1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (693+ words) Startups Anduril Industries and Heremus have agreed to integrate Anduril’s autonomy software onto Hermeus’ hypersonic demonstrator aircraft “Quarterhorse”—uniting two technologies that have drawn keen interest and investment from the Air Force. The firms announced the deal Sept. 3 and said…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (438+ words) The Air Force’s new nuclear security helicopter, the MH-139A Grey Wolf, achieved initial operational capability in August—a significant milestone in the service’s effort to replace its Vietnam War-era UH-1N Hueys but years later than originally planned. In an Aug....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (543+ words) Lt. Gen. Jason D. Voorheis has taken command of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, a sprawling organization with a $400 billion portfolio, establishing him as one of the service’s top acquisition officials. Voorheis moves into the job having jumped the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (943+ words) Brig. Gen. Houston Cantwell, USAF (Ret.) is a Senior Resident Fellow for Airpower Studies at AFA’s MitchellInstitute forAerospace Studies. Small UAVs present a rapidly evolving and proliferating air threat. Rapid innovation cycles, massive numbers, low-altitude flight paths, and varied physical…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (394+ words) The Air Force is planning to award Northrop Grumman a contract that could allow the RQ-4 Global Hawk to keep flying into 2033. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center posted a presolicitation notice Aug. 17 saying it plans to award Northrop…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (565+ words) General Atomics Aeronautical Systems predicts the new drone it plans to pitch for the military’s “Massed Modular Aircraft” program will exceed many of the military’s requirements for a successor to the MQ-9 Reaper. Wildfire, as General Atomics has dubbed it,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (285+ words) The Air Force plans to offer virtual enlisted Foundations courses Airmen can take at their convenience as part of a larger effort to modernize enlisted professional military education, or EPME. The concept is part of a sweeping effort to modernize…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (602+ words) Search and rescue Airmen from Nellis Air Base, Nev., flew more than 200 miles in two HH-60W Jolly Green IIs last week to rescue five of their Navy helicopter crew counterparts who were forced to land in mountainous terrain near Naval…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (372+ words) U.S. Space Command is preparing to host a live-fly exercise in the coming weeks to test advanced maneuver concepts that will inform its strategy for dynamic operations in orbit. Gen. Stephen Whiting announced the plans Aug. 12, telling reporters during a briefing…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago   (1021+ words) Editor’s Note: This is the third and final article in a multipart series on military training during the summer at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The first, on Basic Cadet Training, is available here. The second, on Combat Skills, is…...