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The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) plans to experiment with additional weapons and effects, such as jamming and decoys, in its Rapid Dragon palletised munitions campaign in fiscal year 2022. A quarter scale model of an AFRL Rapid Dr...

The US Navy (USN) and Boeing used the MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial vehicle to pass fuel to a Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter receiver aircraft for the first time on 13 September. Boeing's MQ-25A Stingray T1 test as...

The US Air Force (USAF) has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) and Kratos contract options for work on the service's Skyborg science and technology (S&T) programme, according to a 16 August service statement. Kratos, w...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), on 2 July for the first time, used its Avenger unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with a Lockheed Martin Legion Pod modular infrared search-and-track (IRST) system to autonomously track ...

The United States can substantially increase its ability to evacuate non-combatants from Afghanistan as its airlift out of the country continues, a top Pentagon officer said on 18 August. A USAF C-17 pictured in a 2016 photo. The US used 18 ...

The US Air Force (USAF) on 30 July awarded Hermeus a USD60 million jointly funded contract to accelerate the commercial development of hypersonic aircraft and propulsion systems, according to a service statement. The Quarterhorse will valida...

The US Air Force (USAF) expects better responsiveness for Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) support issues with the relocation of an operations centre from the aircraft's manufacturing site in Fort Worth, Texas, to...

Pentagon budget 2022: DoD requests less aircraft and related systems spending by Pat Host The US Department of Defense (DoD) is requesting USD52.4 billion for aircraft and related systems in its fiscal year (FY) 2022 budget request, which would represent a decrease of 7.9% from the nearly USD57 billion provided in FY 2021. DoD requested roughly USD12 billion for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme, 6.7% less than the USD12.9 billion provided in FY 2021. Th...

Pentagon budget 2022: US Air Force requests USD212.8 billion, plans major aircraft divestments by Pat Host The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) USD212.8 billion budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2022 would be USD8.8 billion more than the USD204 billion in funding provided in FY 2021 and would represent a boost of 4.3%. Already a Janes subscriber? Read the full article via the Client Login Share

The US Army is down to two finalist platforms for the unmanned aircraft competition portion of its Render Safe Sets, Kits, and Outfits (RS SKO) programme. The Teledyne FLIR Systems R80D SkyRaider and the InstantEye Robotics Mk-3 Gen4-HL Grou...