Multi-mission airlift/tanker aircraft: The C-390 offers unique advantages
Breaking Defense takes a look at the Embraer KC-390 for this video report on the refueling tanker/cargo plane that can be built in the U.S.A.
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Lockheed Unveils New Tanker Design: LMXT
Lockheed is offering an upgraded version of the Airbus A330 MRTT tanker used by NATO nations.
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Beacon brings industry into a shared ecosystem to accelerate flight autonomy
Six companies have already signed up for a new flight-test program to mature their autonomy software.
Tankers, Transports Need Real-Time Threat Data To Survive: AMC
As Air Mobility Command looks to connect its aircraft to high-speed battle networks like ABMS, it is still struggling to get its KC-46 tankers working properly.
TRANSCOM Wants To Keep 23 Tankers DoD Cut In 2021
Retiring the KC-135s and KC-10s before the new KC-46 tanker comes on line will have "significant impacts" on TRANSCOM's ability to fulfill its wartime mission, says Gen. Stephen Lyons.
Air Force Cuts Aircraft To Fund Space, Multi-Domain
"Winning the future fight will require us to dominate space," said Maj. Gen. John Pletcher, Air Force deputy assistant secretary for budget.
KC-46: Too Crucial To Fail
"There is no other option at this point," explains Todd Harrison, the director of the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). "The Air Force needs new tankers, and Boeing is the only one making them."
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AI is transforming pilot training and the aircraft they fly
Modeling and simulation get an AI upgrade for more realistic training and improved autonomous platforms.
Lockheed Teams With Airbus, ELTA, Rafael For Israeli Contracts & US Cash
New restrictions on US aid to Israel is driving companies to seek American partners.
Euro Tanker Program Plans To Expand
Didier Plantecoste, head of the MRTT program at Airbus, says the allied tanker program is wooing new European customers in "the South."
Acting SecAF & Roper Likely Head To Paris Show, With F-35A
Amid chatter about what aircraft will make their way to Paris, the Air Force going all in.
FVL: Army, Marines, SOCOM Release Ambitious Specs For Future Aircraft
The Army wants a lot out of its Black Hawk replacement, at $43 million apiece -- but the Marines and special operators want even more.
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Navigation warfare is about the battle to assure positioning, navigation, and timing
The U.S. Army’s MAPS Gen II program of record for assured PNT provides an authoritative and reliable source of truth for combat vehicles in a highly contested battlespace.
Roper Warns Boeing On Tankers After Walking KC-46 Line
The Air Force is once again accepting deliveries of the troubled tankers -- but the service's acquisition chief warned Boeing must get its act in order ASAP.
Roper Halts Deliveries of KC-46s; Will Visit Boeing Plant
The Air Force has refused to accept delivery of any more KC-46 tankers until Boeing fixes major problems -- at the company's expense.
DCMA Orders Safety Halt To KC-46 Deliveries; Roper Promises Close Scrutiny
AFA ORLANDO: Two KC-46 tankers due to be delivered to the Air Force were grounded after government inspectors found tools and other debris left behind on the planes at Boeing’s plant in Seattle. The Defense Contract Management Agency and the Air Force required Boeing to make 13 changes to procedures to ensure the FOD will […]
Air Force OKs First KC-46 Delivery; Lots of Caveats
WASHINGTON: While the Air Force accepted delivery of the first KC-46 today, Boeing could face a total of $4.5 billion in cost overruns and withheld payments on the initial $4.9 billion contract for 52 KC-46 airborne tankers, depending on what happens as the company tries to fix the plane’s Remote Vision System. How does that […]