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Security Forces tasked with defending Minuteman III ICBMs currently train for everything from retaking captured silos to repelling ground assaults. The post Security Forces Guarding ICBMs Need Fresh...
Switching from the Minuteman III to the Sentinel system, led by Northrop Grumman, involves the replacement of more than 600 facilities across five states.
“There’s just a lot of strategic synergy in those parts of our portfolio that we want to maintain ownership structure of,” said Northrop CEO Kathy Warden.
Initial Sentinel ICBM expected by early 2030, Air Force says. Service leaders say that the program will enter its engineering and manufacturing development phase this year, one year earlier than...
Gunship pilots test-fired APEX munitions, designed to pulverize targets with shrapnel.
Gunship pilots test-fired APEX munitions, designed to pulverize targets with shrapnel.
LongShot drones are also seen as a new way for bombers and cargo planes to engage aerial threats and reduce vulnerability. The post X-68A LongShot Air-To-Air Missile-Carrying Drone Moves Closer To...
Officials say a new Pentagon-controlled manager role helped accelerate the Sentinel timeline.
The LGM-35A ICBM program had its Milestone B status revoked during a Nunn-McCurdy review, but a new decision is expected by the end of 2026.
This week on The Break Out, head to the World Defense Show outside Riyadh.
The XM1225 APEX ammo will offer another arrow in the Apache's growing anti-drone quiver. The post AH-64 Apache Is Getting Proximity Fuzed 30mm Cannon Ammo For Swatting Down Drones appeared first on...
Tankers are increasingly vulnerable as enemy long-range missiles evolve, leading the USAF to explore 'hard kill' solutions. The post Mini Missiles Used To Shoot Down Incoming Missiles Eyed For USAF...
A deal for new fighter jets is in limbo while officials in Manila seek ways to break the fiscal deadlock that has hounded the program.
The Air Force is using the A-GRA framework on its collaborative combat aircraft.
The F-35 Joint Program Office had declined just earlier this week to confirm or deny a report that jets without radars were being delivered. The post Air Force Now Denies Receiving F-35s Without...
The end of New START treaty has left the U.S. nuclear arsenal unbounded for the first time in decades. The post USAF Ready To Make All B-52s Nuclear-Capable, Load ICBMs With Multiple Warheads If...
SAN DIEGO — The Navy and shipbuilders working on the first Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine are striving to accelerate delivery of the first boat after confirming a series of...
General Atomics joins a CCA effort highlighted as a top priority in the Corps’ new aviation plan.
Even if the jets lack radars, that doesn't mean they are useless, but their capabilities and survivability would be severely degraded. The post Are F-35s Being Delivered To The USAF Without Radars?...
Beset by delays, cost overruns and long waiting lists for critical weapons, the Pentagon says it is changing the way it will be doing business. The post Pentagon Is Making A Naughty Or Nice List Of...
A new solicitation from the Defense Innovation Unit asks for unmanned systems capable of carrying 1,000-pound-class munitions that can fly in a 600-nautical-mile radius.
The Marine Corps released its 2026 Aviation Plan on Tuesday, outlining its strategy to maintain and develop its aviation fleets.
SAN DIEGO — Buoyed by billions in investments into robotic systems, the Navy is considering how it will manage the swarms of unmanned surface, subsurface and aerial drones throughout the fleet....
The Marines will use General Atomics’ YFQ-42A aircraft to evaluate how the service’s future loyal wingman drones will integrate with and fly alongside crewed fighter jets. The post Marine Corps brings...
Update: The Pentagon will reportedly carry out performance reviews of major U.S. defense firms and plans to make "noncompliance determinations" in the weeks ahead, The Hill and the Wall Street Journal...
"No more ‘divest to invest,’” aviation expert Heather Penney said, arguing that the Air Force needs to dramatically boost its F-47 and B-21 acquisition.