The Pentagon's massive multi-year agreement for F-15 production, modernization, and sustainment could reshape how the Defense Department structures major weapons acquisitions going forward.
A C-17A Globemaster III transport returning to Christchurch after a space hazard notice tied to Russian orbital activity marks a notable collision between orbital risk and military logistics.
A change of command at the unit developing Collaborative Combat Aircraft doctrine signals the Air Force is treating autonomous teaming as a permanent institutional priority, not a temporary experiment.
The Pentagon completed its first round of prototype evaluations for a portable command-and-control system designed to operate Collaborative Combat Aircraft from austere, distributed locations.
The Pentagon has stripped former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall of his security clearance, alleging he disclosed classified details about the VC-25B Air Force One aircraft to a news outlet — an allegation Kendall disputes.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth presided over the August 10 renaming of the key South Carolina Air Force logistics hub, with the senator's sister in attendance.
Announcements around the Space and Missile Defense Symposium — spanning directed energy, nuclear sustainment AI, and autonomous aviation — illustrate how the Pentagon and its industry partners are knitting together once-separate military domains.
A cluster of announcements on August 6 points to a coordinated push by the U.S. and its allies to widen the production base for guided weapons across air, land, and allied domains.
The Air Force and Space Force have each awarded or expanded contracts with commercial space companies to advance point-to-point rocket delivery and satellite-based laser communications for military use.
Two parallel developments in late July 2026 signal a concerted U.S. effort to harden space-dependent military infrastructure: a management shakeup for the long-delayed M-Code GPS program and a new unclassified platform designed to show lawmakers what satellite warfare looks like.
Retired Gen. Glen D. VanHerck says America's heavily guarded air bases could be struck by the same coordinated drone tactics Ukraine used to hit Russian bomber bases deep inside Russia.
The U.S. Air Force is standing up a dedicated cadre of counter-drone Airmen to protect installations from unmanned aerial attack, even as analysts caution that the growing scale of drone warfare could outpace the new capability.
Air Mobility Command is upgrading its tanker aircraft with beyond-line-of-sight communications and data-link tools that have long been the exclusive domain of fighter and bomber fleets.
