Business
$85B Nuclear Missile Competition Gets Messier as Feds Investigate Northrop
Boeing is breaking up its ICBM team — just as the Federal Trade Commission begins looking into the company's allegations that Northrop wasn't playing fair.
Threats
Trump’s STRATCOM Pick Declines to Endorse Open-Skies Withdrawal
The Trump administration is weighing pulling out of the 1992 surveillance agreement amid complaints that Russia is out of compliance.
Defense Systems
How the Air Force upgraded cyber testing for weapons systems
Air Force Materiel Command's 96th Test Wing is modernizing the way the service tests weapons systems for cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Ideas
Will America's Next Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile Match Up to China's?
The Air Force says the AIM-260 won't be powered by a ramjet. Does it have another trick up its sleeve?
Business
Just One Bidder Is Vying for Two Pentagon Programs Worth $130 Billion
The defense acquisition chief is looking into the Army’s disqualification of a second bidder to replace Bradley armored vehicles.
Science & Tech
Meet the US Air Force's 1st Chief Experience Officer
The service hired digital consultant Colt Whittall to improve the digital tools that airmen use to fix things and fight.
Business
New Tech Aims to Tell Pilots When Their Plane Has Been Hacked
Raytheon is pitching a product to detect cyber intrusions into aircraft, drones, and even missiles.
Science & Tech
USAF Seeks Custom Game Environment to Test New Ideas
So it's inviting game builders to compete in a three-part contest.
Ideas
An Old Idea Could Bring Anti-Aircraft Missiles of Unprecedented Capability
Ramjet SAMs promise interceptions at altitudes and distances far beyond today’s defenses.
Ideas
The Air Force's Kessel Run Is the John Travolta of Defense Acquisitions
Right now, the much-hyped software-development office is doing fine work. Let’s remember that when the inevitable backlash arrives.
Defense Systems
Air Force unveils 10-year cyber warfare plan
In tandem with creating a new information warfare command, the Air Force released a new strategy to address digital warfare over the next decade.
Defense Systems
Air Force announces new information warfare entity
After some delay, the Air Combat Command will combine its 24th (cyber) and 25th (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) Numbered Air Forces into one.
Defense Systems
Air Force prepares cyber audit
The Air Force has been undergoing a comprehensive cyber audit modeled on the Navy's review, and is preparing to show findings to the Pentagon.
Business
USAF: Our New Tanker Should Be Ready for War in 3 or 4 Years
A few big problems, and about 500 smaller ones, have put the Boeing-made plane about five years behind schedule.
Defense Systems
Air Force Reserve looks at cyber retention ahead of election season
The Air Force Reserve is showing higher retention rates among cyber operators compared to its general workforce.
Business
US Air Force to Shift Billions of Dollars to Network Its Weapons
The clock is ticking on Gen. David Goldfein’s signature project.
Defense Systems
Agile software, flying cars top Air Force acquisition priorities
Will Roper, the Air Force's acquisition head, is pushing for a new flying car project and massively scaled agile software development processes across the service.
Ideas
Selling F-16s to Taiwan Is Bad Business
The jets will inflame, not stabilize, cross-strait relations.
Business