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USAF Tanker Plans Focus On KC-46 And Mods Amid NGAS Push

The Air Force is in the early stages of the Next-Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) program, a full-scale acquisition effort to follow the KC-46. An analysis of alternatives is underway, with the ...
Defense Daily

USAF Primed To Buy Large Number Of KC-46s In FY 2027; No Look At KC-390

As the Air Force aims to correct Category 1 deficiencies on the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker, the service is poised to buy a ...
Aviation Week Network

USAF To Retake Airborne Nuclear Command Mission From U.S. Navy

USAF To Retake Airborne Nuclear Command Mission From U.S. Navy is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your ...
Defense Daily

USAF Test Pilot School And Lockheed Martin Collaborate On Automatic SAM Avoidance

The Air Force Test Pilot School and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works are collaborating this year on a "Have Remy" Test Management Project to ...
Defense One

Air Force reaches deal with Northrop to expand B-21 production

AURORA, Colorado —Air Force officials and Northrop Grumman have reached a deal to accelerate B-21 bomber production by 25 percent following months of negotiations, the service and company announced ...
Defense One

Air Force test pilots used tactical AI to evade a missile

The X-62A Vista is a modified version of the F-16D Fighting Falcon, used to test automation and artificial intelligence. In 2024, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall flew in an X-62A piloted by Shield ...