MilitaryUSAF Looks For Answers To Remedy Supply Bottlenecks For F-15EX and F-16 Engines The U.S. Air Force is searching for answers on how to remedy supply chain bottlenecks in building engines for the service’s F-15EX fighter by Boeing and F-16 by Lockheed Martin. The Air Force “is…
MilitaryDoD Makes Potential $820 Million Loan Commitment To Drone Company To Mass Produce Components Flexing new authorities to dramatically increase its loan commitments, the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has made a conditional loan commitment of up to $820 million to Performance Drone Works (PDW) to expand…
MilitaryF135 Engine Core Upgrade Set For Key Design Review Next Month, As CCA Engine Picture Clarifies DAYTON, Ohio—Pratt & Whitney‘s Engine Core Upgrade (ECU) for the F-35 fighter’s F135 engine is to have a critical design review (CDR) in August. After CDR, ECU is to undergo ground testing…
MilitaryAir Force Modifying B-52 To Resume Radar Modernization Program Testing DAYTON, Ohio–The Air Force is modifying a B-52H to resume Radar Modernization Program (RMP) testing for the bomber. RMP is to feature an active electronically scanned array radar based on RTX’s APG-79 to…
MilitaryShield AI, GE Integrate Advanced Vectoring Nozzle For X-BAT Engine Shield AI and GE Aerospace on Monday said they have completed integration of an advanced vectoring exhaust nozzle, including actuation and engine light-off testing, into the engine that will power the venture-backed company’s future drone…
MilitaryDegree Of Survivability Key Question For DIU/USAF MMA Program The degree of survivability for future massed modular aircraft (MMA) is a key question for the program. This month, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and U.S. Air Force announced MMA to replace the General Atomics-Aeronautical…
Advanced TechnologyAnduril, Archer Developing Collaborative, Autonomous Tiltrotor Aircraft To Enable Maneuver Warfare Anduril Industries and Archer Aviation are developing a large hybrid-electric armed reconnaissance tiltrotor aircraft with the speed, range and payload capacity of the Army’s future long-range assault tiltrotor and current attack helicopter—serving as a loyal…
MilitaryAt Least 15 F-35s “DD-250’ed” Since May 2025 At least 15 F-35s built in the last year have lacked required equipment, according to a Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) list sent to sister publication Defense Daily after a Freedom of Information…
MilitaryDIU And Air Force Collaborating On MQ-9A Follow-On The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Air Force are collaborating on a project to replace the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper which, depending on payload, can cost up to $50 million apiece. “The Joint Force’s…
MilitaryDrone Challenge Program Selects 19 Vendors To Compete In Second Gauntlet The Pentagon’s Drone Dominance Program (DDP) on July 1 said it invited 19 companies to compete in the final stage of its second challenge round in August with a chance to win…
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