on Wednesday ahead of what…
MilitaryUSAF Expects to Field BTAR Fix for KC-46A Late in Fiscal 2027 The U.S. Air Force expects to field a fix for the stiff aerial refueling boom (ARB) on the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker late in fiscal 2027. “The stiff boom deficiency is being…
AI & AutonomyHASC Wants USAF to Lay Out Plan for Full-Scale Production of CCA Increment 1 The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) wants the U.S. Air Force to lay out its plan for full- scale production of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Increment 1. “The committee expects the Air…
MilitaryDoD, Partners Demonstrate Beyond Line-Of-Sight Drone Cargo Flights In National Airspace A Defense Department development program to demonstrate uncrewed aerial logistics beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) in the national airspace has resulted in a series of successful flights, an important milestone for potentially making…
Editor's NoteB-52H Upgrades Face Supply Challenges BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Announced by Boeing in 2009 and first fielded in 2014, the company’s Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade for the B-52H has been to replace old displays and communications on…