Business
Pentagon to give Pratt & Whitney sole-source F-35 engine upgrade work
Company declares itself on track to deliver preliminary design for January review.
Science & Tech
L3Harris eyes 2025 for F-16 EW production
Viper Shield will enable international customers to detect more than one enemy.
Ideas
Defense One Radio, Ep. 139: What we learned from a Middle Eastern airshow
We take a look at how officials around the region are carrying on with business as usual despite Israel's war with Hamas.
Science & Tech
Air Forces Cyber turns focus to information operations
New training effort will teach how to target disinformation campaigns and how to influence audiences.
Business
Boeing welcomes USAF interest in light-attack version of T-7 trainer
Company’s fighter lead says Air Force officials have discussed the concept multiple times.
Business
General Atomics ‘nears deal’ to sell anti-missile pod for its Reaper drones, company says
Self-Protection Pod might have saved the MQ-9 recently downed near Yemen, GA claims.
Threats
U.S. military strikes more Syrian facilities
The airstrikes, the second set in a week, were meant to degrade Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps capabilities.
Threats
Effort to build common Mideast air picture gets a ‘B-minus’ from USAF official
“Slow but steady progress” cited by deputy commander of Air Forces Central Command.
Science & Tech
B-21 takes flight, heads to Edwards AFB for more tests
Air Force “on track” for delivery of first operational Raider bombers in the mid-2020s, officials say.
Policy
'Influencers in uniform' are boosting recruiting, Pentagon says
Troops' social-media posts are "wildly popular because I think youth are looking for authenticity,” says deputy defense secretary.
Business
As F-15EX price tags rise, Boeing hunts for ways to control costs
The Air Force expects the flyaway cost to rise, not fall, from Lot 2 to 3.
Science & Tech