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Air Power
March 2023
JUST IN: Report Advocates for Air Force to Buy at Least 20 B-21s Per Year
The Air Force must ramp up the production of its next-generation B-21 Raider strategic bombers as quickly as possible in order to rebuild the United States’ long-range strike advantage, according to a new report. -
Air Force News
March 2023
Air Force Pressing for Rapid E-7A Production
Air Force officials are hoping to accelerate the production process for E-7A battle management and command and control aircraft, but it will be difficult to deliver the plane in fewer than 60 months, according to manufacturer Boeing. -
Budget
March 2023
BUDGET 2024: Air Force Budget Continues Divest to Invest Strategy
If the Air Force gets its wish, it will clear out 310 older aircraft in fiscal year 2024 and acquire 95 new ones while investing in research, development, testing and evaluation to develop future platforms like the B-21 Raider, Next-Generation Air Dominance system — including unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft — and new tankers to refuel the fleet. However, Congress has routinely blocked the service from divesting platforms, raising questions about whether the Air Force will get everything it wants in 2024. -
Air Power
March 2023
JUST IN: Air Force Planning for 1,000 Uncrewed Aircraft to Support NGAD
While details on the Next-Generation Air Dominance, or NGAD, program are still scarce, the Air Force is moving forward with an initial planning target of 1,000 collaborative combat aircraft to accompany the future fighters and existing F-35s into combat, according to the service’s secretary. -
Training and Simulation
March 2023
JUST IN: Vendors Announce Partnership to Expand AR Flight Training Tech
Lockheed Martin, Korea Aerospace Industries and Red 6 are partnering to bring Red 6’s Airborne Tactical Augmented Reality System, or ATARS, into the TF-50 jet trainer aircraft and variants so pilots can live-train against virtual adversaries. -
Air Force News
March 2023
BREAKING: Air Force Scrapping Tanker Plans, Switching to ‘Next-Generation’ Approach
The Air Force is abandoning its KC-Y and KC-Z approach to developing and procuring refueling tankers and is instead moving to a next-generation aerial refueling model like its program to develop a sixth-generation fighter, according to a senior Air Force official. -
Air Force News
February 2023
JUST IN: Many Unknowns Remain About Downed Objects, Says Air Force Chief
After downing a suspected Chinese spy balloon followed by three unidentified objects that entered U.S. air space in recent days, the Air Force is still searching for answers about the objects and who launched them, according to the service's top officer. -
Air Force News
January 2023
Analysis: The B-21 Raider’s Critical Numbers Game
There will be many budget battles in the coming years that will put pressure on the B-21 program. -
Air Force News
January 2023
B-2 Spirit, B-21 Raider Draw Inevitable Comparisons (Updated)
Comparisons between the two strategic bombers are inevitable as they are similar in shape — both so-called “flying wings.” -
Air Force News
January 2023
Air Force Labs Pursue More Powerful, Efficient Engines
From engines cheap enough to be considered “expendable” on munitions, to rockets that can carry payloads to the Moon, the Air Force is constantly looking to improve its means of propulsion.
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