Threats

F-35 crash shrinks a tiny test fleet under stress

Congress and GAO were already worried about having enough test jets to handle planned upgrades.

  • Audrey Decker
Science & Tech

DARPA picks two firms to design a fast, runway-less airplane

Bell, Aurora reveal their X-Plane concepts.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: China encircles Taiwan with ‘punishment’ drills; UK DM says China is helping Russia in Ukraine; New Raider photos; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Lauren C. Williams
Threats

The D Brief: House NDAA markup; Army leaders reject drone branch, for now; Experimentation at Space Force; Support for two-state solution grows; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

NATO trainers to Ukraine?; Blackouts return to Kyiv; Gaza push continues; F-35s pile up on tarmac; And a bit more…

  • Bradley Peniston
Business

F-35s are piling up on Lockheed tarmacs, presenting ‘unique’ risks to the Pentagon

The program is trying to quash bugs that force pilots to reboot in midair, GAO says.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Gaza pier opens; Israel closes border crossing; Russia’s space-nuke R&D; Congressional split; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Patrick Tucker and Bradley Peniston
Policy

Air Force picks homes for expeditionary ‘Air Task Forces’

The new deployment model will get its first real-world test next year.

  • Audrey Decker
Defense Systems

The Air Force needs more in-house coders

Andrew Hunter, the service’s lead buyer, said adding experts on staff would make the government a better software customer.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Policy

House authorizers: cut F-35 purchases to fix problems

Their version of the defense policy bill would reduce the Pentagon’s 2025 purchase by 10 jets.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: The US military's EWs are not OK, SOF say; Houthis threaten Med shipping; US-Taiwan naval drills; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

B-2 that caught fire in 2022 won’t be fixed, Air Force confirms

That will leave just 19 of the stealth bombers, according to the service’s new force-structure plan.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Russia opens new front; New US aid coming; Israel’s Rafah strikes; SOF-killing bodycam video; And a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
Policy

'Swarm pilots' will need new tactics—and entirely new training methods: Air Force special-ops chief

AFSOC will expand on groundbreaking experiments this summer, Lt. Gen. Bauernfeind says in interview.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: US soldier detained in Russia; UK boots accused spy; Defense > offense?; Police kill SOF airman; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Science & Tech

AI-powered F-16 impresses ride-along SECAF in dogfight

Air Force will deploy armed, automated aircraft around 2030, Kendall says.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: DOD’s Rafah concerns; Mideast diplomacy; ‘SOF renaissance’; Hurricane hunters’ woes; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Hurricane Hunters are chasing more storms—and say they need more aircraft to do it

The reserve squadron is “spread thin” as it prepares for another busy hurricane season.

  • Audrey Decker
Threats

The D Brief: Replicator takes off; Xi’s Europe trip; US freezes GPS bombs to Israel; Space Force pushback; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Policy

‘Betrayal’: Air Guardsmen, governors pile on criticism of plan to move units to Space Force

The proposal is an “existential threat” to the Air National Guard, one commander says.

  • Audrey Decker
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